Singapore also in the red. Currency markets certainly, we have the sea and why in the frame at the moment. This is as we got the story today about beijing crossing gains in the yuan as it seeks to cheapen exports and bolster weak spending. That is a theory being compounded, saying a stronger yuan is ideal for beijing at a time when president xi is pushing for a more selfreliant economy. That is where we are with the currency markets. Yvonne yeah. Interesting call there. Thats more analysis with eddie cheung, e. M. Strategist. This all about shifting to more selfreliant economy in china. Given the gains we have seen in the renminbi, is it sustainable and how much tolerance is there for further yen strength . Eddie well, i think we certainly do believe there is more room for the cn wide to gain. First in terms of the dollar view, we think the dollar still has more room to go lower. We look at the indices, we are only at about three month highs. We are still below where we are in terms of
Fall on year and below analyst expectations. They confirmed plans to exit thermal. U. S. China relations sour even further. Jing says the tax lets take a look at how we are shaping up for this asian trading day. U. S. Futures within shouting distance when it comes to the regular session of that february record but then retreating by the close. We are seeing not much happening when it comes to active futures contracts. The nikkei 225 looking weaker going into the open. Chicago futures trading there. The topix in the meantime remains the bestperforming market in august. We will see if it continues those gains today. Ftse futures looking like we will open up higher by. 4 . The data calendar for the day, we get the rba august meeting minutes, looking into the details of their bond buying as well as the renewed assessment of how that new victorian lockdown will barter economy in those Monetary Policy settings. Also watching crude, we are seeing weakness, just holding over 42 a barrel althou
South korea. Infections slow in japan, but young adults becoming more vulnerable. Do infections in new zealand itsend weaken reputation as a covid19 beater. The Prime Minister is delaying the election. Down that is weighing matters in new zealand, but lets look at u. S. Futures. Uncertainty continues to plague markets as we kick off this new session in asia. Uncertainty when it comes to trade with the phase one meetings being postponed indefinitely. We are also getting an indefinite stalemate when it comes to stimulus talks, as well as uncertainty over the future of mailin voting and usps. Theve futures trading on s p, positive 5. 1 . The nikkei 225 up by about. 25 . We are continuing to watch price action on the topics, the worlds best performing index in august as we continue to see the encouraging recovery in industrials and financials. The japanese economy sent to crater by a record in the latest quarter. We are getting gdp numbers later today. In new zealand, back to one of the to
Timeline for a meeting. Hasident trump warning he he is looking other Companies Including alibaba. Proving theto be adage, first in, first out. It could be the only major nation to grow this year. New zealand reports more infections, weakening its reputation as a covid19 beater. The Prime Minister is preparing to speak. She may delay the election. Shery lets get a quick check of markets. U. S. Futures rising at the open. We are seeing futures up to tencent 1 . This after u. S. Stocks ended the session mixed. Fluctuating throughout the session for much of the day. Just to fall slightly negative territory with utilities and health care. Recover any the u. S. Has slowed. We also have stimulus talks remaining at a stalemate. The nasdaq fell to 10 sub 1 while the dow was fell 2 10 of 1 . Signs of been some Energy Demand recovery in the u. S. That is gaining tracking gaining traction. Crude gaining a quarter of half a half of 1 . Same for brent crude, which is nearing 45 a barrel. We had ame
Tiktok launches a legal bid to stop President Trump from imposing a ban in america. He says the app is a threat to National Security and tiktok says the bands peer politics. The president marks the official nomination at the Republican National convention by criticizing mailin voting and saying the opponents his opponents want to steal the election. Shery u. S. Futures are opening flat after solid gains for u. S. Stocks in the new york session. Record highs for the s p and the nasdaq. We had optimism over vaccines and treatments for coronavirus. The s p 500 saw most of the sectors in the green. Small cap biotech got big moves from the authorization of convalescent plasma for treating covid19. Vaccine developers tumbled on this new focus on plasma treatment. The dollar weakness we saw earlier in the session did pervak. Did pare back. Look at what oil is doing. It rallied and gasoline surged to a fivemonth high at the moment under pressure headed to the 42 a barrel level. Laurae storms m