We are about 30 minutes out from the open in china and hong kong. Very interesting couple of days to come. We are keenly watching the u. S. Inflation report. Disappoints if cpi to a market that has been awkwardly repricing. Were also passing these comments from jay powell is saying that nothing has changed. Also a reminder, the last trading day for mainland markets before they shut down for the oneweek holiday. The last trading day of the year of the rooster. A modest recovery story playing out a link the lead from wall street. David, it is a busy day in terms of investors passing the data. David there is a lot of data coming through. As you alluded to, there is an Inflation Report that we are stuck between that. We are waiting to exhale or to gasp. Yes, you are getting gains but they are capped. Across the getting likes of gold, the dollar is back below one. 08. 1. 08. That is essentially a picture across the region. Little higher on the regional benchmark. We have malaysia gdp still
Shanghai composite was flat. In european trading, things are barely changed the dax and ftse slightly higher cac down about 0. 1 . Italian stocks down as well, but in spain stocks are slightly higher checking out wti, still above 50 a barrel sitting at 50. 84 a barrel were following a developing story out of Northern California Deadly Wildfires burning unchecked there. Officials say 23 people have died from those fires. More than 3500 structuring have been destroyed leaving hundreds missing in chaotic evacuations firefighters are battling high winds as they try to contain two dozen blazes spanning eight counties yesterday a mandatory evacuation was enforced in sonoma county. Well get an update from Northern California later in the program. I didnt understand why this had been so hectic why people didnt know to leave and confused they were dealing with winds that were above 70 Miles Per Hour on sunday night when you think about that, that means the fire is moving over 70 Miles Per Hour,
Because of some strong gains from unh, Johnson Johnson and Goldman Sachs. We will keep an eye on futures this morning as we continue to get the Earnings Reports ibm today lets look overnight in asia. We have seen japan close higher. Youre looking at a gain of almost 27 points, 21,363 hang seng closed marginally higher the hang hishanghai was up by a quarter. In europe, in some of the early trading, the dax is the leader, up over 0. 6 cac up by a half percent the ftse is up by a third of a percentage point if you look at crude oil prices, you will see at least this morning crude oil prices are up 16 cents 52. 04 for wpi. Brent crude up by 41 cents ibm shares are jumping this morning on better than expected results. The company beat on both the top and bottom lines but ibm still saw its 22nd straight quarter of revenue declines the cfo addressing those declining revenues on the Earnings Call last night as we said at the start of the year, and reiterated again in july, we said we would se
Fedticipation. Looking ahead to tomorrow and what people can expect. Valeant shares are down big this morning after disappointing results. And its mega tuesday with five major primaries taking place across the country. Well go live to one of the most important states hitting the polls today. First up, retail sales down 0. 1 last month, in line with expectations, january sales revised downward from 0. 2 to 0. 4 down. Producer price is down 0. 2 in february. Unchanged if you strip out food and energy. The data coming as fed policymakers are set to begin their twoday meeting today with the latest policy Statement Due tomorrow afternoon. That will be followed by Janet Yellens news conference. A big question is whether or not their statement reflects some firming of inflation. Ppi today relatively stable. I think things are tame. Obviously James Bullard was talking about oil going to 20, how he might have to revise his view. It went to 40 and has come back. The thing thats devastating is th