Washington ramps up pressure on beijing. Goldman sachs raises billions for a new fund to focus on private equity. The move comes amid rising interest in secondary investing. Haidi lets look at what the day has in store at the sydney open. We are expected a muted start to trading in asia after downward pressure coming from the u. S. Session overnight. Restrictions continue to take place to curb the the Coronavirus Spread we are starting to see accelerate again, even as we get further good news on the vaccine front. Trading marginal. The u. S. Dollar held to the lowest we have seen since april 2018. We are also seeing the aussie dollar on the back foot. Nikkei futures look like they will see a muted start to trading. Shery lets get started with good news on the vaccine front. Pfizer says final Data Analysis shows its covid shot is 95 effective. The ceo of its german partner told bloomberg about plans for mass production. Our goal is to supply up to 50 million doses by 2020 which andd go
It seems to be working his magic when it comes to boosting sentiment on the markets. When it comes to the growing power, it is pretty good. s are talking about china manufacturing pmi numbers coming in at record lows. These are all falling into contraction territory. As heidi mentioned, the markets are ignoring all of this because of the latest hints we got the boj action. A check on the markets and how they are tracking with sarah. There is nothing like higher coordinated central bank stimulus. We have seen this dark shift in sentiment. We see the pacific Index Trading modestly higher. The nikkei 225 is higher after falling as much as 1. 5 . We see Mainland China stocks leading gains. This is of more than 1 after the beating we saw last week. Off. 3 . Re theme point, we saw training back in positive territory. We are seeing some fluctuation. Gold is coming off of its highs and trading lower than 1600. At the same time, we see the japanese yen trading a little higher against the dollar
Plus huber, mcdonalds and under all fall on earnings. A it is decision day, a Bloomberg Survey is 100 certain rates will be kept at hold. Markets have opened for trade. Any he stocksouse are faring. Is undere dollar pressure up a 10th of 1 with bond yields higher. A largely anticipated hold. The aussie dollar reversing a to . 70. A move lets get a quick check on futures elsewhere. Futures hitting gains and a little change for the japanese markets as they reopened there. The cost could snap a threeday event while kiwi shares are extending mondays gains ahead of vika data from the region. Ocbc, the Bank Reporting at 1. 7arter income billion. Thirdquarter net income coming in at 1. 17 billion. We are seeing the Interest Income coming in at 1. 6 billion. Income at just over one billion singapore dollars. Thirdquarter allowances for loans and other assets coming in at 179 million. See,e expecting to particularly when it comes to wealth related assets, seasonal benefit when it comes to hong
Not allowing it to fall further. As a result, investors spped in. The dow rose 311 points to 26,029. The nasdaq climbed 107 and the s p 500ed a 37. Wall street has been on edge over the trade war. It is ctoar inv are ready to react to any headline. Bob pisani explains what a trade war looks like to s walleet. Stocks rebounded and also in the session managed to regain a chunk of mondays ste losses, and it was the worst day in 2019, remember, on monday. The markets were a little calmer today, but yesterdes the fut moved in a nearly 5 trading range over a 12hour period. That is extraordinary and a reminder that the trade wars ould get much nastier very quickly. The central left is that the trade war can encompass a lot more than just tariffs. They can quickly morph into currency wars, for example, which is why the markets had a big problem yesterday. Th h markets new lows after the close on monday after the u. S. Treesurynated china a currency manipulator, which opens the door for additio
Thatdominated yesterdays action, that along with chinas currency move. Overnight Chinas Central Bank setting the yuan mid point firmer than many expected. That happened at 9 00. We saw a turnaround in u. S. Equity futures which were down overnight as much as 600 points at the lows. Right now a positive open across the board. S p looking to be up by 11 points dow jones up by 102. The nasdaq looking to recoup 44 points as for u. S. Treasury yields, we saw a 2016 low also. We had the tenyear note at 1. 758 overnight we breached that 1. 7 level. A key level here. We have cnbc reporters everywhere this morning covering the Market Reaction to this escalating trade war willem marx is in london well get to him in a moment, but across the world to china. Eunice yoon is on the ground in beijing. Reporter china strongly opposes being labeled a currency manipulator. The central bank, which manages a floating currentry cy exchang rate called the move unilateral protectionist behavior that violates