The Trump Administration overstepped its authority. Ntt reportedly planned to take its wireless carrier unit private. At buyout could be valued 38 billion. At thebreaking news moment. We are getting Industrial Production numbers for south korea. Year on year, it should be for the month of august, a decline of 3 , matching expectations, and bigger declines than the previous month. We continue to see some weakness year on year. Industrial production numbers have been in contraction for five consecutive months. When it comes to the previous month numbers, they have been revised slightly upwards but not by much. Month on month, a contraction of 0. 7 which is a contraction instead of just coming in flat as expected so that is disappointing numbers. Perhaps we could see some better numbers later in the year. We do have trade numbers for the month of september. We are expecting it to come up on thursday and exports are likely to see an annual gain in september so lets watch out for those numb
In the white house, continue they continue to push reopening. Stephen mnuchin says another shutdown is off the agenda. Like ait does look terrible set up when it comes to this final friday training session. The selloff looks to continue. In the u. S. , it was deep and heavy volumes as we saw that box provedy go really be wrong that came to a screeching halt. 2 trillion to write off the value of u. S. Equities in under seven hours time. The are seeing a rebound when it comes to u. S. Futures trading for the s p, seeing upside about. 5 . Chicago and nikkei futures looking positive. Still, we could see some downside in the session, particularly as we continue to see the yen, really the only outperform against the dollar. In sydney, no such luck. Futures plummeting by over 3 . We had aussie stocks falling the most in six weeks in the thursday session. We are seeing the correction extend to almost 4. 5 percent in the early part of this session as we see downside for the kiwi and the aussie
Data, the u. S. Saying that beijing underplayed the number of cases and deaths. And we work may take legal action that softbank wants better terms on theirh rescue plan. Haidi . Inflationary pressures or lack thereof from south korea coming through the cps for the month of march. We are seeing a contraction of 0. 2 , better than the contraction we were expecting of 0. 4 . That is a month on month figure for Consumer Price pressures and south korea for the month of march. In atmber on year coming 1 , so a little better than 0. 8 expected, a little softer from the 1 reading in february. Expectingse have been some demand as well as the impact of lower energy costs, lower oil costs, the plunge in oil prices, down an average of almost 50 year on year so far this month. Debtor february february data carried through, and you would expect that to carry through to april as well. That is the south korean numbers. We have been looking at a lower open going into the trading in seoul and tokyo. Let
As the outbreak crippled. Ctivity Saudi Arabia Oil export to day. D 10 Million Barrels a determine withts get you set up quick check of the markets. We are seeing u. S. Futures under pressure at the open. This after stock markets. Ebounded we have s s p 500 really moving green after we heard that the fed was commercial paper facility and additional move the we havent seen since financial crises. We are just getting more details from the fed. Establishing primary deal credit mentioned, were also getting a Deal Offering and funding. Rate. Te matching discount it will allow primary dealers to support market functionality. From jae powell saying thats what the fed was focused on which is restoring normal function in this dysfunctional condition. The fed saying that primary deal Credit Facilities established section 133, saying that available for at least six months from now. March 20th. Le starting on maturities up to 90 days. Were getting some of that on thecoming through latest effort by
Protesters tried to vandalize the chinese flag. Shery the bank of america boss is optimistic going into 2020 but warns Overleveraged Companies pose a worrying threat. The markets coming online. Sophie . Losses for sydney stocks after a decline for the asx. Bonds rising above 130 basis points, climbing to a july 23 hi. Nikkei futures slightly higher this morning. The kospi potentially building on gains after posting a high on friday amid signs of overheating for the index. We will watch for korean exports data later this morning, another weak print is coming. A nikkei news report japan decided to use export controls on south korea. The president is to meet with xi jinping this monday in beijing. Paul first word news, this is su keenan. Hong kong is back to business as usual monday morning after tense scuffles side Police Officer draw his gun and pointed at protesters. O shots were fired the incident escalated during a rally in the city center. Demonstrators gathered to show support to c