Be also not seeing the robust gains we have seen the last couple days. Looks like we are snapping out of six days of gains for mainland shares. Hang seng also down 53 points or so. Nikkei futures slightly positive. We are watching currencies and other bonds as well. We are looking of course at the dollar which is holding pretty steady after we saw some strength in the u. S. Session. Chinese 10 year yields, yields actually falling lower by two basis points. Offshore room and be back above 710, 702. Aussie dollar continuing to see weakness with victoria, melbourne under a six week lockdown. And of course we mentioned the yen earlier. We are watching the hong kong dollar very closely here. Our scoop on how president trumps aids are waiting proposals to undermine hong kongs dollar. Seems like right now it is just talk, a lot is hypothetical. You are seeing a lot when it comes to the spot rate, but you see of the bit of movement in some of these markets, up slightly. Of boostingback interve
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Stronger level than expected hours after the u. S. Tax beijing and fx manipulator. Stocks shaken. Chinas intervention helps asian equities reduce losses and wall street higher after the worst drop in ae date year. And cutting the session in the u. S. Could the 50 point fed cut come in midseptember . Good morning. Matt where less than half an hour away from the start of european trading. We are less than half an hour away from the start of european trading. Coming down to the the lowest election. E the 2016 the bounce back recovering up to 1. 75 at the moment. Take a look at futures. We saw a earlier bigger gains in futures and then we see then we saw now. U. S. Futures are rising fairly substantially. Dax futures are up. 2 of 1 , byure as ftse futures down. 25 of 1 . What else do you see on the gmm . Yuan suggesting that fixing and working out with a they want to bounce this morning or in europe. We did see losses in the asian equity session being pared back as a result from china fixi
Plus prizes easing in many parts of the world. So is the fight against inflation turning the corner and well central pines come to Interest Rates soon. The welcome became income boys have tracked as loaded with fruits and vegetables. Thousands of farm is around the world, feels a took to the streets in recent weeks from italy to india. That grievance is uh, re, by country. But this one Common Consent pharmacy they comp make ends meet. They blaming red tape, Climate Change policies, cheap impulse of high cost, and that putting pressure on their respective governments to improve their livelihoods. Actually, im of it. Triples farmers across europe are protesting, demanding better prices for the prod, use, and restrictions on cheaper imported goods. In the middle get, the 1st thing the government has to do is eliminate the bureaucracy to give us facilities and control form products. So they have the same Health Conditions as those from here, you may not be. The unrest began in germany afte