I am haidi stroudwatts. I am. The top stories this hour, elon musk making an unannounced trip to china meeting the premier and seeking to reduce the revenue decline. Bhp is said to sweeney 02 Anglo American after having its offer turned down. Bloomberg learned Elliott Management is to build a large stake in one of Warren Buffetts favorite japan trading houses. Haidi we are looking like a pretty positive set up so far, said futures up by. 3 of 4 , indicating an Early Advance of 1 will be get to the cash open. U. S. Equities getting on friday, strong earnings reports with the likes of alphabet and microsoft under relief when it comes to month inflation lifting spirits at the end of what was ultimately a choppy week. Take a look at how we are setting up when it comes to japan, nikkei futures flat at the moment. We see that yen tumbling pass levels targeted for intervention. We saw the slide gathering pace after a deb fischer boj and lots of questions as to the credibility of policymakers
Warsaw refused to transfer petriot Missile Systems to kiev; poland itself does not need them, czech authorities said that the idea of buying a million shells for zelensky was failing; some states decided to help israel instead. Parliamentary elections have started in india due to the size of the country, with almost billions of voters voting was divided into seven stages, it will last until june. The ruling indian peoples party, led by Prime Minister naren trimude, is called the favorite. So, a largescale flood in the regions is gaining momentum in the kurgan region, water has flooded 13 villages of the belozersk district, residents are being evacuated, they are transporting people from several microdistricts from kurgan itself. The dam cannot withstand the load and leaks have appeared. Our special correspondent stanislav vasilchenko joins us from the mound. Stanislav, i greet you, tell me, the right bank part of the city is already flooded, can they do it . Water to the le
Getting a sense of where the chinese economy is heading, december pmi from the private side ties shin. This is the third couple of days we have had the numbers that of the official stat bureau. 9574 on the bloomberg terminal. You can see where we have come from the dark days of 2008 when everything fell off a cliff. 51. 6. I here, that number came in and the other day. 50. 8 whiching at reflects what is going on with the small and mediumsized enterprises. Showing we have growth and it is steady as you go for the time being. Untilutes ago to go trading in hong kong and 45 minutes until the thai shin numbers came out. A late opening today because of a big ceremony going on in the korean stock exchange. Fort of news to digest those market participants. Good morning. As seoul gets back online, quite a bit for markets to consider. Kim jonguns new years eve address. We have the latest data points for south koreas showing exports rose to a 60 year high. We are seeing it gaining about one thir
For the next hour or so have the china open, we will look at how the Asian Pacific market continues to digest. A quick check and where we are when china opens up. Have a look at my charts here for you the index futures, we are looking at 850 a. M. Here. See the west end china traded here. We are up about two and a half percent. If that is any indicator of how the open will look, it will pop up here on the index. That will get up and running in about 25 minutes from now. Haidi chinese investors coming back to a trading environment world that looks a lot better than when they left it. Chinese newter the year holiday. Trying to play catchup in terms of those lows we saw supported hong kong and the midst of that selloff trade a pretty bereft day when it comes to asia, plenty of time and attention for investors to focus on this as they really saw indications of the central bank that was increasingly confident also a pickup when it comes to tightening the rent tight. Its take a look ahead. W
Justice department. The ride hail are make the r may have violated laws on bribery. Betty it is like deja vu, only we do not have a missile tests, but more headlines from north intermediate there range missile was a prelude to more action in the pacific. In particular, in containing guam. Stern words, saying they are watching the u. S. And their demeanor. I want to bring up this chart that shows how things seem to be changing quickly in north korea. Look at the number of missile tests that have been fired within the last 12 months. In this report since President Trump was elected, we are at near what seems like record highs. At least when you go all the way back to the early 2000s. Look at how quiet it was during period. Geopolitical tensions at top of mind for investors. Yvonne you see north korea continuing to flex their muscle when it comes to rhetoric as well as the Missile Launch, which some say is quite a provocative move, launching it over japan. The u. S. Security council happe