ticketing platform files for its hong kong ipo. tencent is among the big investors. this is bloomberg markets: asia. if you are still enjoying a cold beverage, have another one. u.s. futures slightly higher, kospi index pointing to the upside. slightly lower on gdp, inflation seems to be the sticking point. 2.8%. the revised print came out early this morning. in terms of what else is going on, we are calling it the world s most boring central-bank. no expectations of a move on the 1.5% record low. lots of headwinds. in terms of how the markets are trading, a little outside when it comes to taiwan trading, a pretty muted mixed session. take a look at what else we are watching on the markets, sophie? sophie: we are seeing china atv futures nudge up slightly higher after a five-day decline for chinese onshore stocks. in hong kong, the spotlight is going to be on the hong kong dollar as it continues to trade at the weak end. some expected to intensify intervention efforts after
government. protestors against covered 19 restrictions in the netherlands. clash were police in amsterdam, defying a ban on demonstrations. also this hour of fire causes serious damage to south africa. parliament building in cape town, and recovering mexico s last treasures ancient artifacts are heading home centuries after they were stolen. ah, thank you very much for joining as we begin in sudan where medical sources say at least 3 people have been killed during demonstrations in om dorman. it is the 12 major protests since the military cease power in october. earlier, internet services were cut and armed officers, bras, bridges, connecting the capital to the suburbs. they were trying to revenge the planned demonstrations, which were called in memory of protesters recently killed by security forces. will cross live to our correspondent mam advantage in cartoon in just a moment for the latest. but 1st, he but morgan has been out speaking to some of the protesters in the suda
and about-face. tesla plans to sell about $2 billion worth of stocks even though elon musk said it did not make sense just two weeks ago. we will get analyst insight. first let s take a look at how u.s. markets fared today. seems like we are coming off a little bit of the record highs on the s&p 500 index. getting some pull and bear cases. the index bucking that trend. chipmakers posting a decent rally on thursday. redia earnings, theya forecasting they are forecasting a strong number. what that means for the 10 year yield is your coming down about two basis points. i am hearing more and more that 2% is fair value but the flood of money rushing in pushing the bond prices higher. anith crude, up .7%, the highest since januaryu continue to see strengh around the bullishness of the crude oil market. yeah. looks like we are setting up for a quieter day. we have new zealand trading already. .1%. little more than features in sydney unchanged. much quieter day on the earnings fron
made the and offload of assets in the united states. we are 30 minutes away from the open in china and hong kong and we are seeing this rally with stocks after the foundation day and trade comes back with more optimism overnight and you see the major u.s. markets back into the positive territory after the selloff we had and we talk about , buturn to volatility there is still a worry about a true recovery. this could just be a short-term bounce before another low. you have to imagine, based off of that magnitude in the move. you were talking about that and what came to mind is al sunday, they given six inches in front of your face and the numbers will shift to markets, depending on what it is and we saw this and we are coming off of highs with 3/10 of 1% and nobody has really jump and we have the asian we are seeing but it is not gangbusters. chilled has given a with the extremity of the selloff. doesn t it always? china. why it is you can see this running right hong kong
left in asia s once a dominant commodities trade off. kong markets are getting set to come back online after the lunar new year long weekend. chinese markets are still away until thursday. we take a look at what is going on in the hong kong stock exchange. in terms of a handover, not much of one after that stellar performance by asia shares on a monday driven largely by japanese equities that had their second best day of the year. we saw a little bit of a failure to extend those gains in the european session. we are also seeing u.s. futures trading down as well. let s take a look at where we are moving in terms of markets. a big week when it comes to markets. it over to sophie for a look at how things are going. ie: as you pointed out, u.s. futures are declining. taiwan and a vietnam also closed for the extended holiday. the nikkei and topics snap a topix snap amb three-day climb. seoul, and for decline. in kuala lumpur, stocks are sliding after a five-day bend. we will see