An estimate of expansion. About 1. 3 . Switching out the boards and having a look at the other asset classes, which are in the mix at the moment. The u. S. Election, according to a survey, sending the dollar in opposite pumps. If donald trump wins, we could see a stronger dollar. If joe biden wins, the reverse. Also wests going on with the also was going on with the yen. Against the backdrop of a slightly better industrial read out of japan. Opposed to. 8 . Al, despite coming back, has 36 a barrel handle. Oil is set for its worst month since march. It is down to coronavirus demand fears hitting things. Bring livee want to pictures from vietnam, where mike pompeo is meeting with the vietnamese deputy Prime Minister hanoi. Counterpart in this is part of his tour in asia. Some have called it an empty china tour of asia. Thats happening right now. Both are expected to exchange ideas. Up relations with the two countries. Vietnam had been boosting its import of u. S. Products. Mike pompeo wr
Today toe all of you extorting there news flow. An to an extraordinary news flow. An election in five days. Markets, there they are, and reversal. You see it in the futures of the s p 500. Jonathan we are down five on the s p 500, 0. 2 . The bounce in europe was never convincing, and the bounce in the United States has not held up. Eurodollar clinging to a 1. 17 handle. The ecb is getting what it once for all the wrong reasons. A weaker euro for a fourth straight session off the back of more restrictions in germany and france in the past day. A 1. 16 handle, that will be symbolic. Of course, distracted by the death in nice. Lisa abramowicz, what was so clear yesterday was that the bond market did not move, and that it did. Lisa to me, this is the story of the week. Weve got very hardcore risk off in response to very real threats of a widening pandemic. Treasuries are not the hedge they used to be. Yields rose yesterday, which is exactly the opposite of what they traditionally do when s
In china. China rolls out its fiveyear plan, promising to build a tech powerhouse. Coming his party also wants greater sustainability. At the ecb says more stimulus is coming as eu governments proposed new virus lockdowns. It says bond buying and support wont seize until the covid wont cease until the covid crisis dies down. Shery quick check of the markets, u. S. Futures coming online under pressure, down 1 after disappointing markets in earnings. We managed to end the session higher by more than 1 , s p 500 gaining the most in two weeks. We had strong data to surge Third Quarter u. S. Economic growth and a decline in weekly jobless claims. That recovery in the u. S. , setting us up for a recovery in asia as well. Look at new zealand trading at the moment, ever so slightly higher, asx futures pointing to a gain of. 4 , reversing declines of 1. 6 we saw thursday. Nikkei futures pointing higher, a little weakness though in seoul. Top story, plenty of action after the bell in the u. S. W
Overspeed. The communist party wants greater sustainability. The ecb hints that a more stimulus is coming as governments impose new lockdowns. Seize until the crisis dies down. Breaking news out of south korea, we are getting the september numbers for Industrial Production, a rebound of 5. 4 . This is a rebound from a can fraction in the previous period. We are seeing revisions upwards for the previous month of august. This is a huge beat of estimates. Growth, on year number, a jump of 8 , really rebounding after six months of contraction for Industrial Production. That werising given have seen export numbers rising for the first time in seven months. We have seen more positive sentiment on external demand. Now we have Industrial Production numbers in south korea beating estimates. Just had the markets open in australia. At amp, one of the first stocks trading, higher by more than 20 . This is after they confirmed they have received a conditional proposal from u. S. Based areas, not en
Cases surged across several u. S. States, while hong kong and tokyo report new high marks, and india considers new lockdowns. Wall street banks capitalizing on the Federal Reserves extraordinary rescue measures with record profits. Shery lets take a look at how markets are trading at the moment. U. S. Futures are coming online flat, after we saw losses in the regular session after two days of gains. We had investors continue to rotate out of this years top performers. Zero. 7 , fell about with microsoft and apple leading the losses. We had technology, the biggest decliner on the s p 500 as well. When it comes after hours trading, netflix also slumping on disappointing results. We had a couple of elements factoring into the market resurgence of virus cases factoring into the market, resurgence of virus cases, of course, but initial jobless claims higher than expected and the smallest weekly decline since march. Take a look at what oil is doing, Holding Steady at 40 a barrel, trading on