Maintain normal Monetary Policy for as long as possible and fixing will be key. President trump wants to return to the campaign trail as his doctors say he is not a transmission risk. The u. S. And europe are not on the list for easing curbs. Haidi markets coming online for the start of the brandnew trading week. Lets go to sophie kamaruddin. After inome enthusiasm cap the best week since april. Australia posted record shipments when it comes to iron ore, putting some down pressure on the commodity. Gold holding about 1900 per ounce, after its second weekly gain. 2300 for bullion, early 2021. The aussie dollar under pressure. It had fallen by 4 . 4 . The offshore yuan on the retreat. Looking forward to the fix to see if that will add more weakness on the offshore yuan. Futures, nikkei Futures Holding steady while the 106,s trading around testing the 65 day line. Todays south korean markets come back online after the long weekend. We have korean trade data later today. Won trading korea
Beyond mid february. Buy now, pay laterfirms face stricter controls following fears over young shoppers debts. A Court In Moscow is due to decide shortly whether to jail president Vladimir Putins leading critic, Alexei Navalny. Also coming up heavy snow hits parts of Northern England with the met Office Warning some Rural Communities are at risk of becoming cut off. This morning. Door to door tests are being offered to 80,000 people in england after cases of a new South African Coronavirus Variant were found, with no links to travel. People across eight areas are being asked to take tests, whether they have symptoms or not, after the government said the uk must Come Down Hard on the variant and find every case. Andy moore reports. 10,000 Home Testing Kits delivered to a fire station in woking in surrey. From today, the operation to deliver them door to door will begin. Across england, 80,000 people over the age of 16 will be swabbed to find the true extent of the new variant. Theres no
Liverpool move to plug a hole in their defence. The premier League Champions bring in ben davies from preston, as well as a loan signing on a quiet transfer deadline day. Its not quite with the weather today, and Weather Warning for heavy snow across parts of Northern England. Valid until lunchtime. Widely three to eight centimetres above 200 metres we can easily see 15 centimetres to Sow Destruction is likely. All the details later in the programme. Its tuesday the 2nd of february. Our top story. Urgent tests are being offered to 80,000 people in england after cases of a new South African coronavirus variant were found, with no links to travel. People across eight areas are being asked to take tests, whether they have symptoms or not, after the government said the uk must Come Down Hard on the variant. Andy moore reports. 10,000 Home Testing Kits delivered to a fire station in woking in surrey. From today, the operation to deliver them door to door will begin. Across england, 80,000 p
Iran president said armed forces admitting their mistake is a good first step and that all involved in the accident will be punished renault denies reports of a possible split with nissan and france finance minister calls the rumors malicious welcome to the show. One of the main stories moving markets overnight, chinas yuan strengthened to the highest level after the Treasury Department removed the label of the country as a currency manipulator. Steven mnuchin said the country made moves they first attached the label when they accused them of using the yuan to get an unfair trade voontage the first rise in export since july signaling a recovery in demand following a preliminary trade agreement. Imports rose while the countrys trade surplus increased. An on annual basis Interest Rates rose 0. 5 . Chinese vice premier liu he a arrived in washington. Reporter two days ahead of the signing of the phase one trade deal in washington, d. C. The news has to did with china trade numbers for dec
Good tuesday morning. Welcome to squawk alley. Im Carl Quintanilla with Morgan Brennan and jon fortt live at post 9 of the New York Stock Exchange we begin with text stocks this morning and the continued rally in the sector, another record close, apple, facebook, and alphabet at alltime highs Jeff Richards joins us now along with james lee guys, good morning good morning. Good morning. Thanks for having us so james, im looking at tech stocks up more than 30 in just the last three months. A short list apple, tesla, amd, snap, spotify, zillow. You like facebook and byedo in this market, but how much can you like some of these names given how quickly they have run up yeah. Jon, that very good question we think valuation right now is still very attractive. Look at facebook coming to the year, a lot of investors are very concerned about regulations. I think as we get into the year, a lot of people getting more comfortable because some of the regulatory issues or policy that happened over th