Astrazeneca is to resume vaccine trials amid questions about initial claims and the level protection with Global Buyers numbers on the up. But thanksgiving travelers defy warnings to stay at home. New data shows china is likely to miss targets this year. Imports were slow last month after septembers high, leaving the full year targets out of reach. We are seeing australian stocks starting off on the back after snapping three days of gains yesterday, just falling short of being able to erase those 2020 losses. But we are still on track for the best monthly gain on record, about 13 on november. Further positive news for the country when it comes to 28 consecutive days of no coronavirus cases from victoria. Looking at u. S. Futures right now, initial jab, if you will, cash markets were shot overnight. Not a lot of price action. Down about six points on your s p futures. Dollaryen, 104. 24. Limits to the upside. New york crude below 45. We will talk about opecplus later on. The outlook for
That is a quarter of global infections with california seeing its biggest daily jump yet. When we look at chinas new security law for hong kong and protesters are already changing strategies to steer clear of arrest. First, lets get you a quick check up on how markets are starting this morning. Here is Sophie Kamaruddin in hong kong. Sophie asian stocks are gearing up for modest gains. We are seeing s p eminis moving slightly higher this morning and kiwi stocks are heading for a second day of losses when meridian and another Energy Company leading the climbs on rio tinto deciding to Halt Operations in new zealand. The hong kong dollar staying resilient within one standard deviation as they continue to defend the currency and markets shrug off a threat to the peg. Switching off the board to the terminal chart. We are watching to see if the the best sinceng september 2019. We are keeping an eye to see of chinas market value can top 10 million after pushing beyond nine for the First Time
Senior executives started trying to bring him down months before he was first attained. Governmenthong kong admits chinas security rules may not conform to longtime practices, but the Stock Exchange insist things will be better in the long run. I think this certainly creates a clarity and stability for us to move forward. Lets take a look at the monday morning markets. A tepid rebound after we had the biggest route in about 12 weeks on the back of that retailfueled surge we saw in valuations. This is what we are seeing when it comes to s p futures, down about 1 . Chicago nikkei futures also lower. Positive,ures in the still indicating a downside of about. 2 . Then stocks trading at lowest in about two weeks. Kiwi stocks, trading underway. After we heard a contraction when it comes to the Services Industry and a bit of a pullback when it comes to the aussie and kiwi dollars. Risk very tepid across the board. Lets turn to those fears of a second virus wave in beijing. China probing offic
Here in hong kong, we are close to 300 points up at the getgo. Dollar on the back foot. We saw one of the biggest drops for the dollar after those comments from Steve Mnuchin when it came to the fact the u. S. May be keeping its fx policy as for now. Those three words dropped the dollar, although we are paring back a little in the asian session. The japanese yen, still seeing weakness. Lows approaching the 2019 when it comes to the yen. Commodities, copper in focus. Up 2 on fed comments. When it comes to the bond market, we are watching yields tumble lower. South korea, 30 year down close to 10 basis points. A surprise cut from the be ok yesterday. Inflationown on their forecasts and we saw a moving treasuries overnight. In the u. S. 10 year after the comments from clarida and john u. S. Futures, continued gains after the turnaround on some fed comments. The euro, we are paring off a little. Mnuchin. Spike from 1. 12 and gold rising on the fed comments. David what else are we tracking
Tensions rise even further in the gulf. Iranian forces seize an oil tanker. Shery lets get you started with a quick check on how markets closed on thursdays session in the u. S. Equity indices mostly lower for most of the session before they saw a rebound after the dovish comments coming out of fed officials. , being led up. 4 higher by financials and consumer stocks, not to mention the fact that chipmakers gained ground. We had a positive outlook from an apple supplier. We had some geopolitical news being felt across the market. We had u. S. Equities gain a little bit of ground after we heard the report that iran offered is attentive deal a so antative deal to the u. S. Substantive deal to the u. S. Are paring back earlier gains at the moment unchanged. Lets see how we are setting up for the asian market. With that being said, is just off look set to track the event we saw on wall street. Kospi may find support after a twoday drop. Calls for fiscal stimulus from the government after t