Three virus levels. Investors are not buying the idea that the sectors prices have finally passed. The Company Behind k pop sensation bts prepares to take the stage in seoul. Big hit hopes to be a big hit on the korean stock exchange. Paul markets are just opened here in sydney. For a look at whats going on, lets go to sophie. Sophie sydney stocks gain ground. 1 , resuming the advanced after stalling and to retreat from a march i on wednesday. We have the likes of bhp and providing a boost while banks are under pressure and focus is on the rba governors speech in which he signaled the desire for more state funding while indicating that there will be a lower for longer rate environment, likely to see further easing ports 10 basis points, also indicating there will not be rate hikes for at least three years unless there is more sustained progress on jobs and inflation. Those remarks did see pressure come through on the aussie dollar, seeing an earlier push. Flipping the board to check in
The most in cities. Haul supportto efforts halt support efforts. Money, city save budgets are being stretched. Many workers are working from home or unemployed, but it is not just city budgets, you have financial is supporting the cities you have Financial Institutions supporting these cities. Joe we know that all the regional banks are not doing great, but the ones exposed new york city are the most in trouble because they have unique issues dealing with new york and its future and fiscal sustainability. Here is how much the bank is backing commercial real estate. You see the big names like wells fargo, but also lesserknown names like signature bank, and for them, new york city is a big part of their stock. Romaine see the amount of lending out there. M down 42 over the past year. Yougo down the list and will see similar returns for all the banks that i have marked in the new year new york region. Joe hannah, thank you for joining us. Of the the sense exposure relative to the size of
Tuscany. Off, somewhere outside toledo. So Francine Lacqua joins us. That is not toledo, spain. Outside toledo, ohio somewhere. I want to get to the data in a moment, with markets moving. Futures 21. I would say this has really this is really jump circuit by the french pmi numbers. Why was this a surprise . Francine i was reading the breakdown. The sharp slowdown is basically driven by services. It shows that the escape from recession wont be flailing like some economists thought. Guess it is partly seasonal i would also point to the fact that infections are rising quite significantly, especially in france, germany, and other countries. Leaders are saying they dont want to go back into lockdown, especially when you look at these pretty terrible numbers in terms of many factoring pmi, but also services pmi. It might also be difficult not to preimpose measures if the number of people getting infected does rise. So it will be a complicated quarter going into the winter months. Tom a massi
Hong kong and tokyo reporting record tallies. And singapore heads to the polls for an election overshadowed by the pandemic. Voters will be asked to wear disposable gloves at the ballot box. How marketscheck of are trading. U. S. Futures plan at the moment, after a mixed finish in the new york session. The s p 500 and the dow fell. Viruse news of resurgence, not to mention to tensionsnot to mention escalating with china. Financial shares drag to the index. Dragged the index. The Energy Sector was down for a third consecutive session with the worst three days in about a month. Take a look at what oil is doing, because we are seeing it continue to dip slightly and below the 40 a barrel level. Key libyans that a oil field resumed production, threatening more barrels into the oversupplied market. Lets see how things are shaping up for the asian markets. Could beppetite fitting this friday with asian stocks mostly lower. This has we are seeing violence concerns virus concerns you raised in
Program two years ago, but lower courts blocked the move. Police in hong kong more the city is on the brink of a total breakdown. For a second day, they fired tear gas in the financial district and battle with protesters. Clashes continued late into tuesday evening. Protesters have called for more disruption to the citys Transit System on wednesday morning. While fires are burning at emergency level intensity across australias most populous state and into sydney suburbs. Authorities have warned most people in the path of the flames that there is no longer time to bleed. Flee. The world me a Logical Association classifies this as a , is atophic fire morning the top of the danger scale in australia, and probably anywhere. 10 of fireextreme days, how they measure the fire increased in recent decades across many regions of australia, especially in southern and eastern australia. Mark she adds it has been the second warmest january to october on record for australia as a whole. She notes th