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from the asia-pacific to new zealand we are seeing losses this hour. lower on that1% disappointing chinese data. retail sales. right now you re seeing a decline in about one third of 1%. also counting down to the openings in australia. futures are pointing to a slightly lower open. plus including being in the second cut from the royal bank of australia. dropping to record lows. after that chinese data over the weekend. let s get over to japan tracking futures trading at chicago. we are seeing signals pointing to a lower opening on monday. japanese yen is still range bound. watching out for producer prices for april. we will break that to you when it comes. is the story disappointing data from china over the weekend that highlights the challenge facing policymakers trying to reform the economy and cut overcapacity. how bad do things look? in march we saw a slew of positive data. some would say this is a corner has been turned. the reality is that industrial output and pr ....
1% when it went on the lunch break. good things coming out of australia led by the health care stocks and the 10 year bond yield going to a 10 year low. and gains coming through for the u.s. dollar, that is putting pressure on some of those asian market currencies. i will have more on the market, shortly. angie: thank you. uber s story this hour, chinese rival could be considering an ipo as soon as next year. wow. this is coming on the heels of them raising more than $1 billion from apple in bringing the total amount of the fundraising to $3 billion and with a valuation of about $26 billion. angie: what does it mean for over uber? they said that they want to hold off the ipo as long as possible, so that means that didi could raise ahead of them, so they are avoiding raising from the same investors at the same time. and there are other services in the pipeline also want to ipo will potentially lyft. and in terms of fundraising, what the sources said, is the reason ....
consumer sales in japan showing slight improvement. shinzo abe considering postponing the sales tax rise. 0% growth, this is a beat. this is a beat when you are flat numbers on month. ago, we saw an optimistic message on abenomics. g7, he was grim when it came to the global economy, and these retail sales not looking good. we are still in negative territory for on year figures. flat, month figures economist expecting a 6/10 of 1% drop. now slightly back on the downside. more evidence about possibly another stimulus, a postponement in the sales tax hike. haidi: is that the only option remaining? what s going to happen? more people joining in this conversation, and aide saying japan needs to hold off to sustain its recovery. we have no other options, he said. this is after we heard that warning coming out of the prime minister. this is signaling that he is going to be possibly pose putting this tax hike. i hate decline in revenue that would threaten the goal of abenomic ....
christine lagarde says she was miss the download outlook. we will talk about the investment lessons from brexit exclusively on bloomberg. welcome to countdown. manus: i am manus cranny. we ve got a little breaking news for you. anna: let s start with agrochemicals. first-half net income, $1.06 billion. first-half operating profit, $1.35 billion. .he sales number, those are the numbers coming through. i have to channel morgan stanley and say it s unlikely to move the shares given the ongoing takeover bid. the committee on foreign investment in the united states, they are an inter-agency watches overt global trade, and it has been casting its eye over the cam china deal. the timing of the deal will be an interest. these numbers, just coming through. we ve got a number that compares against the estimate, $1.77 billion. that looks to be a little bit light. maybe that will move the numbers, but crucially, we are looking for detail. manus: i ve got lights for you? have yo ....
today s yuantching facing after a report questioning its status as a safe haven currency. at today s top stories and tell me all about it. follow me on twitter @rishaadtv, and include #trendingbusiness. hong kong, shanghai opening in 30 minutes. others coming online. starting things off with a record highs. let s go to the new zealand market, up by .50%, a solid session last week, no holding on to all-time records. kathmandu up by 2%. out there.g a switch session,lia, a solid 8/10 of 1% on the asx 200 despite volatility and weakness in some of the commodity contracts. : stocks leading the way, whitehaven up by 5%. a boost as iting announces its shots 500 stores. we ve had the japan trade data better than expected, the nikkei 225 by .50%. theyen weakening to 106 to dollar. adding .2 5% kospi after a lackluster session on friday. taiwan, singapore, and malaysia joining in the buying as well. certainly looking like the risk on rally in asia is continuing, even though analy ....