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
Despite it all, were close to record highs. Free speech is in the news. Nba commissioner, he stood up to china. They wanted the Houston Rockets general manager fired after he tweeted support for the hong kong protesters. Adam silver told them were not going to do that. Free speech item number two. Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg, he says hes not going to Police Political speech, and hes not going to ban Donald Trumps tweets, as Kamala Harris demanded. Big deal. Big show. Youre going to hear what the president had to say at his big rally last night. The brits, well, theyre on the brink. The brexit vote is hours away. And alec baldwin slams the demonization of wealth. What . Varney company, the very special friday edition, is about to begin. After decades of economic surrender, i have taken historic action to confront chinas rampant trading abuses and weve made great progress and our relationship with china is fantastic. But now were taking in billions of dollars. Theyve had the worst year the
Said no but when we asked him whether or not they could leave if they wanted to he said no they couldnt and he explained what had happened is that one of their patrol and had been detained and he had gone there with another delegation 8 people in all 11 woman officer and the rest 7 men to try to negotiate with Indigenous Leaders he says theyre trying to do that so far it is peaceful this has who they have not been mistreated in fact they were asked 4 of them to carry the casket of the person whos who was killed one of the protesters and they actually did that we dont know if that was against their will or not as well some ecuadorian journalists have been mistreated theres a lot of anger against the local press because theyre being accused of not covering this situation only on the on the side of the government the government meanwhile says that it will not step down the president rather says he will not step down and he also is not giving any indication that hes willing to back off on
The market, this is called a rally. Investors want that mini china deal and now it looks like they may get it. Stocks are going straight up. Look at this. The dow up about 1 , 250 points. The s p up about 1 , 27 points. The nasdaq, up better than 1 , up 78. That is a rally. We are also covering this. Violence and intimidation outside the trump rally in minneapolis last night. Oh, it was ugly. The trump haters attacked the police and Trump Supporters. Senator tim scott said people across the country are quote, consistently being intimidated. Watching what happened last night, senator scott said it sickens my stomach. Yeah. Theres a lot going on today. We are going to cover it all. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart happening overnight, a rocket attack on an Iranian Oil Tanker. It was near the saudi port city of jeda. Lauren, what happened . Lauren you had an iranian tanker attacked maybe by two missiles, caused a fire, oil leaked into the red sea. This was 60 miles from that Saudi
Reinforce a sobering message. Bloomberg technologys says apples new iphone features equipment that is best in class. We are seeing u. S. Futures under pressure, down. 1 present. 1 . Make a comeback after dropping about 1 as we services readings. It managed to bounce back. Investors bet more said action will be needed. We have the 10 year yield falling for a sixth consecutive session and headed towards 1. 5 . Contact leslie gains with the nasdaq gaining more than 1 . Sophie. Sophie futures are looking mixed as the regional benchmark is set for a third weekly loss. In tokyo, we are watching for reaction to reports that the u. S. Japan trade deal will take effect on january 1. President moon is to meet with the chiefs of four business lobby groups. He will meet with investors to explain the state of the economy. Switching the board to check in on bonds this morning, we have aussie 10 year yield slipping below 90 basis points, and the kiwi 10 year yield is below one percent this morning. A