Results as leadership speculation swirls. Lets look at how we are positioned on the markets. Australia, looking like a flat open. Moved loweres have on that news from apple. Nikkei futures off about a fifth of 1 . New zealand has been trading for about an hour now. Ospi futures the latest company to announce fallout from the coronavirus. Joining us, mark gurman. Background into this announcement. Apples second revenue adjustment to years in a row. This time it also has to do with china but for a different reason , coronavirus. Billion for the march quarter. They are not saying what the new Revenue Target is. It is very clear that this is happening an impact on them. Sales in china are down dramatically. Two stores, most of which have been closed in february. China is the third biggest market. Second, the iphone is temporarily constrained, meaning they are producing less and selling less in the quarter. Andiphone makes between 50 60 of the revenues depending on which quarter you are loo
The u. S. And china are dusting off corporate deals in anticipation. Austria braces for a hotter weekend as fires continue to burn out of control. Thousands are urged to seek shelter. This justin, the u. S. House is voting on the or powers resolution. , as is mostly symbolic resolution that would seek to limit the President Trumps options for military action against iran. House speaker Nancy Pallone says democrats were not satisfied by the administrations justification for last weeks airstrikes that kill a top iranian official. Nancy pelosi saying this is more than a symbolic gesture. We have more analysis, but it seems like a long shot for this to pass the republican held senate. That news just coming in that the resolution has been passed in the house. When it comes to the trading session, it is fading out. Tensions between u. S. And iran. A report suggests that the ukrainian flight was taken down by Iranian Missiles. That did not deter optimism. All three markets in the u. S. Hittin
Rage on with record temperatures forecast this week. Forleen a positive week stocks, but what a volatile day on friday, as news coalesced that a phase one trade deal has been reached between the u. S. And china. But questions emerge about just how tough it will be. Nevertheless you can see after an upanddown day, the major market objects index eat out small gains eked out small gains. Although it is nine out of 10 weeks the s p 500 has been higher. The nasdaq getting. 2 . 17. 5 points. Apple a big gainer on friday, 1. 3. 16 . Anestalling the tariffs, unequivocal plus for apple and the chipmakers who supply parts. The u. S. Bond markets, what a volatile 48 hours it was. You look at the lefthand side of your screen and you can see how bonds sold off on friday as news was coming out that yes, some kind of trade deal was in place. In fact, early friday 10 year treated as high as 1. 9 . Emerge, bondsns started rallying ending at 1. 82 . This is a big question as to what asian bonds do next.
Languishing in storage. An president xi jinping confirms china supports carrie lam in hong kong, but says the protests create the grimmest and most complicated challenge. Paul all right. We have the market open here in australia. It is highly likely the asx will make some record highs today. But we have a staggered open here so it is fairly quiet right now. Just modest increases that we are seeing. We are going to keep a close eye on westpac, now facing its 4th investigation into these Money Laundering allegations just filed by the banking regulator today, announcing it will be investing getting whether law. Ac broke the we have new zealand higher by almost. 5 . Was packed new zealand shares still in a trading halt. U. K. Futures looking flat right now, a similar story for u. S. Futures. But that may well change during the course of the day, especially after we saw some very positive gains on the u. S. Equity markets tradeinspired during yesterdays trade. We will keep you uptodate as t
California utility pg e said to be close to finalizing terms for a 13. 5 billion dollar payout to victims of wildfires sparked by defective equipment. Youre told it would pay half in cash and the rest in stock in the reorganized company, although no final agreements have been reached. Pg e shares rallied strongly on the news but are still down more than 50 this year. The owners of the new york mets are in talks to sell up to 80 of the major league franchise. Were told a deal would be valued at 2. 6 billion and set a path for billionaire steve cohen to take complete control after five years. Hes already an investor in the mets and has a net worth of more than 9 billion. Shery markets open in tokyo and seoul at the top of the hour. Sophie stocks are set to rebound after closing at a low. U. S. Futures little changed. Checking in on the end, Holding Steady while weakening to a twoweek low yesterday, snapping a fourday advance. They opened lower but could gain a 30year option come and. Whe