74 basis points. Everything is down. I would imagine 90 of stocks are down. All 11 major indices are down in the region today in very high volumes. At this point, there is nowhere to hide, at least in the equity markets. Yvonne President Donald Trump announcing a suspension of all travel from europe to the u. S. For the next 30 days. The most farreaching measure yet in the administrations effort to combat the spread of the coronavirus. To keep new cases from entering our shores, we will be suspending all travel from europe to the u. S. For the next 30 days. The new rules will go into effect friday at midnight. David our Senior International editor, jodi schneider, is here with us. Thats a big deal. It is. There was a little bit of talk about it before hand, but not necessarily expected to stop all of the european travel for 30 days starting friday. It is something he can do without congressional approval. It is a major move. Also the way the president cast it. Clearly by having the spe
Low for might as well, but the pboc not adding actual liquidity saying things are reasonably apple when it comes to liquidity conditions at the moment. I suppose the big question is will any of this be transmitted given that we know so many still out of the economy, essentially either stuck at home or factories still still, supply chain massively dislocated. Sarah we have seen markets across the asiapacific region turning higher. We continue to see resiliency, at least on the mainland and in hong kong. The hong kong hang seng up about. 5 , and in japan, we have seen markets turn higher as well, holding onto those gains, up about. 6 . The one that is moving to the downside bucking the trend is the south korean cosby after the country did report about 10 new coronavirus cases. You see it falling to a twoweek low, down about. 25 at the moment. Lets take a look at some other risks in the currency and commodities space. We did see copper moving higher for an eighth day and 11. Gold, though,
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
Retail earnings over the next couple of days. Thirdquarter earnings better than estimated at 1. 13. They see their fullyear adjusted earnings raised from what they saw before on the 5. 91. D, looking at. It looks like on first blush, a beat and a raise for the rest. Global exchange for the rest of the year. Time now for global exchange, where we bring you the news from all around the world. Our bloomberg voices are underground with the latest. China and the u. S. Agreed to stay in touch on remaining issues to get to a phase i trade deal after a phone call earlier, in which topic a shooters top negotiators from both sides discussed core concerns. They agreed to maintain communication on the remaining issues for the first phase of negotiations. Enda curran joins me from hong kong. It is a long, convoluted way of saying they are still just talking . Is all about the mood music. It is another day of incremental news that seems to bes adjusting that governments are on track for some kind of
Gold isset classes, definitely a risk being taken off the table. Gold as the month and it had its fifth month of gains this year out of six. Gold may be down a fraction at the moment but we seen quite a rise, 1. 7 up in the last three days. Yen,. Strengthening. Lurchingar index lower, the 10 year yield unmoved by the price action and the price of money as it goes down. Without further ado, lets look at this listing. Esr making its debut in hong kong after raising 1. 6 billion. Exchange to the stock were sophie is standing by with someone important from the company. Ie jeff pearlman, the chairman of esr came in. Certainly a day to celebrate. Shares popping more than 5 . Esr group from a 2016 merger to become two of asias Fastest Growing warehouse providers. That was japans redwood group. Pretty much a fast growing story toward todays ipo. Lets get more on the story of esr. Congratulations. Shares popping at the start of trading. Why after the delay in june . Thanks for having me. End up