Facing. Really reminiscent of that merce outbreak in 2015. We saw that 10 billion extra stimulus package back then. Because of this, we are seeing the markets under pressure, but one exchange that im watching is small caps in china. Actually at the highest level since october 2016. We have seen those pboc Monetary Policy measures. Not to mention more news that china could be taking over a hardhit industry. Lets get a broader check of the markets with Sarah Ponczek. Pretty much Everything Else is now trading in the green as the trading session does progress. We have seen markets turn lower under further pressure. 0. 2 but still on track for its best week since june. The hang seng now down 1 . Many times this week we have seen the benchmark approach 50 day moving average, but we have seen it fail as we have seen today. The nikkei roughly flat, but modestly lower. After trading as high as a half percent early on. Then we see the south korean kospi and underperform her across the region on
Lifeline. We will hear from the Morgan Stanley ceo on the big 13 billion acquisition of e trade. Paul. Paul thanks, emily. Lets check on how futures are looking in asia. Looking like a much quieter day than yesterday. Sydney futures looking fairly flat right now. U. K. Futures looking weaker by 0. 4 . A bit of a move down in costly futures. We saw u. S. Markets ending modestly low. Concerns about earnings downgrade. More on that later. New zealand also trading right now. Currently flat. Emily thanks. Lets get a check of where the u. S. Markets closed today. Taylor riggs is in the newsroom. What were the highlights . Taylor sort of a risk off day. Really 500 Big Companies leading the losses. Bonds rallying five basis points after the crucial 1. 51, and the yield curve is inverted by the most since october, six basis points. Take a look at the chart in my terminal that put the selloff into perspective. The chip performance relative to s p 500 performance is still near an 18 year high. On
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