here as well. looking at continental europe, spain and france are two countries the hardest hit by the coronavirus along with italy. they are set to ease lockdowns. we have pedro sanchez expecting to announce the loosening of measures after the weekly cabinet meeting which takes place later today. later today also, france will be presenting the government s blueprint to the national assembly on tuesday afternoon, and that should outline how they plan to ease people s confinement as well. is the original epicenter of the outbreak on the continent that will soon allow people to leave their homes for the first time in weeks, and that should mean they will be joining other countries including the likes of germany and austria in relaxing of shops to array open up including tattoo studios. in the u.k., boris johnson saying the british public should keep on obeying lockdown rules to avoid a disasters second wave of this outbreak here as well, coming as the number of recorded death
come on and address members of the media to tell us what is going on. she has not been seen for quite a few days. nikkei to 25 decline of 2%. seng, the worst run of losses we have seen since the hangover. let s get to the currencies because the trade war is certainly having an impact the yen seen as a haven trade once again. appreciating to 106. it at thee to see moment. korean yuan continues its fall back as well. for thet below 1200 first time since january 2017. trade tensions not between just china and the u.s. but south korea and japan taking its toll. cny, the seven handle being breached. gain of 1.1%. we see the dollar index actually flat. david: our top story right now, the latest on what is happening in hong kong. general strike today. flights already cancel. a couple disruptions for public transport. over the weekend, the city witnessed more violent protests clashed with police. warnedthe other thing, that beijing will not let the unrest continue. sophie kamaruddin
great decision rate decisions this week. and gun control on the u.s. agenda after shootings leaving 30 dead in texas and ohio. let s get you started with a quick check of market close. it was another day of risk off, not just a day but a week of risk off. we have not seen such losses this whole year. in fact we have not seen such massive selloff since december 2018, before the fed did a u-turn and turned dovish grid we have taken energy leading the declines, the dow at the lowest level in six weeks, the nasdaq losing a percent or we have the lingering impact of new tariffs on chinese goods imposed by president trump. we had decent jobs numbers but thel 10-year yield around lowest since 2016 as there are more rate cuts factored in. u.s. futures down .2%. let s see how we are setting up in asia. given that context it won t surprise anyone to see we are looking at a down day in new zealand in a couple of minutes. off a shade, a quarter of 1% but out of pointing lower chicago.
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