Singapore and malaysia as well. The Peter Navarro episode, if it is any indication how sensitive markets are to the slightest hint of bad news, that tells you the story of volatility in store for markets in the second half of the year. A quick check on the risk radar. Aussie yen coming off a little bit, that tells you where we are in terms of Risk Appetite. We were closing in on 79 a few weeks ago. Brent crude, some upside. Lets get you up to speed with other top stories we are watching. It lawmakers in washington have approved a bill to penalize banks doing business with china over beijings National Security legislation for hong kong. The bipartisan measure in the senate has support in the house of representatives and needs to pass before reaching president trump. It condemns china for breaking obligations under the deal that return hong kong to mainland rule. The coronavirus has hit local trade hard with lockdowns increasing by 12 . The hike of that pandemic in april, new research th
We will break that down later on. Take a look at the rest of the market. You see caution still. The likes of gold, despite the rebound in stocks, gold topped at 1800 for the First Time Since 2011. Theres caution around a resurgence of cases. We have the situation in hong kong with china and acting sweeping powers. Goldman saying we could see 2000 for gold in the next 12 months or so. Extending theg best performance we have seen in 30 years. Money coming off of the dollar here, more of quarter selling and rebalancing. A little bit of strength in the yen. Offshore renminbi gaining at 705. Take a look at the nikkei. A survey cannot very negative. Manufacturing sentiment dropping to the lowest level since 2009. China seeing shares up 6 10 of 1 . The pboc said to Lower Borrowing costs for small businesses. Perhaps anticipating a rate cut today. Watching bonds. Treasuries did tumble. They continue. 68 basis points. Lets get to our top story now. Hong kong marking 23 years of chinese role hou
Going to session lows area traders have been looking past the escalating tensions to signs of the pandemic recovery. Hong kong is bracing for what the biggest protest in months as the City Government meets to discuss criminalizing disrespect for chinas National Anthem. Shery looking at markets trading at the moment, u. S. Futures are down. 1 as the s p 500 and the rest of the broader markets are in the green. Still fading in late trading sessions. The s p 500 going back below the 3000 level. It had stayed up but bloomberg reported the u. S. Is mulling sanctions on u. S. Officials and firms over Hong Kong Chinese officials and firms over hong kong. We got chipmakers exposed to china tumbling at the end of the session. The usual laggards led the gains today which was an interesting rotation when it comes to the markets. We had data, Consumer Confidence was stabilizing in may. Looking at a mixed session in asia as we get these conflicting signals like concerns over the u. S. China relatio
A new, widely Controversial National security law for hong which has been protested by folks in hong kong. Investors concerned these actions could destabilize the global economy. I want to bring in markets reporter taylor riggs, who has been following all of this. Break down what happened for us. Taylor it looked like we were green and in the clear until the last hour of trading, and then you sort of mentioned other headlines that made markets very nervous. Trump said he would have a press Conference Friday to talk about china. Then theres a lot of concern about the National Security law china signed that in effect would remove a lot of the economy from hong kong. In the last hour of trading, everything fell apart, but the key theme remains. Some of the Big Companies are still some of the big out performers. The s p, which is a marketcapweighted index, outperforming relative to the nasdaq, which also includes some of the smaller companies. And of course, the russell 2000, which is the
First time in decades. Going there for more from beijing is bloombergs selina wang. Give us an update on the situation in terms of the death toll and some of the evacuations from the ships, and also what we have heard about potential delay to the National Peoples congress. Selina we heard from the head hospital that he turning point may be reached, but we did see the number of , so it looks like the virus has not reached a peak yet. Outside china, countries have been stepping up evacuation efforts from these cruise lines. The diamond princess cruise ship in japan reporting the number of infections jumped to 454 after another 99 new cases right in the fight. In beijing, you can still feel the effects on the local economy, with stores and restaurants still closed. There has been a slight uptick in activity as people have resumed work, but only about 40 to 50 of the economy has been running at capacity this week. In beijing, anyone returning from the city has been ordered to self quaranti