Definitely running away from risky assets on virus fears over the weekend. We have a number of cases initially climbing, putting extra pressure on the ftse made. Mib. Down 4 . Travel and leisure down significantly so the fact the epicenter has moved from china, korea, and some of the asian economies in europe, it is freaking out investors, saying the spread may come to europe. But, two. 3 higher, 1682, outside to quality italia and markets. Italian sovereign bonds, dropping quite a lot as italy is the epicenter for the coronavirus in europe. Plenty more on that throughout the day but lets get to first word news in new york city with Viviana Hurtado. Viviana President Donald Trump in india. Moments ago, he said he is countries can reach a great trade deal, as he announced they are to sign a deal worth 3 billion in military sales. It also comes during his official status visit. Mp spoke at a namaste tru event and will visit the taj mahal. Reforms. S want sweeping boats in iran and other
Risk assets take a beating. U. S. Stock features plummet limit dad down amid a selloff. Europe points to more losses and Oil Nosedives below 30 in new york as an opec plus breakdown see saudi arabia prices saudi arabia slash prices. The entire Treasury Curve sits below 1 for the first time in history. The yen surges the highest level in three years and gold briefly tops 1700 an ounce. Billion in counting. That is how much governments have pledged to pump into the Global Economy to combat the coronavirus. But is it enough, the current market verdict is absolutely not. Awaye just under an hour from the start of cash equity trading in europe and u. K. Lets take a look at futures. A sea of red everywhere you look for risk assets. Seene personally never futures this low. Of course i was not here for the financial crisis, but we have more than 6 drop across the board. Features down seven and a quarter percent. Drops inmassive futures. Said,o see futures, as i limit down in the u. S. They bum
And infections surge around the world with outbreaks and 65 countries. Withe a 50 jump in cases 34 people know dead. Well, what a day. Take a look at markets right now. Lets start with bonds. Were going to take a look at the aussie three year, hitting a record low at. 35 . The aussie 10 year, pretty weak. The new zealand 10 year also slipping. Were seeing yields on bonds falling to levels previously unseen. Barrel. Ude 49 a wti is below 45 a barrel. Lets check in on currencies. Dollargot the kiwi trading like this. Coming in betterthanexpected , 2. 6 . But this predates the coronaVirus Outbreak. Weve seen exports rise in new zealand to 1. 7 . The yen was a big mover, strengthening 3 against the u. S. Dollar. That trend looking to continue. A 54ussie dollar has handle, and that happened after we got those absolutely shocking pmi numbers out of china for february. So, hows that setting us up for Equities Trading around the region today . New zealand up and running and off 3. 2 . We have
The future of the italian leader emerges with a sticky point. And another election. Manus warm welcome to daybreak europe. The fx markets do not believe rhetoric. D in a lovely tweet from the chief Market Strategist increasingly, the markets are recognizing the alleged call from china. Is the u. S. Blinking because of the friday slide in markets . Do you believe the chinese really picked up the phone and said we want to get around the table . Nejra they say they did not and all we got was a slight shift in tone from President Trump. It does not mean his underlying strategy has changed at all. More there is a little risk on in the markets. If there is a shift in tone, maybe it will be followed by action. Certainly not thought of by the big companies. Tone. Is a shift in china badly wants a deal. There is certainly a shift along the as if you 500. By the diff by the way, the difference between u. S. Stocks in u. S. Futures dollaryen does not believe the mood music has shifted at all. The
Some of the optimism when it trade, s pe tone on futures back down after the cash trade yesterday. Markets are optimistic about the situation in italy, you can see bid, nowian btps are down to 1. 21, less than 200 basis points above boones. The dollarer against as the greenback falls. Italy thatews out of the Fivestar Party has halted Coalition Talks unless the democrats agreed to keep Giuseppe Conte on as Prime Minister. They previously pushed back against that, especially the leader of the Democratic Party, for hisis supporters Parliamentary Group had any say, they will have to concede, because they will want to say. We will continue to cover the story in italy. Coming up, we will speak to nigel wilson, the ceo. You can catch that interview at 11 30 a. M. London time. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news with Viviana Hurtado standing by in new york. Talking, but only if the u. S. Lift sanctions first. Thats according to hassan rouhani, following President Trump signaling he woul