Trading session in the u. S. Overnight. Hang seng will be the focus, down 121 point. Another choppy session after quite a comeback yesterday. Jakarta is muted right now. News they will be easing lockdowns in the capital despite the rising cases. Sydney leading the losses, down 1. 2 . Three in a row that have been strong, perhaps the pboc sending a message they will not use currency as a weapon. Onshore strengthened the most. Dollaryen, you are seeing that haven trade come back. As you said, the main market event over the next 24 hours is this presser by President Trump, he will announce u. S. Policy on china curbingijing passed freedoms in hong kong. His top advisers said china will be held accountable by the of ministration. Is it Wishful Thinking in the u. S. Administration to think maybe they can change chinas behavior and plans for hong kong . I think nothing is impossible, but this does seem extremely unlikely. If you look at all the actions beijing has taken, it is clear there ha
From tjx to l brands to bjs as they report sales better than feared. Coming up on todays show, the view from the south. We will speak with atlanta fed president Raphael Bostic about how reopening is going in his district plus, Scott Gottlieb has called Antibody Testing a game changer. We will speak with the head of quedel and we will ask how his companys rapid diagnostic measures are up to the traditional tests we talk so often about. As sarah said, lower 0. 6 but off the sessions low Mike Santelli is tracking a volatile day for the market. Joining us to discuss big money being spent in the race for a vaccine are Chris Meekins from Raymond James and meg terrell as always mike, lets start with you. Yes s p 500 pausing right below levels everybody is walking, 3,000 on the upside, right around the 200day average look at a oneyear chart of the s p, we spent most of last summer in this relatively narrow defined range between 2,800 and a little over 3,000. So it is familiar territory. I dont
Day. Thet issues and trade, ongoing battle between the u. S. And potential cyber warfare. Here in california. A lot of people commute. It is a feeling our colleagues in asia have been living with for weeks. How are markets opening up over there . Paul some unambiguous signals. New zealand has been open for an 2. 5 , aready off by move down of similar magnitude for futures in australia. 4. 5 , theures are off kospi weaker as well. We continue to see strength in the japanese yen. A lot of data coming out of japan today, retail sales, tokyo cpi, both of those contracting, even before the coronavirus outbreak. Take a look at the yields, big move down. Of at a fresh record low. 83. Global stocks plunging to fourmonth lows, u. S. Equities falling the most since august 2011 as anxiety over the coronavirus deepens. Lets get to Abigail Doolittle in new york. A lot of red. And id be on the close. Averages all down more than 4 , there was a rebound rally attempt. Turned briefly higher, but that i
Acceleration in investment since june as industrial output eats estimates beats estimates. Could a firmer recovery be underway . Treyew brexit e. U. Chief pulls no punches on his First Washington trip, cautioning President Trump about protectionism and shortterm thinking. We spoke about him exclusively on resetting relations. The objective of the visit is to try to reset the relationship,t ry to understand each other in relation at the moment and find Common Ground with the United States. We started on a positive note. Matt barclays is cutting around 100 senior jobs across corporate and Investment Bank as the lender looks to rein in costs. Morgan stanley plans to 80 dozens of staff at its wealth business in asia. Lets look first at futures. Even after the new record we hit yesterday, were looking at gains in futures, and fairly substantial gains at that. Dax futures up 0. 5 . U. S. Futures, not the same size but the same direction, green a rrows on the nasdaq, s p and dow jones futures
President donald trump implies his country wont introduce new tariffs on chinese goods this sunday but is the u. S. China trade dispute any nearer to being resolved to talk to our financial correspondent in france and. I want to get in this is a business live from berlin welcome. So far as john says conservatives have won a crushing majority of seats in the u. K. General election paving the way for the country to leave the European Union on january the 31st in an Election Campaign that was dominated by the brics a question johnsons vow to leave the e. U. Under the terms of the withdrawal bill already negotiated with the e. U. Struck a chord with. The conservatives are expected to finish with a house of commons majority of more than 70 seats after the labor party suffered huge losses across the country. And the british pound has dramatically surged in value overnight. With investors clearly she is by the clear Election Results after an exit poll released on thursday night projected a cl