Now because you are only the second wealthiest man in the world, right . Many companies are racing for a vaccine. This ceo is emma wants me. Has a vaccine that will help cure covid 19. How me times a day to people ask you when youre vaccine will be available . Regularis a very question. Have alluently, we been delighted to see the very recent years that some of the first results coming through on vaccines. Yesterday, i was on a call last globalith 10 of the pharmacy ceos that are heavily involved in bringing solutions to covid. We are excited and optimistic to see the first data come through and looking forward to seeing more come through in the next six months or so. We have three vaccines and the clinic and to therapeutic treatments. Everyone is understandably inpatient. We wipe off with the pandemic 500 billion of value with the world. I think that we can be increasingly optimistic that the science will win. Mobilizedry that has so fast it will start to bring Scale Solutions and we
Bidens agenda. He may have a different tone toward china but there may not be substance. Kiwi rise ind the early asia trading. At some ofke a look these early market reactions. Sophie kamaruddin in hong kong. Sophie we are seeing some risk on tone in australia. The aussie is extending last weeks gain as the greenback has stayed structurally quicker. Weaker. They could test that 650 level this week. The yen, the best week for the currency since midseptember. Softbank results are due this monday. We have nikkei futures in chicago moving to the upside. This after the benchmark rose to a november 1991 hi on friday. That was 37 off the alltime high that was back in 1989. New york crude is gaining ground but still staying under 38 per barrel there. Some pressure may come through in the oil. Is very much in focus after the chaotic week we saw in turkey. That is the Central Bank Governor fired there. Racing for more voluntary they are embracing more volatility there. Joe biden is projected to
Changing condition. Futures point higher in sydney and tokyo. The yen holding back. Almost everybody is softbank thinks the group taking a Group Private is a bad idea. We will look about the chances of such moves actually happening. Lets take a look at how we are kicking off trading in sydney. It is a public holiday. But we do still have the cash 4 in thep about 0. First two minutes. This comes on a busy week for australian traders. The budget where we are expecting to see assumptions made about a vaccine becoming available and we are also getting a report that is trillion is set to further lift that that australia is such a for the lift that debt ceiling with 4 billion u. S. Dollars with the debt ceiling being lifted higher to 1. 1 trillion. Looking at the aussie dollar ahead of the all be a. We are expecting no change. Markets are significantly pricing and now another rate cut. Before the end of the year. Dollar trading at 71. 67. In new zealand, two weeks out from the election. Kiwi
Wave of protests across the country following a shooting of yet another black man, rayshard inoks, outside a wendys atlanta. All of it captured on video. First, i want to digest the market moves and bring in abigail doolittle, who has been following it all. Why such a volatile day . Abigail really a wild today. Today and overnight tonight, there was a risk off tone. There was a bit of a haven bid for bonds. Nasdaq up more than 1 . Thefixed on the nasdaq vix on the nasdaq had been above 40. At the close, below 40, so again, less fear at the end of the day. Trade, the stayathome trade. 6 , and credible, but tesla up 6 . If you believe it, that stock up more than 130 on the year. As for why, i would like to say it is something exciting, fundamentals, but that is really not the case. It has to do with the dollar. The chart in, the nasdaq 100 and white. When a dollar goes down, it helps risk assets go higher. What we had earlier today was up half a percent, now the dollar is down its call i
To back the bell and set to publish their own support program. Force johnson orders the u. K. Into a three weeks lockdown, sweeping new laws to breakup gatherings and fine any dissenters. Taylor meantime, i want to bring you some breaking news coming out of china. Their companies are having the worst quarter on record, according to china. The headline as it catches my eye, the economy has not gotten better as much as we thought they would be returning to work. It looks for the first three months of this year, a Quarterly Survey of all the firms, it looks like every individual sector was reporting worse results than originally thought. Saleswas a widespread in amid the harder hit retail sectors. The collapse in revenue and profit. Again, Economic Activity collapsed in february. This is as we knew that there was the massive virus spread that was going on. I think the key headline is Chinese Companies continuing to have the worst quarter on record. Every individual sector reporting worst