Over the next couple of days and weeks. Am my first calculation of fivestate differential this of 143 was 150 3000 out 153,000 out of 143 million votes. You wonder if we would have a five state recount. Im kidding. That wouldnt occur. Battle was in hawaii. The differential between john f. 1960 between john f. Kennedy and Richard Nixon was all of 115 votes. There was a recount in hawaii, and there was a swing from nixon to kennedy in 1960. You really wonder, is that what we have in store as we stagger to december . On georgia, just to add a bit of color, i was very focused on georgia over the last , becausenth and a half it is an important state. I believe it is a state that has only voted three times for a democratic president. If those times before it does go to a democratic president , two of those were when jimmyn 1990s carter was on the ballot, and in President Trump won the state by a 5 difference. Anwould even be symbolically important point if it is a razor thin majority. We nee
Rose. Microsoft saw a better First Quarter revenue, helped by demand for Cloud Services as more people work remotely. Sales through september topping 37 billion. Melbourne, the merge from a melbourne emerges from a strict lockdown. Ours and restaurants are reopening, even home visits are allowed. Shery lets get you started with a check of the markets. U. S. Futures opening lower, down. 4 . This after stocks fell to a three week low in the regular session. We had cyclical stocks taking the brunt as virus cases continued to climb globally. We have the nasdaq composite pulling back of yesterdays losses on the deal around amd. Durable goods orders coming in better than expected. Lets see how things are shaping up for the asian markets. Here is Sophie Kamaruddin in hong kong. Sophie we are seeing losses continue here in asia. Chip stocks very much a focus after amds deal to buy. Earnings. We have results from sony, zte, as well as budweiser asia to name a few. And a straley or, we have had
From theto the concern economic hit caused by the pandemic. We have job losses here with a more modest hit in this part of the world. Else is going on out there and quickly looking at the dollar index is. We do have the dollar steady at the moment. We had the surge in the dollar seeing a little bit of a spike taking place. Being seen as a haven currency. The yen, 104. 49. New york crude, what we have here is a plunge taking place overnight. Nearly 5 . They recovered a little bit from that. 8 10 of 1 . 67 a barrel for wti. Gold the steady, but not really acting as a safe haven. We have breaking news, the dow jones reporting that it may close to buying nc, according to people and what would be the second Big Semiconductor tie up this week as the industry rapidly consolidates this deal. It could be worth 10 billion. Thats according to the dow jones. Dow jones reporting marvell could be close to buying inphi later this week. Lets get our first word headlines. Not european leaders are impos
Overspeed. The communist party wants greater sustainability. The ecb hints that a more stimulus is coming as governments impose new lockdowns. Seize until the crisis dies down. Breaking news out of south korea, we are getting the september numbers for Industrial Production, a rebound of 5. 4 . This is a rebound from a can fraction in the previous period. We are seeing revisions upwards for the previous month of august. This is a huge beat of estimates. Growth, on year number, a jump of 8 , really rebounding after six months of contraction for Industrial Production. That werising given have seen export numbers rising for the first time in seven months. We have seen more positive sentiment on external demand. Now we have Industrial Production numbers in south korea beating estimates. Just had the markets open in australia. At amp, one of the first stocks trading, higher by more than 20 . This is after they confirmed they have received a conditional proposal from u. S. Based areas, not en
Three virus levels. Investors are not buying the idea that the sectors prices have finally passed. The Company Behind k pop sensation bts prepares to take the stage in seoul. Big hit hopes to be a big hit on the korean stock exchange. Paul markets are just opened here in sydney. For a look at whats going on, lets go to sophie. Sophie sydney stocks gain ground. 1 , resuming the advanced after stalling and to retreat from a march i on wednesday. We have the likes of bhp and providing a boost while banks are under pressure and focus is on the rba governors speech in which he signaled the desire for more state funding while indicating that there will be a lower for longer rate environment, likely to see further easing ports 10 basis points, also indicating there will not be rate hikes for at least three years unless there is more sustained progress on jobs and inflation. Those remarks did see pressure come through on the aussie dollar, seeing an earlier push. Flipping the board to check in