Away. Knife edge. Brexit talks near a compromise on fishing, leaving the level Playing Field the biggest obstacle. Can the side to get a deal through today . Sanctions hit sentiment. Stocks and futures flip as the u. S. Is said to add more chinese officials to a blacklist and the rollout begins. Coronavirus vaccines start in the u. K. Tomorrow. The u. S. May follow suit by the end of the week if the fda gives emergency and approval emergency approval. I have been away for six weeks on paternity leave. It has been fantastic. Not much seems to have changed in terms of markets. We are still in crunch time. We are still looking at covid infections rising to alltime highs. We are still looking at u. S. Stocks rising as well. I guess the vaccines is the hopeful sign. Maybe this week, the good change we have all been waiting for in 2020. On return, everything has changed and yet nothing has changed. Certainly new information. That has been a real game changer. But we are still as you say at c
Everyone here is really waiting with baited breath on who the president of the United States is. We understand through the counting that joe biden could win it. It is razor thin, but we dont know for certain. The markets dont expect some kind of surprise, which is why they are stable and up. The other story is the bank of england, talking possibly about negative rates. Although, not for now. Guy johnson in the conversation with the governor talking about the Downside Risk. I think we have learned earlier this year with thoughts of covid, that we act both andkly and we do at clearly scale. We have a very substantial genocide risk on the forecast, and a lot of that relates to how covid itself will evolve. The bank ofernor of england. Extensive comments on this. Really important interview, mr. Johnson, with Nestor Bailey on the bank of england. I should note, sterling rallies nicely. Some of the headlines this morning are pretty shocking. Let me do a data check. Jonathan ferro just emaile
U. S. . Moving on to some currencies, dollar weakness is still a trend at play. We are seeing that play out for the offshore cnh strengthening at around seven. In terms of the yen, 106 is the crucial level for that. Higher option volatility. In terms of hong kong, we are focused on the newtek tech index as part of the conversation. Aussie dollar currently up. 3 . Dollar weakness very much part of the play there. Lets look at what is happening with gold. It has been on a tear, and we are getting close if not touching now record highs. Gold futures above those record 1944, close to 1 gfain gain in terms of futures. I believe the record was around 1923. Looks like we are about 1 or so away from that record price. Its 1923 or 1921. Anyway, we are edging close to that record price. Weakness. Lar silver gaining close to 2 . The 10 year in the u. S. Yield is a little below 0. 6 . Rish. Rishaad were going to bring in banny lam. Welcome to the program. We just outlined, at least tom did, outlin
Studied after a jump overnight. Steadied after a jump overnight. You are seeing the likes of the aussie, which gained a bit yesterday, off those highs. U. S. 10 year yield snapping out of three days of gains at 74 basis points. Brent crude sliding on concerns of that second wave in china. As we mentioned about geopolitical tensions, we are moments away from hearing south koreas president ial Office Briefing on the north korean situation after that Liaison Office was bombed yesterday. We are seeing a little bit of reaction with korean assets. Not a whole lot when it comes to the stoxx, although you are seeing to the stocks, although defense stocks are up today. The won taking it on the chin. Weaker by 6 10 of 1 . Vol spiked up just slightly. Haslinda geopolitics adding to marketweaker by 6 10 concerns. China has ordered all schools in beijing to close as it struggles to hold a new coronavirus outbreak which has already spread to neighboring provinces. Lets head to the capital and our ch
Cases continue to surge at home and abroad. The World Health Organization reports a oneday high for global infection. Japan plans to pitch for ancial workers under g workers uneasy about their future. Lets take a look about a look at how markets are setting up. Asian risk assets likely to see a selfstarter this monday as a sections are weighed up against improving Economic Data. We have a calendar today with hong kong pmi and indonesian Consumer Confidence on cap. Kiwi stocks, little change. Fluctuating. P moving to a 10th of 1 . Haidi to our top global stories, one that is going to preoccupy markets in the second half. Local coronavirus cases topping 11. 3 million. The World Health Organization reports a single day record in new infections globally. Cases any the u. K. , south africa, japan and the philippines continue to rise. The u. S. All the daily infection rates low. Calling for more restrictions to curb the outbreak. In australia, nine Public Housing tower blocks with 3000 peopl