Against a u. S. Company in decades. Google says the government case is deeply flawed. Late tradenges in after missing on subscribers last quarter. Its outlook for the current period is below expectations and investors are not happy. Haidi we are just getting a little bit more of an update on these ongoing stimulus discussions in washington, d. C. Nancy pelosi saying she is optimistic a deal can be done before the election and that she is calling on Committee Chairs to resolve some of the differences when it comes to funding levels and language so they can get back to negotiations between her and secretary mnuchin as soon as possible, crucially saying she remains hopeful an agreement will be safer, bigger, and better, and will be retroactive as well. We are seeing that reaction when it comes to the futures markets. Lets look at the asian trading day. Sophie kamaruddin is here with us in hong kong. Seeing s pare eminis gain ground and a muted start in asia with the asx 200 coming online
With the dividend although it will be far lower than last years. Hong kong media tycoon released on bail. His broken National Security laws beijing has branded him guilty. Breaking news out of south korea. We are getting Unemployment Rate numbers, and again, surprising to the upside. They fell to 4. 2 in the month of july, this after surprising to the upside the previous month, falling to 4. 3 in june. Of course, we have seen more job creation efforts. In fact, we just heard from south koreas Ruling Party Leader saying south korea will actively consider a fourth extra budget if needed. South korea has already pledged more than 225 billion in stimulus measures or roughly 14 of gdp to help put a floor on the jobs market, and right now, the july Unemployment Rate falling to 4. 2 . Lets turn to the markets and bring in Sophie Kamaruddin in hong kong. What are you watching . Korean alongside the jobless numbers, we are waiting on Australian Consumer confidence, due out later this morning, a
Asia braces for a second wave. This hour brings the latest check on the japanese economy, we await gdp Growth Numbers in a quarter dominated by the outbreak. Lets take a look at markets as we set up the trading session. We are seeing this with u. S. Futures. Backandforth between washington and beijing really dominating our can sentiment at the moment. Seeing new zealand trading on , as new zealand moves out of the restrictions. Positive upside,. 6 higher for australia futures going into the start of trading today. We are watching the yen, which has been seeing strength. Looking at positioning by money positionsnet long yen are being extended. There could be further upside with the japanese currency. Seeing upside continue with wti. Gains ineen the recent oil, shery. Shery we see more economies reopen and we are hearing from apple. They are saying nearly 100 stores globally have opened their doors again. Are refining it doesnt mean stores will not be shot if needed. Apple saying the sto
The likes of which they have not seen since 1933, in the midst of a downturn for the month, the likes of which we have not seen since 2008 here we find ourselves this morning looking at a market that will open lower. Your thoughts . You go up 19. 9 in the s p, you can have two thoughts. One is that was the greatest bull market ever the other is, boy, is this market dysfunctional were not moving the way we should theres very little volume yesterday the machines took the dow up 500 points in the last 20 minutes. Im keying on oil. I think oil is something that the algorithms are keying in i wish there wasnt algorithmic trading, but its here to stay the quants are in charge you know, lets bring back the smith corona typewriter. The quants are in charge, they took it up and now theyll cashier the market and cash it in lets come back to oil for a second it does get lost sometimes in all of the volatility were seeing and our focus on the economic crisis, on the Health Crisis, on the equity ma
Industry leader this hour. Masayoshi son the company is forecasting a massive loss for the year has investments in startups shery lets get you started with a quick check on the markets. U. S. Futures supported at the moment after u. S. Benchmarks ended the session mixed. This ahead of earnings season kicking off officially tomorrow with j. P. Morgan and wells fargo reporting. Afterutures up. 3 , this the s p 500 rallied almost 25 from its march low. Nikkei futures also gaining ground. 4 . We had a little bit of strength for the japanese yen in the overnight session as we saw more safe haven bids play out during the u. S. Trading session. This of course as we saw japanese stocks falling in the previous session. We have been trading most markets away on holiday. Today, only india is off. Crude prices rebounding from losses in the previous session. We had seen crude under pressure despite opecplus managing to strike a Historic Deal to cut output by nearly. 1. Market sentiment guided by wh