Nikkei, last 30 minutes of trade. Final stretch of the morning session paid south korea is being dragged down. Currency markets. Sterling, cable, eurodollar, aussie, the sing dollar. 136 following this weeks mas decision and policy response. Fairly flat. We could see more action later tonight and into next week, when you have the likes of chinese gdp numbers coming out. Gyrations on the political scene, i would imagine. Lets go to your first word news and get you updated on the virus situation in europe with the u. K. And france facing tough virus restrictions as global infections are heading towards 40 million. Households indoors going under overnight curfew as they have a new wave of covid19. Daily infections hitting record in germany, italy, ireland, and spain. Reporting the most new cases since april. President trump is ramping up rift with Senior Republicans, saying he supports a bigger stimulus package. He is blaming democrats for delaying an agreement, but says he goes further t
Pips. We are looking at the rest of asia doing this. 1 8kospi index down about of 1 . Some updatese, here on what happened yesterday. Military saying it is on high alert in that part of the world. Today,the top stories just a couple minutes ago, we did get confirmation out of the pboc, adding more funding to the system here. It is trying to guide the economy through a rough patch. A smaller chunk, 2. 95 . Jason. Us now is pleasure to have you. Good morning. Your top thoughts for today. What is top of mind for you . At chinas liquidity guess first the primary liquidity facility, but it does also add to the positive growth picture for china, especially on a relative basis. Covidast because the situation has been continuing in china. When you couple that with Strong Capital flows and improving current accounts balance, it doesnt mean the fundamentals are quite good at the moment. Note, and i guess on that many people say go long against the dollar. Your trade is the currency against the i
Estimate. The pboc governor says china will implement the phase one deal with the u. S. He said that in an interview with tsinghua. Chinext is down, extending a decline after bearish reversal. China internet stocks were up friday following the ban on tiktok. Some say forget the tencent risk, asian stocks are silly by. Alibaba still a buy. S p. R tech giants on the we have futures in the u. S. 3343. Ng to a flat open, the s p 1 away from its alltime high. This on the outcome of the u. S. Stimulus talks. Also the u. S. China phase one review. We are taking a look at live pictures out of taiwan where alex azar is going to meet the taiwanese president. He is also meeting with taiwans health minister. This is a historic visit. He is the highest ranking u. S. Official to visit in decades, threatening to further stoke tensions between the u. S. And china. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson last week said beijing was opposed to the visit, calling taiwan the most important and sensitive issu
Down. 2 , nonfarm futures, claims better than expected. Next chart, dollar remains in story or theme around the dollar today, relative weakness against the g10 but not so much against emergingmarket currencies. That is what the dollar is doing right now. Weakness in offshore currency remains on the back of this broader news from the trump administration, down. 2 , that is your aussie dollar, risk off mood, down. 1 , and the boe is flat against the u. S. Dollar. Gold move to commodities, publicly above 2050 and out, further gains. Not as Much Movement in terms of stimulus conversations in washington. Barrel, up,42 a maybe on track for gains across the week. And that is your yield for the 1132 and 52. , tencents down on the back of this executive order. Just how much and how significant this move is by President Trump is of course the question, given wechat is largely used by the chineseamerican community. It is not clear how much revenue tencent derives from the u. S. Market, but this i
Hoarders of medical supplies for those in desperate need in the nation, republicans doing their part, bringing a 2 trillion stimulus package to senate floor to provide aid for american working families. But democrats are blocking relief, playing politics with the well being of the american worker, Mitch Mcconnell today railing against democrat partys effort to use this stimulus package for their partys pet projects. Here are some items on the democratic wish list over which they choose over which they choose to block this legislation. Last night. Tax credits for solar energy and wind energy. Provisions to force employers to give special new treatment. Too big labor. And listen to this, new admission standards for the airline. Are you kidding me . David democrat resistance to a stim less stimulus bill felt on wall street. You can see. Congress attempts to pass a major relief package for the coronavirus, u. S. Surgeon general, jerome adams reiterating a call for americans to follow recom