That is a quarter of global infections with california seeing its biggest daily jump yet. When we look at chinas new security law for hong kong and protesters are already changing strategies to steer clear of arrest. First, lets get you a quick check up on how markets are starting this morning. Here is Sophie Kamaruddin in hong kong. Sophie asian stocks are gearing up for modest gains. We are seeing s p eminis moving slightly higher this morning and kiwi stocks are heading for a second day of losses when meridian and another Energy Company leading the climbs on rio tinto deciding to Halt Operations in new zealand. The hong kong dollar staying resilient within one standard deviation as they continue to defend the currency and markets shrug off a threat to the peg. Switching off the board to the terminal chart. We are watching to see if the the best sinceng september 2019. We are keeping an eye to see of chinas market value can top 10 million after pushing beyond nine for the First Time
The markets are focusing on what jay powell said yesterday. The market is also focusing on what we are seeing across the globe. The number of infections being weighed compared to the extra Monetary Policy being put out there. Investors weighing better economic figures against the continued increase in virus cases. In other news, metals advance with copper climbing for the fourth day. Manufacturing and services in china. That adds to a bit of optimism. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news with leighann gerrans. China has approved Landmark National security legislation for hong kong at the end of a threeday meeting in beijing for the nations top legislative body. Representativee confirmed the vote. The u. S. Said it is suspending hong kongs special status, making it harder to export sensitive American Technology to the city. German chancellor Angela Merkel is throwing her support behind a radical Recovery Plan for europe. Packages include 750 billion euros of joint debt. Wh
Caller hes done a fantastic job but we have come to the next evolution of the platform theyve come together and developed that a leadership change is timely shell may writedown assets by as much as 22 billion and says fewer sales will fall 40 building on the back of encouraging pmi data out of china which sees factory increase in june and expanding trends of export orders. The stock markets here in europe have been trading for an hour so far. This is the final day. The month, the quarter or the half after what has been an incredible recovery phase. It has been a clear standout the trade just tick over in the morning session. There has not been a quarter appetite very small ranges is what we are witnessing on . Chart. Lets dive in to these boards on the many small markets selling in the uk, stock market down half a percent. Disappointing overall for the u. S. Stocks. Outstanding has been the german stock market keeping pace ahead of the morning trade about a third coming off the italian
Austrias chancellor tells us shared debt is not the answer to the coronavirus crisis. Meanwhile, chancellor merrickle here in germany has a workaround for the dispute over e. C. B. Bond buying. Testing times. President trump says the u. S. Has prevailed in the battle to boost coronaVirus Testing to capacity. This as Boris Johnson is forced to water down his plans for rebooting the u. K. Economy. Plus, the fed dips into credit on the corporate side. Today marks the opening of a much anticipated facility to buy corporate debt e. T. F. , a key part of the Central Banks coronavirus strategy. Just you said an hour away from the start of cash equity trading in europe and the u. K. Lets take a look at futures here. Ftse n see that we have futures it is changed. Futures across the board are not moving very much, although at least in europe we see some direction. Everything moving to the down side. And more so when you look at the da x, the ibex and the ftse down a third right now. Take a look
Well as in london. We begin with a biggie week a busy week for Central Banks. Bank of japan says they will take on unlimited buying of Government Bonds, lifting the cap also on corporate holdings. I, he joins us now. , kitchen sink, we are still throwing it. Michael Central Banks are all as string the question of what you do when you have throwing the kitchen sink. In the back of japans case, you just make the sink a little bigger. The bank of japan already has negative rates, Corporate Bond and etf buying, and an emergency Lending Program, so they just decided to make those programs a bit bigger. Unchanged at rate 10 basis points. Remember, they do yield curve control. They mentioned they would buy as many Corporate Bonds as they need to and expanding access to its Emergency Loan Program for a wider range of banks. For analysts, theres a bit less here than meets the eye. They dropped their ¥80 trillion limit on Government Bond buying, but they werent buying anywhere trillion, so it d