Global stocks are staging a recovery today after yesterday's crash. In the currency markets, Canadian and Dollar are currently the strongest ones for today. Yen and Sterling are the weakest. Governments are preparing or announcing special coronavirus relief packages. EU leaders will also have a video conference today to discuss coordinated responses. ECB President Christine Lagarde will also join the call, just in time for the monetary policy decision on Thursday. But for today, most eyes are on the US as President Donald Trump is set to unveil his measures today, which include payroll tax cuts. markets could turn back into risk off mode if Trump disappoints. Global cases of the Wuhan coronavirus breaks 116k level today, with 4089 deaths. Numbers in China, the origin of the global outbreak, are plateauing at 80761, 3136 deaths. Similarly, South Korea dropped to number four with 7513 cases, 54 deaths. Italy is now number two with 9172 cases, 463 deaths, as the whole country is in lockdown. Iran surge to 8042, with 291 deaths. Spain (1512 cases, 35 deaths), France (1412 cases, 30 deaths) and Germany (1281 cases, 2 deaths are slowing. US, which surges past Japan, is now having 729 cases and 27 deaths. It seems just a matter of time when US number breaks 1000. In Europe, currently, FTSE is up 2.39%. DAX is up 1.68%. CAC is up 1.91%. Germany 10-year bund yield is up 0.119 at -0.738. Earlier in Asia, Nikkei rose 0.85%. Hong Kong HSI rose 1.41%. China Shanghai SSE rose 1.82%. Singapore Strait Times rose 1.80%. Japan 10-year JGB yield rose 0.1019 to -0.041. |
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