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we saw big gains overseas, particularly because of the shanghai park. what is your outlook for this coming quarter as people start to book represent thes for the spring? >> well, our theme park division had great results for the quarter we just announced. we have new product into the market place. we're ordering avatar land in florida, for instance. and we have disneyland paris, for instance and there's hong kong and shanghai that are doing very well. and you can't say enough about shanghai. i said on the call, we've done over 7 humming. five tons of rice in shanghai. >> how many tons of rice? >> five tons. >> what? you said you want to ask a question. >> forget it. >> coming up, the social media giant reports thursday. say carl, we have a question about your brokerage fees. fees? what did you have in mind? i don't know. $6.95 per trade? uhhh- and i was wondering if your brokerage offers some sort of guarantee? guarantee? where we can get our fees and commissions back if we're not happy. so can you offer me what schwab is offering? what's with all the q

the shanghai composite up .8%.the afternoon session. you are seeing the nikkei up .2% after losses throughout the morning session. the japanese yen right now down .2%, trading at 113. that was after three days of gains against the u.s. dollar. the asx 200 down .3% among one of the few markets that are in negative territory at the moment. we are seeing energy and material stocks leading to decline. new zealand unchanged at the moment. taiwan and singapore trading right now, singapore down .2%, while malaysia is up .3%. let's take a look at other markets trading at the moment, we are seeing jakarta up .3%. remember that chinese north korean coal imports banned, and that could help jakarta because indonesia is one of the biggest , so keep an coal eye on that market. that is it for this edition of "bloomberg markets: asia". ♪ yousef: regional tensions to the blastsaudi arabia iran, which in turn mocks donald trump. taking a stakep as the emirate looks to asia for investment. $143 billion uni

markets opening in shanghai.ng inay of the the new year. 51.is does this mean more stability looking at the chinese economy? official figures a couple days ago. now we have seen these figures. basically demonstrates that the chinese manufacturing sector interest ined, but the growth rate or related areas is to be slow. we need more policy to demonstrate that china is really in recovery mode. we are optimistic about the chinese economy, but at the same time, we are cautious. asiaad: what is the do for -- that do for asia? interest rate is something we need to look at cautiously. we have talked about liquidity. i think they will adopt a more flexible approach to maintain liquidity and economic growth. at the same time, we see that in the chinese market we have seen benefit from liquidity as well. an increase in interest rates could lower the pressure for the pboc to counter the outflow of capital as well. situation in china is optimistic over the short term. >> right. been a there has turnaround in china. tell us a

all down arrows, shanghai composite index down 3 quarters of 1%, nikkei down 1/2%. correia's cosby also to the downside and the rest of sam's chief on bribery charges, good news from singapore's gdp. >> the down arrow theme continues, the ftse in london down four points, the cac in paris down 48, the dax in germany down 55. >> the buyback of $3 billion in the winner today. dow futures down 56. s&p futures down 6, nasdaq down 9 and a winning week on wall street. >> fear is coming back, the victim index climbed a bit. we look at commodities, oil trading at 5321, gold up 8% this year, $12.43 an ounce. >> out of south korea, has approved the arrest of the samsung electronic air who was accused of bribery. the vice chairman of samsung and lower than 7 hours. the arrest warrant in connection with the corruption scandal that has shaken south korea, led to the impeachment of the country's president. thousands of protesters opposing and supposedly demonstrating outside the courthouse. samsung has united offered bribes to the president. >> the top wireless carriers trying to

the shanghai composite up .1%. weaker.up 2.3% yen above 113, the dollar helping exporters get a blue state today. this ahead of talks between p and prime minister abe, set to discuss infrastructure investments. climbing.hares , watchingarmakers talks between donald trump pensions are a hobby, shares up almost 4%, 15 in that space on the up. yamaha up over 7% after net annual income beat estimates. despite a 50%se drop in quarterly profit, and it plans to make to the infinity in mexico. the bond space, we do have u.s. treasuries extending the drop, 10 year yields rising one basis point to 2.4%. --see yields on the rise austrian yields on the rise. year jgbhanged, but 10 endds could rise by years driven by a rebound in the u.s. economy, bringing treasury yields to 3%. he does not see the boj doing anything for some time. rishaad: thank you very much indeed. that is sophie kamaruddin. let's get first word news with haidi lun. the white house plans to turn down its rhetoric when president trump meets with the japanese prime mi

ofminutes from the start trading in hong kong, shanghai, and elsewhere, but singapore, taipei, kualapur coming online.

shanghai and hong kong about to open.are coming up -- david: we are coming off four or five days of gains. assets. let's have a look at benchmarks right now. worse off by about 0.2 by percent. index, 7.25%. shanghai hasn't really done anything over the last three or four weeks. the philippine stock market, let's wait for that to get really warmed up. i am looking at some of these numbers out of the philippines. when you look at what really drove inflation, 2.7% highs in 2014, not quite where we were thinking it would go. alcohol and tobacco leading those games. -- those gains. when it comes to china, the pboc skipping open-market operations for a third straight day. it does sort of play into the bigger picture. you look at where money market rates have gone. you look at a seven-day interbank rates. they all have come down for three days as well. watch this space very closely. three stocks we are following here. kong, markets in hong china telco, china unicom, both getting an upgrade from ubs. let me get that for you. a bu

the writer is for the shanghai composite in chinatown .1%.nicole: southbank on the deal, all higher today. largest in the world gave a great output as well. up about 4% today. markets in europe higher across the board getting half of 1% to the london ftse, half of 1% to the cac and german dax up one third of 1%. 20,000 for the first time and now we are halfway there. dow futures up 27 points. look at the train to squeak out again right now. trade to make a cup of goldman sachs. let's check out the movement of commodities. oil down 42 cents. golda 1 dollar. lauren: one of the reasons the japanese market was higher. softbank making a big move, great to buy investment group for $3.3 billion. the deal is part of an effort to transform itself into one of the world's largest investment firms. managing about $70 billion in assets and invest in real estate of accredited private equity. on by the japanese businessman but he actually sold. it acquires control of the u.s. mobile phone carriers to sprint. nicole: aig is a stock we're watching today. tumb

shanghai composite up 1.2%. lea: april assert takeover in the food business. we will have those details. lauren: ceo cooper calls for an investigation into claims of a former engineer. lea: and sports committee nba all-star game. west versus east. anthony davis wins the mvp for record-breaking performance. dustin johnson takes the world number one ranking. all of those highlights. lauren: 5:01 a.m. in new york. we wish you a happy presidents' day. stock and bond markets open today. here at "fbn:am," your first look at today's markets in the latest breaking news. lea: candidates for national security adviser to replace michael flynn who has remember was forced to resign. keith kellogg the acting national security adviser, john bolton, u.s. ambassador to do human. h.r. mcmaster and robert kaplan. the president's first choice for first choice, price admiral robert howard turned down the offer. white house chief of staff reince priebus same trump is not an esteem his chiefs try to just play it manual and national security. >> the president has said very clearly th

shanghai composite up half a percent. true into health care make a is dead. $48 billion deal to buy sigma. transferable to other sea of trump lump in its earnings report? earnings today as growth slows down, he could use a boost. we'll tell you what to expect from the report. nicole: blake griffin disbelieved over the new york knicks. the real drama was at the game. charles oakley arrested after a fight at madison square garden. lauren: it is a snow day. 5:01 a.m. kids are likely home today. you might have trouble getting to work. welcome to "fbn:am," your first look at morning markets and breaking news. train to breaking news this morning. a powerful winter storm pounded much of the northeast dumping in the mid-atlantic and new england right now. 3000 flights have been canceled already. the fast-moving storm expected to be the biggest of the season in this region. officials on high alert across the entire area including right here in new york city. >> the heaviest that will be coming from 7:00 in the morning until 11:00

the second busiest container port in the world after shanghai.ngapore's economy. if you look at contribution to gdp, 8% to 10%. to another location that will be bigger and able to operate even more boxes to do now it is operating about 33 another to go around the world five times per that is the extent of singapore shipping contribution. when it moves, you can expect that contribution to go up more. demise, some people are saying it is the start of a recovery in the shipping industry and that will benefit singapore. trade, there are signs that trade is picking up, and that will only bode well for countries like singapore. rishaad: thank you so much for that. right, let's move to macau, casino stocks, revenue rising, but the last time investors were as optimistic as this was 2014, and as history shows us, that did not end well. we have a look at what is going on here. >> we have seen the macau gaming sector have a huge rally since last january, up 60%, so there is enthusiasm in the space. we can see where bullish contracts become more expensive, s

in china, shanghai to attend the 1% and hong kong hang seng down 10th of 1%. checkout was going going on in europe. all of paris. the cac up one 10th of 1% in 10th of 1% of friends. none of the half of 1% and german dax up half of 1% good trade to dallas and s&p at the third highest levels. we've gone 40 days without a move of 1% in either direction for the dow. that's something we haven't seen it two in a half years. dow futures up a quarter of 1%. similar percentage gains for the other market right now. nicole: a look at commodities, down 15 cents. gold right now down a bug. this article of yesterday gaining $11 of three consecutive sessions. you can see it is stronger versus all the currencies this morning. nicole: the 10 year bond yield at this but looking at 2.41%. lauren: while disney watching today. analysts looking for slightly higher revenue. the first-quarter results after today's close helped by its latest animation movie. also an update perhaps on reports that disney ceo robert baker makes in his tenure for a third time. fourth-quarter results and

to shanghai and china 1%.t in south korea up at quarter of 1% in the nikkei in japan dumps lately. a mixed bag in a very wait-and-see mode here at london's up two points. cac at one point in france. german dax both than a 10th of 1% down. nicole: consumer confidence in the latest read on gdp today. the president speaking tonight before a joint session of congress. the doubtful record closes in a row. could today be number 13. tough issues of 12 points. nasdaq teachers don't fractionally. s&p unchanged, very much sitting on your hand-painted date waiting for the details of what the president will say tonight. nicole: let's check out oil as they talk about energy. 5397 a barrel. gold than six bucks at 1252 triads. the south korean company south korean company saint-saens and other officials indicted today. prosecutors announced e.j. dionne and the others today. february 17th, charged with bribery, bustamante, perjury and concealing profit gains from criminal acts. he could face years in jail. he's accused of bei

we have had some data out of shanghai showing that shanghai home prices over the week rose signs ofthowing any a slowdown in the properties tightening one a property curbs, but shanghai off .3% to start the week. we are seeing the hang seng really try to stay above that 24,000 point level. it does seem to be a litmus test for the market. it was higher a couple of hours ago, 40 points higher come up falling back below that at the moment, so some resistance at that level. looking at the nikkei down .6%. this is all about the yen story. there have been big movers, mitsubishi up 3%, and disappointing numbers coming from australia, the sx 200 off by 2.5%. mixed, but mostly to the downside. firm oran won is for a fifth consecutive session through this is the longest winning streak since august last year. this is seen as a proxy trading against the u.s. dollar as we see movement into reflation and in terms of the president trump administration, so one to watch this week ahead of president trump speaking in congress. right now fairly flat against the dollar. having a quick look at the japane

in china however, 1% for the shanghai composite. someone withdraws his name after gop in the senate's integrates. we'll tell you who made the new labor nominee. verizon and yahoo! reportedly cutting a deal for yahoo!'s internet business. bludgeon the sacramento kings. she makes good on a super bowl that could go with one complete the random fan. nicole: 5:31 a.m. thursday, february 16. we welcome you to "fbn:am," your first look at morning markets and breaking news. lauren: more than halfway through february. reportedly without sensitive information from president tron. "the wall street journal" reporting intelligence officials are concerned it could be leaked or compromise. the official decision shows deep mistrust between the intelligence community and the president. the report comes as critics are slamming the nation's intel community. >> intelligence agencies are more powerful than the president himself. the ability to the pill people to the point that the american people's interest to be subverted. these are crimes. these peopl

shanghai, backin above 50,000 renminbi per metric ton.kel up, iron a risk on session, bonds also scaling back. rishaad: thanks, david. -- right, let's get to first word news headlines with sophie. apparentamsung's heir says he will speak to prosecutors after being summonned again. two other samsung executives are also expected to face questioning. korea,news says south japan, and the u.s. have requested a un security council meeting over north korea's latest missile launch. the north has confirmed it launched the medium-range missile traveled 500 kilometers before splashing in the sea of japan. the first such launch of the trump presidency has been widely condemned, with japan's prime and calling it "intolerable." mepresident trump assured that the united states will with japan 100%. the president and i completely share the view that we will promote further cooperation between our two nations and further reinforce our alliance. parliamentgolia's has voted to nationalize copper, gold, and iron ore assets after an investigation found mongol

those cases were spread across ten cities and regions including shanghai and beijing. at least 36 people have died. they are encouraging countries to step up screening. >>> let's look at business headlines. company executives are discussing wages with labor unions. let's find out more. what are you hearing? >> executives are a little by cautious about the global committ economy this year. they are considering pay hikes. they initially said they would reduce regular work hours by 20 minute to 7:15 a day. union officials said that would eat into workers earnings because it would decrease overtime pay. they requested a hike in base pay too. executives say they may have to review family allowances and other benefits to secure enough funds for the raise. >>> japanese maker toshiba is struggling. the head of japan's largest business organization is calling on other japanese companies to offer their support. he wants to keep toshiba's technology in the country. the chairman of the japan business federation called toshiba the crown jewel of japanese industry. >> translator: to

shanghai moving to the downside. a quick look at japan as well.i has 49 stocks down, 15 on the way up. 506 moving to the downside. looking to australia and new zealand. yesterday, a see small gain. adding to that. lumpur, taipei and kuala . what we have there is a down arrow story. that is what we have for the moment when it comes to the market. we will also keep our eyes on what india does later. while most analysts predict a cut, our next guest is bucking the trend. ♪ ♪ it is almost 10:00 a.m. in singapore, 1:00 p.m. in sydney, 9:00 in the evening on coast of theor united states. i am rishaad salamat. this is "bloomberg markets: asia" ♪ rishaad: the surging yen signaling pain for dollar bulls, the trump trade unravels. policy balancing act putting bond markets in the firing line. the reserve bank of india set to cut rates, but will it set the this cycle? here's a look at markets. here is david ingles. look atight, when you markets right now, close to session lows. let's hope markets opening up, jakarta, thailand, india, hopefully they left that

shanghai composite index down three quarters of 1%.kong's hang seng down one 10th of 1% increase costs begun half of 1%. >> investors eyeing a new referendum. a mixed bag here. the 50th 14 points and mundane. 13 points in germany. >> the dow gained 11 days -- record closes 11 days in a row. hennessey nodded 30 years. price earnings ratio getting expensive. the highest level of 15 years. right now dow futures down for. s.b. futures than half of one point. nested features to fix. >> was not there this morning of more than half of 1% 5436. pull down slightly at 1257 announced. nicole: has the u.s. dollar. painted mixed bag of the mexican peso in europe are stronger. we are seen sterling dropping today with concerns about a possible second referendum for scotland. there's a look at canadian dollar and japanese yen down today. lauren: drop-in meal for four days at 2.34%. nicole: the bond yield is the lowest bidder. snape goes public this week. beginning to wonder that the nasa not to send disappearing pictures. up wants to be known as the c

china and shanghai composite up half of 1%. ceo tiffany's out after a sales slump as a luxury jeweler. nicole: a big week for corporate earnings. 100 companies including disney, time warner, coca-cola appeared lauren: monday, february 6. your first circuit today's markets in the latest breaking news. transient new england patriots pulling out a germanic overtime win at the super bowl, beating the atlanta falcons 44-28. cheryl casone live in houston, texas with the latest. unbelievable. and historic game. reporter: it really was. good morning, guys. it had everything you want in a super bowl. so much emotion and passion and fire and anger in the comeback of the patriots. the motion at the beginning of the game of george h.w. bush and barbara bush in a golf cart and wheelchair came onto the field for the coin toss. there is not a dry eye in the stadium. this is the bush's hometown. he spent two weeks in the hospital with pneumonia and looking frail and 92 years old. the 41st president started off what would become an emotional su

the shanghai composite up just slightly. goldman sachs report the new iphone eight will be a game changer with the reality component. we will take a look. uconn women's basketball team scores a milestone with a 100 game winning streak. in the nba, denver nuggets stunned the golden state warriors but a three-point barrage. nicole: five to 1:00 a.m. in new york. tuesday, february 14th. happy valentine's day to all of you and we welcome you to "fbn:am," your first look at morning markets and breaking news. lauren: happy valentine's day. michael flynn resigning as president transnational security adviser over his conversations with the russian ambassador about u.s. sanctions. initially said there was no discussion of the sanctions in a phone call weeks before the president's maturation. in his resignation letter, this is what lynn said in part. unfortunately because of the fast pace of events that ended in late reach the vice president-elect and others have been completed. acting national security adviser. one of three names eme

china, shanghai composite .6%.ompetition forces verizon to run the data plane starting today. how much will it cost you? lauren: last night, politics takes center stage in despite an early club, adele box with a big winner. nicole: the san antonio spurs in their biggest win of the season. in golf, jordana speith cruises to the area public beach. lauren: congratulations. i 31:00 a.m. in new york monday, figure 14, which means tomorrow is valentine's day. welcome to try "fbn:am," your first look at morning markets and breaking news. disaster as authorities in northern california ordered nearly 200,000 people to evacuate because the problems of an emergency spillway at the nation's biggest dam. officials warned that the rugged spillway is in danger of failing and unleashing floodwaters onto the towns below. the 770-foot tall dam is about 150 miles east of san francisco. >> or 2424 hour california warning center has also been sending notifications to counties downstream that could be affect by any potential rising wate

shanghai composite index, china still closed. all donors across the board picked the nikkei nikkei down 1.2%. korea surprised the 7%. lauren: the ftse is the one great arab el paso point. peeking out a small gain there. bank of england decision today monetary policies. the first decision since their prime minister said the u.k. will not stay in the european union. check in at the cac down three-point. dax 41 points. deutsche bank shares down 6%. they did report a full-year net loss of $1.5 billion. nicole: u.s. stock market futures this morning after succinct yet again yesterday. dow futures some 70, s&p futures to a nasdaq futures to 23. to my repair jobs report. lauren: a sharp rise in u.s. stockpiles. both of 27 cents. gold at $15. $12.23 an ounce. nicole: weakness for the u.s. dollar. canadian pound, japanese yen all stronger against the greenback this morning. lauren: deal stands at two points, hovering around 2.5%. 2.46 to be exact. nicole: face that continues impressive growth after the close yesterday. 30% per user. buste

moving to to shanghai, declining by a little more than .1% to 3212, snapping a five-day winning streak. resource stocks took a breather after their recent rally. singapore gaining .5%. sydney was up 0.9%. the index reached its highest close in nearly two years. >>> all nippon airways has launched a new direct service between narita airport near tokyo and mexico city. ♪ officials at narita marked the start of the daily flights. ana is first japanese airline to fly their route nonstop. officials say they hope to meet demand from japanese companies operating in mexico, such as automakers as well as tourists. the new service comes amid concerns over the influence of the new u.s. administration. japanese companies have invested heavily in mexico over the past five years, but president trump has attacked plans by automakers to expand there. the airline chief has dismissed those worries. >> translator: we've seen no changes in reservations with the new u.s. administration. but we're keeping an eye on demand. >> an ana official says 70% of seats on flights are already looked. >>> labor unions

the shanghai composite up to 3261 the closing number. higher oil prices lifted resource and energy shares. property stocks ended flat as investors shrugged off the latest home price data. over in hong kong, better than expected gdp figures boosted sentiment. the hang seng closed at 24,201. singapore was up by .9% supported by major banks. sydney's s&p asx200 index snapped a three-day losing streak gaming .25%. >>> japanese men earn more on average than women. but a new survey shows the wage gap by gender is narrower now than at any time in history. officials at the labor ministry ran a national survey on entities with ten or more employees. they found the average monthly pay packet, excluding overtime, was about $2,700 last year. that's unchanged from 2015 in yen terms. the average men's wage was nearly $3,000. women took home some $800 less. ministry officials say the gap is the smallest for the past 40 years. they put down the change to the growing number of women filling administrative positions and having longer careers. >>> the grow

i note what you're doing as well in shanghai. you've launched a chinese representation office in shanghai? >> right. >> are you pivoting east though? surely it must be more comfortable to do business with someone who is open to all religions. is there pivot east in terms of the business contacts that you're looking to establish? >> there isn't really any particular position on this to be honest with you. the u.s. or the american people love travel and they enjoy experiencing different parts of the world. i don't believe anything is going to stop them from traveling outside the u.s. to different parts of the middle east. whether you feel comfortable and safe, the uae has been a fantastic, safe destination. that has been our key selling point. at the same time, our strategy to open in china is merely to focus more on the chinese market as we've seen. again, another fantastic growth from china and we really wanted to make sure we induce and enhance our presence in china in terms of pr, sales and marketing. our drive for the key citi

. >>> moving on to other markets in the region, the shanghai composite rose for a second straight day, adding 0.4%, 3,253 the closing number there. expectations of capital inflows from pension funds continue to support market sentiment. hong kong's hang seng index slid 0.8%, finishing at 23,963. hsbc tumbled 5% after they reported a bigger than expected drop in profit for 2016. the kospi down and tokyo shares rose on higher commodities but disappointed earnings weighed on the index. here's a look at some of the other business stories we're following. >>> officials at the japan chain stores association said total sales at nearly 10,000 supermarkets across the country fell 1.6%, the second consecutive month of decline. they say sales of clothing fell more than 9% due to weak demand for coats and sweaters. sales of other miscellaneous goods fell 5%. >>> officials at the japan department stores association say sales at more than 200 stores last month were down 1.2% from a year earlier. that's 11 straight months of decline. ofofficials say sales to foreig tourists rose 25% but domestic sal

the shanghai down 0.6%. all sectors declining except the defense sector.e saw resource firms on the hang seng index, with that index also down. in australia, the asx 200 down 0.4%. but the mining index hitting a two-month low, down 1.6%. in the broader region, we saw caution in the asia pacific area with the nikkei ending flat and the kospi up 0.10%. >> pauline, thank you very much. >>> shares of gopro getting slammed. the company posting weaker than expected sales for the latest quarter and releasing soft outlook for the current period. gopro blaming wider losses on a tax related charge and a nearly $37 million charge tied to restructuring costs. >>> chipotle's quarterly earnings coming short of wall street's targets. sales falling 4.8% during the fourth quarter but they expect same-store sales to rebound this year. >>> amgen posting a higher than expected fourth quarter profits. sales of a rheumatoid arthritis drug driving the product. >>> it's super bowl weekend and a big one for advertisers. it's go viral or go home. we'll tell you which commercials ar

haidi: let's get more on this and shanghai.riving the growth and earnings last year? >> hi. a half, past year and we have seen a aia and other hong kong-based insurers be really strong beneficiaries of chinese investors have looked to invest in hong kong insurance products, and that has been driven by a decline in the yuan and the august 2015 surprised evaluation, which was a turning point for interest in hong kong insurance products. aia along with other hong kong insurers have really benefited from this trend. haidi: what about capital outflows? do we see that crackdown having an impact? can see froms you the results, there has not been a strong impact on results so far, although bear in mind that one of the biggest curbs came in towards the end of october of 2015, where union pay said that its credit and debit cards could not be used for hong kong insurance purchases for anything other than accidental insurance, so we have not seen some of the latest curbs actually eating baked into those numbers, and the big question of cou

the markets in hong kong and shanghai are getting underway shortly.will have the opening numbers. it is an upmarket they are joining. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: it is 9:29 a.m. in hong kong. we are counting down to the open of markets in shanghai and shenzhen. i'm haidi lun in sydney. we are looking at the market trading in positive territory today. uncertainty on the horizon. we have janet yellen speaking towards the end of the week. all of the focus is on the speech, the first joint session of congress that president trump is going to be speaking in front of on tuesday night asia time. we are getting hopefully some more details about the infrastructure spending. he has hinted it is going to be big, really impressive. markets are getting some buoyancy at the moment. it is also being helped by a rebound in the u.s. dollar index , falling last week for the first time in three weeks. a recovery today giving respite to some asian currencies, particularly the yen. that is a boosting sentiment when it comes to the japanese market. let's take a look at how

let's get a reaction in terms of that hong kong, shenzhen, and shanghai open.hie: we did see about 45 cities there, so that potentially is a fourth month of lower price gains for the chinese property market. take you look at the weighty chinese market is relying -- is reacting. down a 10th of a percent there. on the hung sing index, of about 1/3 of 1%. let's take a look at what is going on with some of the property stocks listed in hong kong. andave country garden china -- and ever gone day outperforming -- and evergrande outperforming, possibly because they were able to hit most of the targets earlier in the year. a drop in we have home sales for 2016. did see anvestment very steep rise in price gains over the course of 2015. it was hit particularly hard by cooling measures to rein in those rising prices. gaugetake a look at this of mainland property stocks. this tracks 22 of the stocks. we have seen that rise over the course of the first two months of 2017. but bullet that chart for you. the equity evaluations are at a near record low, which means they could

despite the earlier gains made on the shanghai composite we are seeing shen jin in the red.ks down .1 of percent. it has been a day for chinese shares, not quite sure that is the case. we have seen this decline in the last hour in the market. while we are seeing a broadly positive picture for indian banks, not so much the case, weighing on the sensex. this on reports that the government plans to trim how much capital it comes to the state of lenders because of slowing loans growth. over 1%.ikkei 225 up as the end falls for a third day against the dollar. we have tnd holdings jumping given their solid results and the last word on toshiba, shares have been dropping here today. the company is said to request an extension of loans through the end of march. the battle has not ended yet for toshiba. anna: thank you. federal reserve chair janet yellen sees more rate hikes ahead if the economy stays on course. she spoke yesterday on capitol hill. manus: here's what she had to say. i noted in as previous occasions waiting too long to remove accommodations would be unwise. potentially

coming throughre in shanghai equity markets today, off by 0.6%.some of that steam coming off the rally that we saw in the anh index. dragged group is being down. and a lot of the banks that had been on a tear with the hang seng, china enterprises holding at the 15 month high in yesterday's trade. singapore is up 0.4%. strong data coming through. currently growing at its fastest pace in five years. a nice uptick coming in through india. generally, across the region it has been a day of selig. the dollar weakness, yen strength weighing on the dk down by 0.6%. she was big declined because the s&p flag it could be facing a downgrade or is at risk for a downgrade. toshiba is down 9%. over the course of the week, we have seen toshiba off by about 23.5%. more bad news coming through for that stack. looking at the japanese yen -- down by 0.1%. ending up the trading session in japan with 113. manus: thank you. rounding out the latest on the markets, juliet. let us talk about one of the biggest corporate stories, samsung. has beens jay y. lee formally arres

the shanghai composite ending the day higher as well. oil prices moving higher overnight. showing oil supplies falling. and demand falling. right now oil up 52 cents. >> investors in asia in the u.s. are watching closely. president trump meets with the prime minister today on the top of the agenda some thorny train issues. >> the rivalries duke and north carolina. russell westbrook is too much for lebron james and the cleveland cavaliers. it's friday february 12 -- friday february 10. today the latest breaking news. president donald trump strongly criticizing the decision by the ninth circuit court and the travel ban. and the travel ban. it's a political decision that could hurt us. >> we have a situation with the security of our country is at stake. and it's a very serious situation. will accord as it is said the democratic senator welcoming the decision. i was pleased to see that the checks and balances in our system was working. i was pleased with the adult that it was effect. the president is not about the law. legal experts say if they roll along party lines and is de

the shanghai composite up two thirds of 1%. adele breaks the grammys literally.inning big in hollywood. to the box office success. coming up yet a big weekend for one of the movies and that he produced a. in his administration's role over russia after reports of the he lied about his discussion of sanctions with a russian envoy. according to the washington post today the conversation happened shortly before president trump took office. former u.s. ambassador to the un. ambassador, good to see you. he has been op-ed this morning talking about the new information with russia. >> i think it could be much ado about nothing. what he may or may not have said to the russian ambassador there is absolutely nothing wrong with the senior transition official discussing u.s. foreign policy with foreign diplomats. there has never been any suggestion in these conversations that flynn did anything to undercut the incumbent president. it's an act of responsibility to be talking to foreign representatives to begin to get some idea of their reaction to some of the incoming administ

tokyo, shanghai come in hong kong.ta to the downside as a chinese rival emerges is believed bitter. details on the way. ♪ rishaad: it is almost 10:00 a.m. in singapore, 1:00 p.m. in sydney, 9:00 p.m. on the eastern seaboard of the united states i am rishaad salama. i am rishaad salamat from bloomberg headquarters in hong kong. this is "bloomberg markets: asia" ♪ banks leading stocks higher, rally on plans to roll back regulation. a leading bidder emerges for the troubled airbag maker. netflix and twitter joint legal action against donald trump's theel ban, praising contributions of immigrants. live across this part of the world, taking you to sydney to tokyo. let's begin with things in singapore with david and glass giving us the pulse of the markets. we are still looking at gains, volumes are decent. i do want to and for size is we are well off highs of the day when you look at the benchmarks. most of that drag coming from japan. yen bobbing between 112-113, so that is pushing the nikkei lower. it is still a decent da

shanghai composite 3201.that trump saying we need a couple of days without shock and , but the one china policy is a turning point in the relationship. the stage is set for a last fractious relationship between xi jinping and trump. anna: we will talk about whether investors are relieved live this rapprochement between the u.s. and china. shanghai composite the showing strong on exports and imports, signs of stability, helping to boost the domestic equity story in china. let's get to first word news with shery ahn. >> thank you. in the china policy first phone call since a xi jinping, donald trump has reaffirmed america's long-standing support for the one china policy. that will ease a key source of diplomatic tension between the world's two largest economies that emerged after trump spoke by phone with taiwan's president and then question the policy. china considers taiwan part of its territory. they made acknowledgment of this a precondition for ties. a federal appeals court has refused to reinstate donald

shanghai composite that part of 1%. lea: police arrest protesters after an evacuation deadline passes. lauren: tassel shares -- sales jumped by 90% of ceo elon musk scent a pretty aggressive production target for tesla's new model recipient. lauren: why is amazon.com applying for a liquor license? take a look. lauren: march madness in february with two big buzzer beater and in syracuse takes down duke invades california. we will show you the highlights. lea: thursday, february 23rd. welcome to "fbn:am," your first look at morning markets and breaking news. lauren: president trump said to meet with manufacturing tel is the white house says the president plans to discuss specific action to remove barriers to job creation a day after the president focused on cutting federal's name. blake burman at the white house with details. >> federal budget coming wednesday with president trump calling it a mess. the president met throughout the day with top aides and advisers for budget discussions. the president was promised more def

shanghai moving to the downside. tokyo, let's take a look at that. closinga just about half a percent up. ♪ cory: this is "bloomberg technology." a disturbance in the force at disney. we will break down the first quarter earnings. twitter crackdown on hate and harassment. and meeting the makers. we are live from the toys 17 makers conference and we have tim armstrong and susan lyne. first, disney shares dipping after hours. the company reporting its first-quarter shares fell short of estimates. revenues shrank 3% year-over-year. they saw $3 billion of profit decline. espn had a lower viewership. it dragged down the result of the cable operations. theme stocks were a bright spot and were 13% higher than one year ago. joining us is paul sweeney, our intelligence director. i just got off of bloomberg radio, and the take was the numbers weren't terrible but not superstrong. paul: we will call it a mixed bag. i think what disney has set up the street for, fiscal 17 is going to be a tough profit growth quarter. the nba contract at espn, that is a new contr

and the shanghai composite index was up almost 2% but we have to point out that markets had a shorterthe lunar new year holidays. i asked david from the motley four how he described the month of january. asked david from the motley four how he described the month ofjanuarylj think the month ofjanuary has been a fairly cautious month. what we saw towards the end of last year was the market was giving donald trump the benefit of the doubt, saying he could make america great again. what has happened is they don't want donald trump to make america wait again. they have said, show us what you are going to do. if you can do it, then of course the market could rally higher. if he doesn't, we could actually see most of the gains evaporate. so is this a sign, then, for asian investors to stay on the sidelines? i don't think so. i think you need to look at valuation. look at markets and say, are they keep more expensive? if they are cheap andi more expensive? if they are cheap and i think you should go and buy. there is an old saying that as january goes, so goes the rest of the year. personall

let's look at the shanghai composite. it ended down 0.6%, all sectors declined except the defense sector. then we had a knock-on effect on the hang seng, which ended down a quarter of a percent. resource firms getting hit there. on top of that, similar effect on the asx 200, share market down 0.4%. the mining index fell to a two month low down 1.6%. we also had our eye on the nikkei today. which ended flat, but the bond market was disappointed after the bank of japan initiated it's bond buying today and bond traders felt it wasn't enough. so they exited their position and that pushed the yield on the ten-year jdb to the highest level since january of last year. there's concern that the boj wasn't buying enough. you remember january of last year is when the central bank actually went into negative rates. so that's a look at the broader market. mixed picture here this friday evening. back to you. >> pauline, thank you very much. have a fantastic weekend. we'll chat next week. >>> snap has officially filed to go public. the

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hong kong and shanghai higher. >> oil prices have been pretty important this week.lined 3% the first couple of days, down this time yesterday, but rallied intraday, that pulled the broader market higher. higher again today. $53 on wti. still down about a percent and a half for the week as a whole. ten-year treasury note has been key for markets. seen quite a significant move lower in yields. bond buying, prices going higher, pushing the yields from close to 2.5% at the start of the week to 2.36%. that hurt banks yesterday. let's look at the dollar board. despite yields moving lower, the dollar has been stronger this week and is set to break a four-week losing streak. the dollar is up 0.35% for the week as a whole. the reason it's been able to move higher, yields have moved lower still in other regions, particularly in europe. the french ten-year is below 1% on election fears. we got that commentary earlier in the week from patrick harker that it's possible we could have a march rate hike. today the dollar is higher against the yen by a third of a percent. gold price

again for theonce open of at shanghai and hong kong, is upon us. here is david.ulled back into the markets, the fifth straight day of gains that we are seeing. yields inching closer to 2.5%. and before i get to the chinese points, is australia, 58 58 50 8.07 was the high -- .05, 58.07 was the previous high. another, the eighth time in the last nine days. they had the most inflows in into that billion portfolio. and the seng, philippines, 0.1% higher. i will talk about daily tech in a moment. , hkxe i get to that getting a boost from morgan stanley. 119 hong kong dollars a pop. really adding to the narrative of overcapacity. it could soon be a thing of the past. it will have a fair amount of its capacity. planning a fairly big recall. vehicleslking 160,000 this month. are they trading already? let's look at the top price. there reportedly in talks with apple to have production get underway. 40,000 employees, 80% of the company's revenue. apple, samady supply song, lenovo, panasonic. it is a big company, $61 billion renminbi from last year. conversion, aple $110 bi

hang seng and shanghai saw markets sell off about a third of a percent.ling back from recent highs which have been global. >>> let's look at europe, both data and markets. german gdp had come out overnight, 0.4%. so a little bit higher than what we expected. suggesting on a quarterly basis things are looking good on a yearly basis, behind other nation like the u.s. and the uk. markets, as you can see, higher, a little bit higher, not significantly. france leading the pack, 0.3%. a bit of political relief at the margin overnight. an agreement to an alliance with mr. macron easing the pressure for mr. macron from the left. all things considered, still pretty evenly pared, the chances between mr. macron, mr. fillon and madam le pen. let's look at broader markets. >> a plus for pronunciation of the french politicians. oil is rising sharply. wti up about 1.5%. so is brent. brent below $57 a barrel. wti above 54. maybe we'll see relief for the energy shares after they got slammed yesterday. the dollar index, after the federal reserve was out with minutes from t

shanghai up 0.4%. >> 2.5%. big rise for the japanese market. weaker yen yesterday.eaker yen this morning. getting economic data out of europe. french industrial production dropping 0.9% in december. manufacturing output sliding more than expected. the uk's global goods trade deficit coming in at 10.9 billion pounds. consensus was for 11.5 billion pound deficit. uk industrial production growing 1.1% in december, up 4.3% on the year. european equities early this hour. green on the screen. led by the german dax up almost a half percent. france is up a quarter percent. the ftse 100 up 0.4%. italy lags again. european yields has been a big story on the politics and the increasing risk priced in by markets of a win by the far-right leader in france, marine le pen. french yields have gone higher. they've come down a bit this morning and over the last few sessions. looking at higher yields. risk taking back on the table. we'll continue to watch the polls. >> yeah. we didn't actually have the french yield there. the 10-year fell below 1% yesterday. that got attention. the po

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hong kong and shanghai higher.got some chinese house price data, rising 12.2% year on year, month on month just 0.2%. decelerating pasz of that since september. but on a tear year on year basis. we are on track for another day of gains, albeit slight ones. just higher in germany, france and the uk. uk gdp revised higher for q4, 0.7%, as opposed to 0.6%. and german confidence data beat on every measurement. >> looking at broader markets, specifically oil. it's lower today. we should point out a bullish note from city yesterday caught the attention of commodity traders. they say crude oil prices could shoot up to $70 a barrel by the end of 2017. all of this predicated on that opec cut and what that could mean for oil demand. wti crude at 54.02. ice brent crude at $56.28. nat gas falling 0.94%. the u.s. treasury note is front and center as we await the release of the fomc minutes on what janet yellen and the central bank has to say about a rate hike in the month of march. ten-year yield at 2.41%. u.s. dollar could be