21:52 (KR) Korea Exchange activates sidecar on Kospi following Kospi 200 FUTs rising by +5%, programme trading halted for five-minutes22:09 (AU) Goldman Sachs now expects RBA to hike by +25bps to 4.85%; had previously expected a hold in November's meeting; notes 'clearly hawkish' comments from RBA Dep Gov Hauser22:20 USD/PHP (PH) Philippines Peso weakens to record low of 63.167/USD21:21 (CN) China PBOC Open Market Operation (OMO): Sells CNY80B in 1-day Overnight Reverse Repo and 7-day Reverse Repos; Net injects CNY24B v drains CNY65B prior20:41 (US) President Trump: Pentagon will invest $1.5B to produce semi-conductor chips in North Carolina - The President holds a political rally in Greenville [Pre-Credentialed Media], Pitt-Greenville Airport, NC22:02 (ID) Indonesia's benchmark stock index rises by +0.6% to 5,310.85 at the 10:00am open
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Reports Q4 $0.91 v $0.88e, Rev $9.87B v $9.17Be

- Guides initial FY19 Rev >60%* (Ex-Ele.me & Cainiao network >50%)

- Number of active buyers 552M v 515M y/y, +7.2% y/y
- Adj EBITDA (in RMB) 19.5B, +17% y/y
- Adj EBITDA margin 31% v 43% y/y
-Core Commerce Rev (in RMB) 51.3B v 31.6B y/y, +62% y/y
- Mobile MAU 617M v 580M q/q, +6% q/q
- Cloud computing Rev $699M, RMB4.39B, +103% y/y
- During the March 2018 quarter, Ant Financial continued to aggressively invest in their business leading to robust user acquisition and engagement. These investments resulted in a net loss for Ant Financial in the quarter. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018, Alipay, together with its global JV partners, served around 870 million annual active users globally. Ant Financial also supports economic development in China by serving more than 15 million small businesses as of March 2018 through lending, cash management and insurance services.
12:24 (US) Market Trading Hours Summary: As expected, Dec PCE runs hotter than CPI, Q4 GDP impacted by shutdown; Supreme Court strikes down IEEPA tariff powers
S&P 5007781.25 ▼0.33%EUR/USD1.12 ▲0.47%USD/JPY158.25 ▼0.02%GBP/USD1.34 ▲1.16%OIL--Gold4134.1 ▼14.25%