Between the Bells

US equities made a comeback overnight and the Nasdaq made green tracks for the first time in days. 

The ASX200 closed lower for the 4th straight day losing 2.4%, which took the market back to early January levels and the futures are suggesting a 0.4% drop.

Companies reporting today: Bega Cheese (ASX:BGA), Flight Centre Travel (ASX:FLT), Ramsay Health Care (ASX:RHC), Nextdc (ASX:NXT), Link Administration (ASX:LNK), Adelaide Brighton (ASX:ABC), Costa Group Holdings (ASX:CGC) and Propel Funeral Partners (ASX:PFP).

Famous actor & World Health Organisation Ambassador Jet Li said overnight, coronavirus knows no borders. Coronavirus cases are on the rise in Europe and the middle East, while cases are steadying in China with factories coming back online like Toyota.

There is a lot of fear in markets which is why US equities tumbled to a 12 week low and money flowed into bonds, pushing their treasury yields to a record low. 

Companies reporting: Invocare (ASX:IVC), Healius (ASX:HLS), Appen (ASX:APX), Polynovo (ASX:PNV) & Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO).

All eyes are on the world’s leaders, and what they say at the G20 meeting in Saudi Arabia. Finance ministers, along with central bank governors are headed to the country at the weekend to discuss the global economy, trade tensions and the coronavirus. 

The Aussie futures are suggesting a 0.7% fall at the open, meaning we could be on for another day of profit taking. 

Companies reporting today: Bluescope Steel (ASX:BSL), Cooper Energy (ASX:COE), Helloworld Travel (ASX:HLO), NIB Holdings (ASX:NHF), WorleyParsons (ASX:WOR) and Resolute Mining (ASX:RSG). 

All eyes on US manufacturing data for February.

Commodities continue to bounce back from Coronavirus fears. While US equities tracked lower overnight with most of the losses coming in a sudden midday move, leaving traders and investors puzzled as to why US stocks were sold down and gold continued to hit new muli-year highs.

Currently the ASX200 futures are flat, suggesting we will search for direction at the open.

Companies reporting today: Ardent Leisure Group (ASX:ALG), Inghams Group (ASX:ING), Mayne Pharma Group (ASX:MYX), Orocobre (ASX:ORE), Platinum Asset Management (ASX:PTM), Rural Funds Group (ASX:RFF), Senex Energy (ASX:SXY) and Charter Hall Group (CHC).

Wall Street has done it again, hitting another record all time high with tech shares leading the charge after Apple erased its coronavirus losses after downgrading revenue. 

The ASX200 futures are suggesting a lift of 0.2%.

Companies reporting today: Coca-Cola Amatil (CCL), Origin Energy (ORG), Perpetual (PPT), Qantas Airways (QAN), Star Entertainment (SGR), Santos (STO), Super Retail Group (SUL), Sydney Airport (SYD) and Galaxy Resources (GXY).

All eyes on Little Green Pharmaceuticals (LGP) and WiseTech Global (WTC).

Wall Street started its trading week mostly lower with the Dow falling for the third straight day, after Apple warned it won’t meet its revenue guidance as coronavirus slowed production and weakened demand in China. 

Companies reporting today: Tabcorp (TAH), Crown Resorts (CWN), Domino's Pizza Enterprise (DMP), Fortescue Metals Group (FMG), Wesfarmers (WES) and WiseTech Global (WTC).

All eyes will also be on the wage price index.

We had a quiet session overnight given U.S markets didn’t trade as it was a public holiday for President's Day.

The Aussie shares market futures were 0.04% lower, suggesting a negative open.

Companies reporting today: Abacus Property Group (ABP), Ansell (ANN), APA Group (APA), BHP Group (BHP), Cochlear (COH), Emeco Holdings (EHL), IOOF Holdings (IFL), Monadelphous Group (MND), Netwealth Group (NWL), Oz Minerals (OZL), Scentre Group (SCG), ISelect (ISU), Coles Group (COL) and Sims Metals Management (SGM).

Breaking news: Apple released that it won't meet it's revenue guidance due to coronavirus suppressing supply and demand in China. 

U.S stocks had a mostly upbeat session on Friday with the tech heavy Nasdaq closing at a new record high.

The Aussie shares market futures were 0.6% lower, meaning we could have a negative start to the week. On Friday the ASX200 rose 0.4% to 7,130 points, the second highest close on record.

Companies reporting today: Altium (ALU), Bendigo and Adelaide Bank (BEN), Brambles (BXB), GWA Group (GWA), Imdex (IMD) and QBE Insurance Group (QBE).

With positive sentiment now well and truly back in the market in the wake of the initial coronavirus scare, Jess looks back at historical market data from plagues of the past. The Aussie, U.S and European markets once again enjoyed record highs on not one, but two days this week. Could this be the roaring 20's once again?

In this week's video, Jessica covers: 
- A retrospective look at disease market impacts - or lack thereof (0:48)
- The review of the century: the relentless ASX (1:03)
- The weekly sectors report: finance is back in black (1:37)
- The stock report: Breville boils its way to the top (1:53)
- Spotlight stocks: AMP, CSL and CBA all upgraded (3:08)
- What to look out for next week (5:37)

U.S investors trimmed profits off the table, which explains why Wall Street hit new record highs overnight, before closing in the red. 

The Australian share market futures were flat (at 8.00am).

Companies reporting today: Baby Bunting Group (BBN), IPH (IPH), Mesoblast (MSB) and City Chic Collective (CCX).

All eyes on Goodman Group.