RBA Says ASX Still Falls Short on Governance and Risk Controls 
Gold Prices Rise as Oil Slide Eases Fed Rate Hike Fears 
U.S. 10-Year Treasury Yield Hits 2007 High as Fed Rate Hike Bets Rise 
European Stocks Slip as Iran Tensions Offset Strong Eurozone Data 
Asian Stocks Mixed Ahead of Trump-Xi Meeting 
Oil Prices Tumble on U.S.-Iran Diplomacy Hopes, Supply Relief 
South Korea, US Discuss Warship Building Cooperation 
Wall Street Falls as Treasury Yields Surge, Oil Rebounds on Iran Tensions 
Yen Weakens as Dollar Gains on Widening US-Japan Rate Gap 
Oil Prices Extend Losses as U.S.-Iran Talks Ease Supply Fears 
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The Australian bonds traded mixed during Asian session Thursday after the country’s employment report for the month of December exceeded market expectations, amid the increase in the number of cases and geographical spread of the Wuhan coronavirus.
The yield on Australia’s benchmark 10-year note, which moves inversely to its price, remained flat at 1.117 percent, the yield on the long-term 30-year bond slipped 1-1/2 basis points to 1.720 percent while the yield on short-term 2-year jumped 3 basis points to trade at 0.760 percent by 03:35GMT.
Financial markets may remain on edge ahead of the upcoming Chinese New Year festive holidays even though the World Health Organization delayed declaring it an international emergency, OCBC Treasury Research reported.
China stepped up its efforts to prevent the Wuhan coronavirus from spreading further yesterday. The city of Wuhan with 11 million population has been literally locked down with public transportation network suspended, the report added.
Meanwhile, the S&P/ASX 200 index traded tad -0.64 percent down at 7,011.50 by 03:40GMT.
