Im tracy alloway. This is Bloomberg Markets middle east. Lets check or markets ended up last week. Numbers on december, released on friday. 148,000 for the month. Last 90,000 expected for economists. Markets really shrugging off that number. Industrial average reaching new alltime highs. 7500, recording its best start of the year since 1999. Analysts are falling over mselves to wreck it up will ratchet up their expectations. A little change on friday, slightly weaker. 10 year yield a little changed to end up at 2. 48 . A big story for the region. We have brent just a touch lower on friday. Rally into 2018. The whole commodities complex really powering ahead to start the new year on the Global Growth story. You can see some of the optimism feeding into regional markets, dow up almost 3 5 of 1 in their come and kuwait up a little over 50 points on thursday. Lets check in on first word headlines with stephanie humphrey. The u. S. Regulators and prosecutors are seeking information from the