And bogota. We begin in hong kong. Police fired tear gas in the after Central District the shooting of a protester increased tension. Chief executive carrie lam warned of violence leading to a point of no return, and to restore calm. Still anyf there is Wishful Thinking that by escalating violence, the Hong Kong Government will yield to pressure to satisfy the socalled political demands, violence is not going to give us any solution to the problems hong kong is facing. Alix 20 me on the phone from hong kong is joining the on the phone from hong kong is caringly is karen leigh. Walk us through what happened over the last when he four hours. We heard carrie lam warning that violence isnt going to help their goals, signaling that she will not bow to demands after five months. Of the most violent days weve seen one of the most violent days since protests started. There were clashes between protesters and police, a protester shot by a live round. That triggered a day of violence with these
Really solid quarter. Beats in equity trading. Joining me is bloombergs sonali basak. What is the bigger stand out for you . Sonali this is five straight quarters of outperformance. They are doing a good job, while also investing in digital and growth. Likeeturn on equity, i that number because we can compare across all the banks. That is a lot far behind jp morgan. But they can lean on the consumer for growth, and their Net Interest Income in light of the Interest Rate expect asians we have for the rest of the year are Holding Quite strong right expectations we have for the rest of the year are Holding Quite strong. Alix they are factoring in just two rate cuts. Sonali their outlook is going to be very important. Jp morgan premuch told everybody it is not a big deal for the end of the year. Jp morgan pretty much told everybody it is not a big deal for the end of the year. Investment banking up 27 year on year. Advisory fees were up. Debt underwriting up. Equity underwriting a little s
Silence. Bloomberg will be covering those events through the morning. Alix 18 years. In the markets, you have seen the s p hold steady, but the churn beneath it has been quite staggering. A huge, unbelievable shift, added momentum into value since value weeen into have seen since 2009. Youre seeing some buying in the bond market. Yields down by about two basis points. Over in europe, couldnt decide on a bond bear or bull day. Time now for the global exchange, where we bring you the market moving news from around the world. Joining us are bloombergs enda curran in hong kong, in london, emma chandra, and Michael Mckee joins us in new york. The Hong Kong Exchange made an unprecedented 36. 6 billion offer for the london talk exchange. Bloomberg london Stock Exchange. Bloombergs enda curran has more. Enda obviously this is a very ambitious corporate transaction. , itably more importantly would be a real test of Investor Perception towards hong kong. Remember, this raises all kinds of questi
Alix peak accretion greater than 20 . Those are pretty staggering numbers. David they are paying a premium of 45 . Alix we are going to keep following this and what it means for other health care in a day other health care m a. In the markets, sb futures pause until the g20 s p futures pause until the g20. The dollar hit a threemonth low yesterday. 2 . Ds did dip below now we are back about that. Crude a little softer. It feels like a teeny bit of a risk off on the margins, but nothing extreme. David a lot to digest. Go to the morning brief. At 8 30 eastern, we get u. S. Newhome sales data for may. Throughout the day, we hear from a range of said speakers, starting with jay powell, williams, bostic, and parkland. Bullards thenpresident will be on Bloomberg Radio and a conversation with kathleen hays. The best treasury will be selling 4 billion in twoyear notes. At the bell, we will get fedex earnings. Lets turn to bloomberg first take. We are joined by mark cudmore and romaine bostick.
Lets get a check in on the markets. European equities are pretty flat. The stoxx 600 struggling for direction. You heard and the headlines, three key things we heard. The dovish message from Jerome Powell reiterated and we got better than expected data in terms of retail sales and factory output, pushing the 10 year yield up. It also pushed the dollar higher and we hold on to those gains. The question as whether President Trump can have the weaker dollar at the same time as a strong economy. And can he have gains in stocks as the same time as a trade war continues . As you made those comments, the s p 500 took a hit, dropping for the first time in six sessions. Coming up, we speak to the oecd secretarygeneral. Dont miss that interview live. Lets get bloomberg first workers. Word news. The u. S. House voted to condemn comments from donald trump that are racist. Week, he tweeted for congresswoman should quote go back to where they came from. Trump says he is not racist and does not have