Just three points higher, but that means we are at another record high. Fancy that. Lets dive deep into the action. Abigail, what are you watching . Abigail ive got bonds on my mind. We have stocks higher on the close and on the week, another weekly gain, the fifth in a row for the s p 500, the longest winning streak since early march, so clearly a riskon tone, but confirming it is the problem we are seeing on bonds. A significant back up over the last five days for the fiveyear yield, the most in more than a month, and the 10year yield, the most going back since september, and that was the biggest move up for yields for that 10year yield going all the way back to 1962. A representative from bank of America Merrill lynch reppert recommended shorting fiveyear futures. Hes been bullish and bonds, but recently, there has been a trend break. He has been supportive of the data from the ftc, net positions going back to 2004. He is making the case that in 2019, you have the positioning gettin
Down by about six basis points. Time now for global exchange, where we bring you todays market moving news from all around the world, from hong kong to taipei, from london to new york and washington. Our bloomberg voices are on the ground with todays top stories. In hong kong, a Third Straight day of protests this rep to traffic across the city and shut down Public Schools for the first time. Chinese state media warned of consequences if the violence continues. Going to me on the phone from hong kong is karen leigh. Give us a sense of what is happening there. Karen i feel like i say this every time i talk to you now, but there is a bit of a new dimension here today. Schools were suspended for the first time during these protests. They will not be in session tomorrow. Some universities canceling classes for the month or even the semester. People start to realize that maybe this violence is going to go on longer than just these few days. We saw carrie lam say yesterday she wasnt going to
Russell 2000 index that got our attention this evening the index hitting its own fresh 52week high are the small caps saying big things about the health of this record rally guy. Tim has talked about this and good for dan nathan. Why are you shaking your head . Why . Its monday. Were 30 seconds in. Youre already a downer. Dan mentioned it on the call. Everybody said dan is a downer hes not a downer, he pointed out the russell. 161. 5. That was the high back in may. These are pretty interesting levels the real high is at 173 that we traded back in august 2018 but the small caps are absolutely telling a story they have lagged the Broader Market for a while they seem to be catching up. The question is do we ratchet through this 161 level with the s p trading sideways for a while and retest that 173 high it certainly feels as though thats the next move so yes. Are you optimistic . I bring it up because its obvious. You look at this breakout here weve been looking at this index since the st
For a conversation with stefon engels. Welcome to daybreak europe. From unicredit, First Quarter net comes in at 1. 1 billion euros. 995. 3 million. S that is a beat. It is confirming its target for 2019, the target for revenue it is confirming it of course, what we heard earlier this week was that it was selling its entire stake. That is a reminder of that. In terms of the update today, the main number to draw your eye to his the Third Quarter net, which is a beat. Lehmans numbers coming in as well. Fullyear adjusted, industrial businesses, 9 billion euros. The estimate was 8. 61. That is a beat, at least on that number so far. Looking through some of the other headlines, decline in market volumes for short cycle businesses. This was a problem last quarter as well so it seems this issue is still remaining. Year 2020 of 6. 3 to seven euros, excluding charges. The outlook will be something analysts are keen to hear more about. The global Macro Economic development, some dude in the full
Financial sector to its part in fighting lemon change. Climate change. A lot of the focus is on trade or what will happen between the u. S. And china. Gold, always a good litmus test for risk. We can see the yield at 1. 85. Stocks gaining 0. 4 . A lot of focus is on earnings. Loose of ex conversation with the commerzbank she chief Financial Officer. Dont miss that conversation after 10 30 a. M. London time. First, lets get straight to bloomberg first word news. In the u. K. , the first cabinet resignation during an Election Campaign in a century. Quit after aretary report that he knew about a former aides role in the collapse of a rape trial. Ae labour party also suffered blow with deputy leader tom watson announcing he will leave politics after 35 years. He has long clashed with Jeremy Corbyn over the direction of the party. Willank of england probably keep rates on hold as brexit continues to plague the economy. It is expected to cut forecasts. Be nexttion is who will to lead the ban