Plummet as donald trump suspends most travel from europe for the next 30 days. The dow becomes the first u. S. Index to enter a bear market. The who declares the coronavirus a pandemic. Treasuries and the yen surge. The pressure rises on the ecb to make a move today after emergency cuts from the fed and the bank of england. What does she have left in the toolbox . An hour away from the european open and we are looking at substantial drops. Dax futures down more than 6 . Down ae got ftse futures little less, 5 . 5. 25 . Ures down u. S. Futures even after the big drop yesterday are posting three or 4 drops, it is set to be a risk off open. Anna a very risk off open, the route continues. Rout continues. Some weakness coming through, dark red boxes. Markets this is slipping them around daily. We see money going into the yen, stronger by 0. 8 against the dollar. You can see bond markets, a lot , yields coming down once more as markets were what president by was and was not saying. Mark on e
Hours as we await the next jobs number. Time now for global exchange. From london to berlin and washington come our bloomberg voices are on the ground with this mornings top stories. We begin with irans response to claims that the ukrainian passenger jet crashed in tehran was shut down. The head of the countrys Civil Aviation authority said this on state tv. Law, i said, based on the there is full coordination between our air defense and civil system. Are Aviation Personnel and defense personnel sit sidebyside, so it is absolutely impossible for such a thing to happen. Alix for more, we are joined by stuart wallace, Bloomberg News director for the middle east, joining us from washington. What is the latest . Stuart tehran came out with that, and they are sticking to its story. They continue to stick to that line despite just about everyone theye world saying that have reasonably good intelligence that there was at least a possibility that airplane was hit by a missile. That hasnt been
Half of next year. Time for todays global exchange. From dubai to frankfurt, to brussels to london, to Rio De Janeiro and princeton, new jersey, our bloomberg voices are on the ground with this mornings top stories. In turkey, the lira is gaining against the dollar following a 200 basis point cut. Joining me with more from dubai is paul wallace, bloomberg emerging markets reporter. Is this going to be enough president erdogan . Paul that is a key question. The lira has barely budged despite that 200 basis points cut being more than markets expected. Analysts were expect and about 150 basis points. The lira has had to endure a lot in the last six months. Erdogan has sacked his central bank governor. Since then, the new one has overseen a whopping 1200 basis points of rate cuts. Amazingly, despite all of that, the lira is actually up against the dollar since the end of june. We will have to see what erdogan thinks of this latest move to see whether he is satisfied that it is enough, or w
Time now for the global exchange, where we bring you todays market moving news from around the world. From hong kong to jerusalem, washington to new york, our bloomberg voices are on the ground with todays top stories. In israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing a rare challenge to his lead. I am not sure i would see this day come. Reporter that is very true. Significant. Be it would change israels Political Landscape for the past kud itss and give the li first win in 20. They would have a better chance of forming a government after the third election of the year come march. David thank you so much. To turn to commodities. Oil is extending its gains as u. S. Inventories decline and optimism over a partial u. S. China trade deal grows. Youre right, those are the two drivers hitting oil this morning. Broken throughe a level on trade deal optimism, partially on risk assets. The santa claus rally really helping oil out. Another big story is the inventory decline. If it is confir
The broader context is that Global Equities are headed for a third month of gains, so a fair amount of optimism priced in in terms of the prospects of a deal. Stock and bond markets were closed for thanksgiving and we trade for a half day today futures are lower in the 10 year yield is is no indication of sentiment. Oil on the back foot today but we are heading to a fourth week of gains ahead of opec plus a survey saying we are not likely to get a deepening of those cuts. Lets get first word news in new york. Breaking impartiality rules, that accusation launched against channel four news after the broadcaster used an Ice Sculpture to replace Boris Johnson. He failed to attend the live Climate Change debates featuring leaders from other parties. Donald made a surprise visit to afghanistan for thanksgiving he met with the president as well as u. S. Troops. He said peace stocks with the taliban have resumed amidst a push for a ceasefire to reduce u. S. Deployment in the region. Taliban wa