That investors will look at. We can change the board and have a look at whats happening in the fx raise. Index,omberg dollar marginal gains up over three days by about 7 10 of 8 . Turnarounde seeing a in the u. S. Dollar, but some of that will be contingent on the stimulus taking place in washington. We had a fix of 6. 9 and that is where it currently is. 6. 98 for your offshore currency. In terms of the aussie dollar, that is flat. The aussie decision is out today and expected to stay on hold. 117. Uro is at milan terms of commodity in terms of gold prices. Still has a forecast of potentially 3000 for spot gold, currently at 1975. Thats what your copper futures are doing. Nymex is down 6 10 of 1 . They have more oil onto the market with demand amid the virus being a question. There is your yield on the 10 year,. 56. Its get the first word news with Karina Mitchell in new york. The and added states remains the focus of the coronavirus pandemic, with several area starting to see faint i
Restrictions in one city, but investors are brushing that off. As well, up firmly part of the Semiconductor Story, looking forward to samsung earnings. Looking at currency, the dollar story almost the weakest in terms of the bloomer dollar index, for close to two years bloomberg dollar index, for close to two years. Down for tense of 1 . Hasonshore yuan strengthened. The aussie dollar up as well. On the next board, looking at gold, futures breaking through 2000 announce. You have the likes of bank of america predicting you could get 3000 in therice next 18 months. Wti up 3 10 of 1 . The 10 year yield has edged up marginally at 62 basis points. You can see there has been a marginal rotation out of chinese 10 year as well, more risk on sentiment in the mainland. Rishaad all right, lets look at one of the biggest movers, 7 . Shares up around one at one point. We have a company that has become the worlds 10th biggest stock. Our guest from aberdeen standard investments. Thank you for joinin
Europe is different than america. The 12 number is equivalent to number yesterday in the United States. It is showing tension in europe as well. Friday low on this is it absolutely extraordinary . Francine i feel like we have not had a quiet newsday on a friday in quite some time. E had quite a lot of earnings quite a lot of politics with the latest declarations by President Trump, and there is just quite a lot overall in geopolitics as well, so we will get through that in a second. Thats get to the first word news with ritika gupta. Ritika good morning, francine, tom, Senate Public is want to go on the record saying they tried to restore supplemental jobless benefits to millions of americans. Mitch mcconnell is trying to force a debate on a stopgap measure for those 600 a week checks. Democrats want the jobless but onlyextended, too, as part of a larger relief package. President trump is coming under pressure to Setting National strategy for the coronavirus. The white house has largel
Rebound we had off of the lows and how magnificent it was. You have to put that in context with how fast we sunk into a bear market. That bear market drill down we 500, s p p p 500, that was the quickest drawdown we had on record here to see a bounce like this i guess is not completely out of the realm of expectations given how far and how quickly we fell. Taylor we were member that day clearly. It was march 23. Just at the pace and rate at which you talked about the fall and the rebound. In the middle of this, we talk about a 50 rebound. You are still giving incredible superlatives when you talk about it really has been a risk on. It is Consumer Discretionary materials, tech, they are up 60 since the lows on march. Really interesting that even though the fed has been so involved, the rate sensitive sectors have not been the all performers. Romaine i would like to get amys perspective on the rates market. Treasuries have been the lowflow shower of Financial Markets for the last few mon
Be risk on. The cash trade, less than an hour away. Here are your headlines. Big attack its even bigger. Alphabetacebook, and tune to techsumers to solve the problems of a global lockdown. The French Economy shrinks 13. 8 or after an increase in jobless claims shows the recovery is in shaky ground. Ibar, bnp arab are par beats all but one of the big wall street banks. Just an hour from cash trading. Lets look at futures. Futures futures, u. K. Are down but only slight moves. Nothing material. Nothing to show us what kind of direction we can expect. Futures right ww, if you take a look at the eif screen, also slightly mixed this morning. Of working slew earnings news. I will kick it off right now with natwest. Impairment charge of 3. 54. 5 billion pounds. Expecting less than one billion. In the Second Quarter, more than doubled the impairment charge for the full year. The company expecting at least possibly up to 4. 5 billion. The operating lost was 770 million pounds. Have iag asyou we