Higher. Eurodollar up by 0. 4 . Is the ecb getting worried at this point . 1. 2163. The dollar is broadly lower. The pound just taking out 1. 35. We havent been at these levels since this time last year. What is fascinating here is what is happening with bond markets as well. Weve basically got yields and stocks moving in the same direction. That is something that is pretty interesting now. It certainly points to this reflation trade at the moment, with the catalyst still having legs. Alix the question is how long is that last. Lets dig into some of the top stories guy was minting. Germany extending its partial lockdown. Sweden shutting some schools as well. Joining us with more is sam fazeli, Bloomberg Intelligence senior pharmaceutical analyst. We have seen more targeted lockdowns and extensions. Is any of that working now in europe . Sam yes, they are. Funny that we have countries going at different paces which is normal because they have different issues with regards to the number
Im yousef gamal eldin in dubai. Quite the risk on session. Lets get you the state of play. The signals were getting between the u. S. And china are encouraging. S p 500 many futures are higher. Quite a few gains in the european stocks story, as well. Tech and cyclical sectors, including autos, are leading those gains. Fund managers are overweight on 2018, according to the latest bank of america survey. Telling bonds standing out, paring middle of the gains. Treasury study in the United States. Eurodollar at 118. 16. Little upside, weaker dollar story weighing on broader g10 space. At a net long position, the least bullish in three weeks according to the latest data. Lets check in on your bloomberg first word news, will be get you some of the other stories were watching, starting off with president donald trump. He says a coronavirus treatment that involves blood plasma from recovered patients will be expanded to more sick americans. It adds to therapy even before researchers fully unde
Jobs report and the satisfaction. To be honest, 5 00, 6 00, 7 00 was extraordinary and there was a sense of maybe things will be calm or by 10 00 p. M. Calmer. Francine i know it is just ordinary for a foreigner to see the scenes on the street. The focus now is on what this means for the prospect of President Trump being reelected and what it means for social equality going forward. I know we have a lot to talk about and we will talk about that shortly. Havens, a huge risk on the markets. Be didlian issue, the bg quite well this morning. We need a news briefing from new york city with our first word news. Good morning. Thousands of people took to the streets again across america to protest police brutality. Less violent. Be unrest over the killing of george floyd, a black man in custody. The pentagon is distancing itself from President Trump morning that he will use active duty military to clampdown on protest. He said it would be better to rely on the National Guard for more enforceme
Seeing. Sarah you look at equities in japan right now. The nikkei 225 of more than five percent, trading below 20,000 for the first time in over a year. What is already been very rough price action is only getting worse as time goes on. You look at s p 500 futures trading at the 5 limit from the friday reference price. 28. 1 nine. At futures continue to trade. They just cannot jump although it or fall below it. That is the first time we have seen a limit down since donald trump did win the presidency in 2016. The asx having its worst day since 2008. Msi market watch, the asiapacific region is having its worst day since june of 2016. What is really pulling lower is the energy stuck. Off by 8 . That is the worst day since 2008. It is your upstream energy companies. Your producers that are weighing. The worst day since 1988. Also some of your worst performers coming out of hong kong. The legs of oil fields having its worst day ever, off 15 anything. Energy related really all 15 . Anything
European stocks are down a little bit, a lot of focuses on trade. A lot of focus on what happens next. We heard from donald trump saying hes not ready to roll back tariffs, some and we heard from his advisors last week. The focus is on alibaba as a litmus test of the strength of the chinese economy for a single day and the numbers are staggering. China approving new loans coming it 661 billion yuan. Pound at 1. 2805. We will be speaking to u. K. Chancellor, that interview was later today. Lets getntime straight to bloomberg first word news here in london. Spain has left more ungovernable than ever. Their leader now has fewer lawmakers than before, he now faces torturous negotiations to form a government. Australia is bracing for another week of devastating bushfires, flames in the eastern seaboard and even areas of great sydney are facing catastrophic threat. More people have died and than 150 homes destroyed as fires rip through areas hit by a two year drought. Chinas consumer inflati