Carol and we hit the red carpet to celebrate the bloomberg 50. It is our annual list of those people whose 2019 measurable accomplishments stand out. Jason all of that still ahead. But first off, the worlds biggest ipo. We are talking saudi aramco. Shares surge to a market value of 2 trillion. That magic 2 trillion come at that peak. Carol a culmination of a fouryear effort from the kingdom. Our correspondent is in london to talk about this. A lot of questions. Now it is publicly traded and it it is an ipo, a publicly held company, but it is only a small 1. 5 that is out there in the public in terms of the company. Nini it is. The ipo has not turned out the way they expected it to happen. If you remember back to 2016 when saudi arabia initially announced plans for the ipo, the plan was to sell as much as 5 of the company. More importantly, what we have to look at is what was the purpose of the ipo. The ipo was seen as a means of diversifying saudi arabia away from its oildependent comp
He said he wasnt going to run but the reality was he was not closing that possibility. Where are we from there, from here . About that much closer. He filed in alabama, because there was filing deadline the last state. Stuart that tipped his hand. Didnt mean he was jumping in, but some of the things you have to do . Some of the things he has to do. He still my not run. That doesnt mean he is definitely running. We do know, the stuff weve been reporting, he is dismayed by the fact that the party is being taken over by the radical left. You know, it has gone way beyond anything that, remember Hillary Clinton started running to the left when she was faced with a pry mary challenge in 2016 from Bernie Sanders. The party, nominal frontrunner is Elizabeth Warren who is so far to the left of Hillary Clinton the party will be unrecognizable. They believe, not only if she does become the nominee, looks increasingly likely biden is fading a little bit. If thee becomes the nominee, she would lose
That is after that lackluster session on wall street. Divisional benchmark stalling after a fourday the regional benchmark stalling after a fourday gain. The nikkei future five on the retreat. Front, had on the data japanese retail sales showed a presales tax hike boost in september. That may further encourage the boj to hold fire as domestic demand has been holding up. The hun sen is under pressure as investors have to consider this. The hang seng is under pressure after investors have to consider a weak economic future. Checking on the aussie. Third quarter inflation met estimates. The yuan is holding losses. The chile trade deal being signed. The pound is going nowhere. That continued delay on the traderexit and picture, that has pushed volatility near an alltime low. Pricing markets are seemingly and into the shocks. Lets go to first word news. Kongsstart with hong chief executive carrie lam. She says the nearterm outlook for trade and dismal. She says the economy grew. 5 percent.
Rbf and barclays to follow. Today, we hear from the cfo of Software Giant sap. Welcome to bloomberg daybreak europe. Has described Boris Johnsons situation this morning looking at a fruit tree but unable to eat or drink anything. He is going to try and put a meaningful vote to parliament today. Speculation is he may have those votes by just 16 in terms of that amendment. And then we look ahead to this week. If we get a vote, we asked whether it will pass. Optimismms to be some in the market. Sterling is softer today but the drop of. 5 , nothing compared to the gain of 5 this month. Votef them saying a was passed this week. , credit of strategists agricole, we could see 136 in the mediumterm. One week volatility staying elevated near the 2016 highs. Manus. Manus that is the conversation we had yesterday. He said a lot of the risk is in the Options Market, not in the spot market. Hard brexit risk runs for the rest of 20 20. Even if he gets a deal over the line because he has a lot of tra
Trillion, far below the target set by the kingdom. We are live from hq. Plus, flying high. Results season continues with ryanair. We are joined this hour. We will also keep an eye on the drivers of uber ahead of results later today. Manus welcome to daybreak europe. Ryanair, guidance. Pretax profit, beating the 41. 5 million, but it is to the future and the outlook i think the market will focus. They are talking about the risks to delivery of the 737, and with the guidance, this is what i can tell you. They see a narrowing of fullyear profit after the tax 809 million. these are the top lines coming through from ryanair. This is certainly comfortably beating fullyear profit. The 737 delivery. That is ryanair. Lets get you to the markets. We are risk off from equities, and the dollar, Michael Oleary shortly, us very, very i saw michael flash on the screen. He is joining me very soon, 6 30, and we will talk about the guidance and the risks with Michael Oleary. To the market, i mentioned t