This is bloomberg surveillance. Final trading day of this week. Next week is a shortened trading we cure him london because of the main bank holiday. May bank holiday. Also on track for the Third Straight monthly advance, which is the best run since may 2016. Investors buoyed by the first round of the french president ial election on sunday. The next one is next sunday. Strolling up against the dollar. The best run since december. Highest since september last year. The best run for a month, also gaining for a second month. Gdp data at half past. That stopped sterling in its tracks as gdp comes in line with estimates, relative to the prior quarters. Today gdpr could see the economy expand at 1 annualized. Historically, the First Quarter has been week. Will the rest of the year make up for it . Will there be a shutdown, to name one issue . Trumps tax plan renegotiating. Geopolitical risks. Crude today is up, below 50 after a rally in the first half of april. Oil is set to end the month b
Italy a record for the s p 500, yes. The nasdaq has been far and away the best performer of the three average. If you follow our market live blogs online, there was Tech Leadership earlier in the day. Tech has been leading the rally we have seen. Not just tech stocks, but other types of stocks as well. The dow has been the laggard here. Kind of interesting action that we have seen here, after the nasdaq in the latest leg we have seen, i was curious a which stocks have seen the most to it. Im talking about the leg and april 16. Mov that looks that historical movers. Not surprising, apple, which is at a record, microsoft, amazon, at a record. Some of the familiar names, and then some other priceline, comcast, these are those that have seen the biggest increase, and not only have contributed game,st to the nasdaqs but broadly in the market, another manifestation of this technology is a lack of concern in other areas. We have talked so much about the drop in the vix. One thing we havent lo
Italy a record for the s p 500, yes. The nasdaq has been far and away the best performer of the three average. If you follow our market live blogs online, there was Tech Leadership earlier in the day. Tech has been leading the rally we have seen. Not just tech stocks, but other types of stocks as well. The dow has been the laggard here. Kind of interesting action that we have seen here, after the nasdaq in the latest leg we have seen, i was curious a which stocks have seen the most to it. Im talking about the leg and april 16. Mov that looks that historical movers. Not surprising, apple, which is at a record, microsoft, amazon, at a record. Some of the familiar names, and then some other priceline, comcast, these are those that have seen the biggest increase, and not only have contributed game,st to the nasdaqs but broadly in the market, another manifestation of this technology is a lack of concern in other areas. We have talked so much about the drop in the vix. One thing we havent lo
Italy a record for the s p 500, yes. The nasdaq has been far and away the best performer of the three average. If you follow our market live blogs online, there was Tech Leadership earlier in the day. Tech has been leading the rally we have seen. Not just tech stocks, but other types of stocks as well. The dow has been the laggard here. Kind of interesting action that we have seen here, after the nasdaq in the latest leg we have seen, i was curious a which stocks have seen the most to it. Im talking about the leg and april 16. Mov that looks that historical movers. Not surprising, apple, which is at a record, microsoft, amazon, at a record. Some of the familiar names, and then some other priceline, comcast, these are those that have seen the biggest increase, and not only have contributed game,st to the nasdaqs but broadly in the market, another manifestation of this technology is a lack of concern in other areas. We have talked so much about the drop in the vix. One thing we havent lo
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