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Markets. It has been a wild ride this week. There was rotation on the back of positive news when it came to trade and then we saw stocks retrenching. A lot of the focus is on u. S. Tariffs in europe. Jeanclaude juncker says that is not so. A lot of focus on data out of germany. You can see the u. S. 10 year yield at 1. 91. Coming up, the intesa sao paulo chief executive joins us for an exclusive interview in a couple of minutes. We focus on earnings and the Banking Sector. First, lets get first word news. The u. S. And china agreed tariff rollbacks will be a key part of any agreement, the big question, is a deal any closer to being done . Donald trumps advisors dont sound certain. Yet to be decided, the time and place for signing this potential packed. Donald trump wanted ukraine to investigate joe biden, that was the message and it was clear according to one official. He says the words being pushed by the administration our investigation, biden, and clinton. Special visashere for doct
Nejra welcome to bloomberg surveillance. Francine lacqua is in helsinki at the nordic business form. First, lets check in on the markets. European equities turning negative of the stoxx 600. The 10 year yield moves lower after jumping ive basis points yesterday. So a little bit of risk off in terms of equities and yield. But the weaker dollar suggests there might still be optimism out there. Conflicting headlines ahead of the trade talks. Francine lacqua is at the Nordic Business Forum. Do not miss her interview with the ceo and founder of zuckerberg media. Thats coming up just after 9 30 a. M. And later, francine will speak to finlands economic minister just after 9 45 a. M. U. K. Time. Lets get first word news. To force kurdish militants away from the region, turkey has launched a military incursion into syria. Four years them and kara for ankara has fought and says it will not allow the kurdish protostate on the border. When asked what President Trump would do if turkey wiped out th
Gain in both directions, the market clearly banking on a trade deal. Whether stocks go up or down will depend on the details. Keep an eye on the dollar. The direction will be dictated on whether this is a shortterm deal or whether this is a more broadbased deal that resolves lingering trade issues. Crude oil, demand, supply issues. More information on the supply side out of opec, demand still a concern, 1. 43 . Up for a second day. Optionere is a third which is no deal, which would imply sanctions going up on the 15th and more on the 15th of december. The market risk on assets liking the idea that liu he will meet the president. The euro has been gaining ground despite disappointing data. The dollar is down. I want to mention what is happening with turkish assets, stock market trading down by 2 . Bond market, the yields moving aggressively, and the lira is under pressure. Turkey puts more troops into syria, a tense situation emerging as president erdogan says if europe says it is an in
The main u. S. Indices. Then we got a tweet from the u. S. President basically indicating that he think say trade deal could be possible. Hes going to meet with the vice premier tomorrow. Who knows . Youre getting 0. 8 up on the s p 500. Similar moves on the nasdaq. Even your small caps higher on the day. We talked to Alan Knuckman in the previous hour. He talked about a market that was to go up. We are seeing that kneejerk reaction with regards to any situation improving on china. 1. 35 . 1. 3 5 now your 10 year yield. We are seeing a tick up. Whether that will continue, we will have to wait and see. Dollar weakness for another day. We havent seen too many backtoback days of dollar weakness, but getting it here, down about 0. 2 on the bloomberg spot dollar index. We will talk about that more. Keep an eye on crude. Not just a big read on supply issues, but really on demand and what is going on in the Global Economy, whether that slowdown is to be believed. 0. 24 . Rude wti up about guy