Dollar is mostly higher against some of these currencies. The kiwi and the aussie which were the early outperformers seem to be also moving some ground. The aussie certainly has had a relentless rally. Take a look at what has been driving the sentiment here today. The likes of oil. After six straight weeks of gains, this rally seems to be taking a bit of a pause. You take a look at brent, still hovering around 42, 41. New york crude around 39. 52. We are watching the likes of the u. S. Tenyear. We have surged to a high on the jobs report for friday. We are backing off from the fed when they take the stage later this week. The yield curve is one of the steepest in three years. Expect it to steepen further from here. Chinas trade surplus surged to a record in may as exports fell left and inspected. Helped by an increase in medical related sales per lets get more on this story from selina wang in beijing. What is the context between the trade surplus . The numbers were much better than th
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But the picture of the new speaker of the house of commons is on many of the house of commons is on many of the house of commons is on many of the front pages including your paper the financial times. Sir Lindsay Hoyle wins speaker role. Sir Lindsay Hoyle wins speaker role. Sir Lindsay Hoyle wins speaker role. Sir Lindsay Hoyle was the front runner, what sort of speaker do you think he is going to be . Very different from jon bercow who stepped down after ten yea rs jon bercow who stepped down after ten years in the chair in the contest is a very odd thing. Its a electorate of mps and not even all turned up for the selection and have artie had the campaign trail. Sir Lindsay Hoyle was the frontrunner and all this, it usually goes from a conservative speaker to a labour speaker but generally speaking that is the case and throughout this process most of the candidates have sought to distance themselves from jon bercow and said will be different from their approach. Less ostentatious and
The foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has warned tehran of serious consequences after the Iranian Revolutionary guard seized a british flagged oil tanker in the gulf last night. The government has advised uk ships to stay out of the area of the strait of hormuz for an interim period, after a meeting of the emergency committee, cobra, late last night. State media in tehran say the tanker, the stena impero, had violated International Maritime rules. But the ships owner, the Swedish Company stena bulkt says the tanker was in full compliance with all navigation and international regulations. The foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, said the seizure was unacceptable and britains response would be considered but robust. Our correspondent simonjones reports. Seized in a major escalation of tensions, the stena impero, a british flagged tanker and its 23 crew members from india, russia, latvia and the philippines now in the hands of iran after it was surrounded by four boats and a helicopter. This is