Congos army as they fight armed rebels responsible for a series of attacks in the east. And im peter similarly a sport of chinas most famous athlete a lympics swimming champion son yang is banned for 18 years for breaking anti doping rules details and reaction coming out. So then a strike on turkish soldiers inside syria is increasing tensions on its borders and prompting concerns about where a new escalation might all lead an emergency meeting of nato ended with it calling for syria and russia to hold that it libya fence if it will turkey says 33. 00 of its soldiers were killed there on thursday nato expressed solidarity with turkey but offered no additional support. Allies condemn the continued indiscriminate airstrikes by the Syrian Regime under the shah in italy province by call on them to stop their offensive to respect International Law and to back to you and i ferds for a peaceful solution. This dangerous situation must be deescalated i would urge an immediate return to the 2018
Happy tuesday. These are your markets. A lot of the focus this week will be on earnings. We have a lot in the u. S. And europe. Of days awayle from the signing of that phase one trade deal between the u. S. And china. We are still trying to figure out what happens between the u. K. And the eu. There is a lot of speculation. While Bank Earnings c,itif with j. P. Morgan and wells fargo will follow after. We will focus on what blackrock Just Announced moments ago to focus on more sustainability. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news. The Worlds Largest asset manager is upping its push to a greener future. Blackrock will put Climate Change at the top of the investment strategy. Inwill avoid investing companies with sustainability risk. The u. K. Is likely to secure a trade deal with the eu, according to Boris Johnson. He said he is very, very, very confident. The transition phase is currently scheduled to end on december 31. Iraqi leaders privately want u. S. Troops to stay in the coun
She prepares his new years address. Is set to be ghosn in lebanon. One source tells us he fled japan ahead of a trial and financial misconduct charges. Markets in asia are winding down for the year. Australias equity market closes early this new year. Sophie has a final session how is the final session of the year looking . Sophie some pressure coming through. The aussie share market off 1. 2 , trimming the yeartodate gain but still set for the best year since 2009. Eminis little changed. Nikkei futures in singapore off by 1 and the bloomberg dollar index extending declines for a fourth straight session as the greenback is set for the Fourth Annual drop since 2010. Let switch out the board to check in on what markets are closed this new years eve. Indonesia, the philippines, and china closing along with south korea and japan entering a sixday new year holiday. We will be waiting to see whether we have yen like we saw earlier this year. Paul. Paul thanks very much, sophie. Breaking news
Can they deliver in shanghai . Bet that heaking a can succeed where others failed. To japan ands get south korea, coming online. Began is study. Fiveyear auction. Olding around we have not been at this level since easing ramped up. We are seeing the cost be moving to the downside about 4 10 of 1 . The korean won is on the retreat as well. A little change fluctuating after a threeday event with the aussie dollar holding steady. A look at how aussie bonds are faring. The 10 year yield fell as much as five basis points. Her marks in sydney, in which he noted that week consumption growth was a surprise but he remains confident that there will be a pickup. Looking at 63uan as we are waiting for more trade details. I want to highlight mexican peso trading around a high. After not time to celebrate just yet. Paul lets get some more on that nafta 2. 0. Last minute have arisen over the new trade deal. A deal was closer, but Speaker Pelosi saying nothing has been agreed to yet. Canadian official
Deal keeps stocks near alltime highs. Treasury yields rising. Gold falling below 1500. Shery huawei still see sales growth despite the longrunning ban on u. S. Tech. We hear from the fcc. First, lets get you breaking news out of south korea. We are seeing a balance of payment. 7. 4urplus widening to trillion billion in the month of september. This is coming from the previous month when the surplus was at 5. 2 billion in the month of august. That was also two consecutive months of the surplus widening. We have five months of surplus now after the country posted its first deficit in seven years back in april. It has been under a lot of pressure. We have september exports falling 12 . Now we are seeing 11 months of contraction for those exports and south korea. , alsood balance number seeing the surplus widening to from 4. 7on, up billion in the previous month. Numbers out of south korea when it comes to those payments current account balance. Lets turn to the Australian Market that has c