Surpasses its nordic neighbors. We hear from magdalena andersson. Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, everyone. This is bloomberg surveillance. Im Francine Lacqua in london. Lets look at the markets to give us a sense of what they have been doing. Stocks in europe are rising with u. S. Equity futures. Easingconomy lockdowns in some major countries seem to be Calming Anxiety because geopolitical tensions between the u. S. And china. Shares off in hong kong and sydney. Treasuries dipping in european trading after the threeday u. S. Weekend. I am also looking at wti. That is advancing past 34 per barrel and new york in hopes that the market may actually rebalance after historic output cuts. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Virus hotspot of europe, yesterday, italy reported the fewest new cases since february. Daily fatalities in the country were below 100 for a second day. It comes as the global death toll tops 340,000, with nearly 5. 5 million cases. Prime mini
The opecplus curbs doing little for the global glut. The virus drags on demand. Policymakers are focused on the Economic Impact of the virus. We will hear from a policymaker later this hour. Shery we are seeing downside for u. S. Futures. This coming on the back of a second straight week of gains. We have seen coronavirus cases start the United States to stabilize. We are seeing coronavirus debts and cases here in new york coronavirus cases here in new york start to decline. Brent is down. There was a loss of 8. 5 on friday. There is a gloomy outlook on oil prices, wti at the lowest level on record. Haidi we have been listening into President Trump speaking at the daily Coronavirus Briefing at the white house, talking about additional testing and stimulus and conversations with the democrats coming close to a deal. President trump saying Vice President mike pence will be helping having discussions with u. S. Governors when it comes to shortcomings in testing in information will go ahea
Talks as the edge towards a deal. Pboc warns of challenges ahead and warns of a slowing economy. Arabiasouth saudi lowers its target for saudi aramco ipo, but it is still expected to be one of the biggest in history. Australian markets have kicked off trading. Lets turn to sophie for what to watch. Sophie aussie shares are slightly higher by about. 1 after a twoday gain. 50 points shy of a record high we saw back in july. Altogether we are setting up for a mix to start potentially an agent given that hong kong remains a point of concern as the city faces yet another week of potential disruption. Nikkei futures in chicago swing to the downside this morning. Iecking on currency moves, want to highlight the pound is gaining ground early. This, after conservatives pledged to back Boris Johnsons brexit deal if the election goes through, if he is elected. The highest level since november 3. Aussie benchmark bonds holding study, continuing to climb after the best week for aussie 10 year bonds
Tenyear. It is unchanged, 1. 83 . A point of reference more than anything else. Of positivity with regards to whats happening for sterling. Withabour party coming out drives of its manifesto, some are saying making it relatively unelectable. That would make perhaps a move on brexit, or Boris Johnsons deal on brexit. Stablepretty much against the dollar. That as we get growth details a little bit later. Lets get from whats happening here in new york. We have first word news with su keenan. ,eporter we start in the u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson aims to win the support of u. K. Business leader today, offering. Ax cuts as an olive branch the december 12 the vote could determine how or even if the u. K. Ultimately leaves the european union. Saudi arabia has agreed to lower its valuation of the energy thet aramco to pare back size of the initial ipo to make sure of its successful about half of what has been considered for the ipo. It is seeking a valuation between 1. 6 trillion dollars
Awaiting in a valley a valuation for aramco. Branch toall of business. The u. K. Prime minister is set to office tax cuts when he speaks at the cbi annual conference and we are live at the event. A ban onng court rules facemasks is unconstitutional. The hang seng trades higher. Good morning, everyone. I am live from the cbi annual conference. And interestingly enough, this is the first time great to have you back, this is a percent they have been holding their annual conference in the midst of an election campaign. A lot of Political Uncertainty is hanging over this. The election will take place on december 12. We are used to holding it amidst the uncertainty of brexit. Boris johnson will be here later on perhaps offering and all of branch to business. Talking about property and r d. And in with that comes his deal on brexit. And on the other side, we have sir Jeremy Corbyn from the labour party who will also a here. He will be talking about taxation and adult education. Leaders attend