Fears. Republicans are sounding more optimistic about fresh fiscal support while u. S. Virus cases spiral. Good monday morning. 6 00 a. M. In london, 7 00 a. M. In brussels, where brexit negotiations are taking place over the weekend. Lets see where we trade this monday morning. We did not get a brexit deal. What we do see after the friday rally, the s p 500, the doubt, the russell the dow, the russell, all hitting new highs. The u. S. Plans to add sanctions on about a dozen chinese officials. The msci down about 0. 2 this morning. Many futures are down 0. 3 . 10year yield on friday inching closer to 1 , a level we havent seen since march, steepening on the t the largest steepening since 2017. This is on fresh stimulus talks. The pound, we saw some softness. The pound is the barometer for brexit, and brexit negotiations resumed in brussels yesterday. Signs one of the biggest obstacles to a trade deal is close to being resolved. U. K. And eu are hoping to finalize the deal, but another
Dom . How many of us wish we had more time, not just 48 hours but more time in general anyway, the markets right now are in a Holding Pattern thats what well call t. Marginal losses in the s p 500, dow and nasdaq, as you can see there. Just about a quarter to a third of a percent across the board here, but we were positive at one point today so a lot of that uncertainty playing out, but not a lot of reason to wholesale buy or sell so thats what were seeing in markets. One place where were seeing a good amount of positivity today is in the internetrelated names. Social media specifically. Check out this First Trust Dow jones internet etf ticker fdn is off the highs of the day, off twothirds of 1 small of the smaller social media ones are there as well helping to power this particular move remember from the lows up to here, it was up about 96 , and then it fell about 15 here and then up another 12 from there, so thats a move there for the social media stocks that were watching as well, a
Brent crude hits its lowest price this century as the demand crash hits the Global Benchmark. An impromptu opecplus call reaffirms commitment to cuts but no action. Repeat,see brent, brent. The u. S. Senate passes new Pandemic Relief Funds totaling 500 billion. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin says it is likely to be the last roche sees a bump as they work on developing tests for covid19. We will speak with the ceo of roche at 8 00 a. M. U. K. Time, 9 00 a. M. On the continent. Just one hour away from the start of cash equity trading throughout europe. Lets take a look at what futures are doing this morning after that drop in u. S. Stocks yesterday. Euro stocks futures, the benchmark European Index futures. 7 5 . Ts trading at ftse futures up just over. 5 right now. Take a look at what is going on in u. S. Futures. Also seeing green arrows they are. A little bit of a bounce to be expected for sure but we see s p futures up. 5 , nasdaq futures . 6 these are the top stories from the bloo
Xerox lines up the bridge loan hp. Und its pursuit of citi, and bank of america are cash. Ding the and a checklist and change at the federal reserve. Former new york fed president dudley makes his case for a shakeup strategy kathleen, we are just getting news. Tle bit of breaking taking a look at the south korean economy. Were getting the south korean ovember surplus coming in at 5. 97 billion u. S. Dollars. 7. 39 goods trade surplus at billion u. S. Dollars for the november, falling from just over 8 billion in the previous month. Well be looking at that breakdown for a little more information in terms of how deteriorating exports would have played into that number. In the meantime, all the markets just opened in that open. Hong kong taking a look at the us. For were seeing some flaunk wagses in cash trade in sidney. . S pushing higher by. 1 while we are seeing futures looking higher for the nikkei led the after japan region lower on monday. You see the Retail Benchmark fall the most s
Negative rates help the economy. Trade, brexit and growth put pressure on e. U. Alliances but europes top officials remained resolute. We will be the exporter of knowledge, technologies. Every company should contribute where they do extra in business. Europe and the eurozone in particular have to go a little further. From iran to saudi arabia to south africa leaders spoke to bloomberg about their challenges. Weve already committed to reducing expenditure on a number of fronts. We want to avoid a dangerous escalation. We are flipping the page. All straight ahead on this special edition of bloomberg best. Hello and welcome. Im nejra cehic. On this special edition of bloomberg best, well look back at 2019 in europe, in the middle east, and africa revisiting the most interesting interviews with newsmakers, policy makers and leading figures in business, finance, and politics. Lets begin with brexit. When 2019 began theresa may was facing a march deadline to achieve a deal. By years end, a n