rebecca babin is a senior energy trader at cibc private wealth. she gave me her predictions. i think the concern right now is really concentrated on the longer shipping time. the market is not pricing in that we actually lose barrels from the market as a result of what is happening in the suez canal. what it is concerned with right now and the reason it has risen 6% because the shipping costs associated with travelling around the southern tip of africa to reach its destination adds around 15 days of travel time. it increases freight costs. and it has increased insurance costs. that is what the markets are pricing in and looking at at this point. the market has not entered a panic mode, as we have seen in the past with other geopolitical events, where it starts to pricing supply is lost from the market. right now it is a logistical rerouting what we re seeing, and not kind of that panic and fear that we re going to lose barrels. that obviously can change very rapidly. to venez
i think the concern right now is really kind of concentrated on the longer shipping time. the market is not pricing in that we actually lose barrels from the market as a result of what is happening in the suez canal. what it is concerned with right now and the reason it has risen 6% is because the shipping costs associated with travelling around the southern tip of africa to reach its destination adds around 15 days of travel time. it increases freight costs. and it has increased insurance costs. so that is what the market is pricing and looking at this point. the market has not entered a panic mode, as we ve seen in the past with other geopolitical events, where it starts to price in supply is lost from the market. right now, it is a logistical re routing, what we are seeing, and not kind of that panic and fear that we are going to lose barrels. that obviously can change very rapidly, and we have seen that obviously can change very rapidly. the venezuelan president nicola
trickle over the course of the morning, worth remembering that this is actually the start of the easter holidays here in paris. will that have an impact on the turnout? i am just been told, we have got some figures here, figures on the turn so far, they havejust figures here, figures on the turn so far, they have just been released, 26.4% turning out by this point in the day. if we go back five years, it was 28.2%. it is lower and we have to wait to see if that will pan out through the course of the day. a quick word about this suburb, it is home to the french cosmetics giant l oreal and bic that make pens. it was generally supportive of the left wing candidate in the first