Exchange, where we bring you todays market moving news from all around the world, from hong kong to london, to new york and washington. Our bloomberg voices are on the ground with todays top stories. In asia, hundreds of thousands joined hong kongs biggest demonstration in months in signs that demonstrations will continue into the new year. Joining me is stephen engle. Give us the update. You know, this has been a protest movement that is now into its sixmonth, and i have to say, there is a bit of protest fatigue. People are tired of the violence. People are tired of the vandalism. They are tired of the disruptions to their morning commute. They are tired of the damage to the economy. But they are also tired of what they perceived to be an intransigent government here, unwilling to make any concessions to the protesters. That left this weekends big mark. A big question will there still be momentum for the protest movement, which has dwindled in size, but increased in violence . That an
Of hedging backup. People going out and buying protection. The cable rate going nowhere. Youre seeing flattening in the market for treasuries. 1. 82 is how we trade. Time now for the global exchange. We bring you todays market moving news from around the world. From riyadh to zurich, london and washington, our bloomberg voices are on the ground with todays top stories. In riyadh, history is being made. Saudi aramco jumping 10 in its debut, giving a value of almost 2 trillion. Bloomberg spoke exclusively to the ceo of the Saudi Stock Exchange. If the full offering size is offered in the markets based on ,he 1. 7 trillion valuation that is a on. 5 . However, thi changes every day. We are watching the price change over the next four days. But our anticipation of 8 to 9 would be the weight of aramco. Alix yousef gamal eldin joins us now from riyadh. Give us the latest on the ipo. Yousef its been a remarkable few hours. Trillion, to 1. 88 within firing range of the 2 trillion mark, which ha
Washington, our bloomberg voices are on the ground with todays top stories. Newndia, protests against a citizenship law sparked unrest across the country, raising concerns that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken his agenda too far. Joining me from new delhis bloombergs Southeast Asia government editor. These protests have been going on for about a week now. What do they want . What is the goal here . Reporter they want this new law overturned. This law bans undocumented migrants from neighboring citizenship,king while allowing migrants of other religions. Ifi has pushed this wrapped policies in the past, like his decision to demonetize 80 of the countrys currency, and yet he was reelected with a massive mandate in may. But the depth of this anger really hints that he is pushing his hardline hindu agenda too hard this time. Alix now we had to london, where the threat of a new deal poundsas wiped out the postelection gains. Joining us is jess shankleman. What happened the last few ho
Just a little bit of selling often treasuries. Crude oil is strong today, above 60 a barrel, giving a boost to some of the Oil Producers as well. In europe, we did get some disappointing ism data, but that is not doing anything to hold back markets. Stockocks euro 600 the euro 600e stoxx up. Sterling is off of its high, which was above 1. 35, after the election results. 1. 3334. The renminbi at 6. 9 nine today. Lets get to the latest on the geopolitical and mark laid implications of the phase i trade deal between the u. S. And china. Joining us is tom orlik, chief for bloomberg academics bloomberg economics. Tom i think there is a tangible sense of relief that a phase i deal is going to get over the line, and that those december tariffs are not going to go into effect. The rollback of some existing tariffs is an additional positive. At the same time, we dont have to go very far back in history to osaka over the summer or on a series or but osiris or buenos aries to remember what trade
Here in u. K. , there was a general election. We are in a blackout period until the polls close at 10 00 p. M. Pound at 1. 3020. 2 . Toxx europe 600 gained day two of trading. It is above 2 trillion in terms of valuation. Plus oil supply cuts will not prevent a surplus in 2020. That is according to the ia. We speak to the president of the Swiss National bank. That interview, 10 30 a. M. U. K. Time. Lets get to bloomberg first word news. Today, the u. K. Goes to the polls. It is the nations first election in over a decade and the first since the brexit vote. It is the first december vote in nearly a century. Polls close it 10 00 p. M. U. K. Time. The House Judiciary Committee is set to conclude a debate on articles of impeachment against trump. The likely result is a partyline vote that will send the measure to the floor of the house. The democratic majority is expected to beat back a number of republican amendments. Israel is headed for its third election in less than a year. The parli