Little bit of buying pressure, 1. 61 . The s p is up by 6 10 of 1 . If you take a look at the sector breakdown, it will be a little more defensive than the headline numbers will indicate. , talking about the fact that the ecb is taking the currencies single level into account. Alsolso ha watching what is happening with the pound as well, and the russian ruble, because we have seen the ruble coming under pressure as a result of what is going on with the navalny poisoning, germany confirming unequivocally that as a result of recent tests, they are now able to confirm that he was wasd with not a poisoned. Will that result in sanctions . A big move, big move against the ruble. We will come back and talk about that later in the program, alex. Alix Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Opposition Leader are facing off today in the house of commons for the First Time Since july, and that comes as johnsons government announced another uturn and policy, as you were just saying, keeping local lockdow
France relaunch. President macron unveiled his stimulus plan. The focus shifted beyond covid into longerterm problems. Russian tensions rise. Angela merkel says there is proof that an opponent was poisoned as he was tested in germany. And mercedes considers an electric version of its luxury maibach to defend its luxury anna welcome back to bloomberg position. Markets european open. Are just an hour away from 53 minutes into a positive the start of cash equity trading European Equity session. U. S. Futures have pared some in europe. Lets take a look at futures losses as well. That is worth keeping in mind. Right now. They are higher in europe. Lets talk to laura cooper from markets live team, where she is we are looking at gains across the board. Macro strategist. One of the things we will be watching for his initial jobless claims. I am drawn to a piece you have futures are higher. Written about the importance of data or the way that data that we usually see driving markets we see drop
And ameshia cross, former comms advisor to president obama and now a democratic strategist. Also on the programme, after the first group of migrants spent their first night on board the controversial Bibby Stockholm Last Night but is the public on board with rishi sunak s tough migrant policy . And vegan products have been filling the Supermarket Shelves in recent years but new data shows The Cost Of Living crisis is turning people back to more affordable meat products. Now, to the crucial summit on the security of the amazon rainforest. More on that breaking story coming to us from Northern Ireland, the names of serving Police Officers in Northern Ireland have been mistakenly published online by the police force in what appears to be a major data breach. Work locations, names, initials, theyve all been divulged, although important to stress not the Home Addresses of these officers. Lets cross live to these officers. Lets cross live to the newsroom and speak to our correspondent. Bring
Township. Tom identifies the victim in this fatal fire as six a year old bonnie lynn hall. It was just before midnight when officials found mrs. Hall in the first floor of this home. Now, when firefighters arrived here, at that point, im told, the back of the home was engulfed in flames. Now, family members of the victim were eventually called to this scene to make an i. D. At this time police say that the fire is not considered to be suspicious in nature. Now, not to speculate, we all know temperatures drop pretty low overnight. It is yet to be determined, if perhaps a fuel source, or a heater could have possibly played a role in how this fire all started. All of that of course remains part of an active investigation to determine a cause. Now, the fire fight was difficult. Not surprising, no hydrants in this area, so, firefighters were forced to use tankers, to hall in water and then they use that water to place into ponds, to try and knock down the flames. Now, i also spoke to the Co
Recommendations. All that and more on nightly Business Report for friday, february 14th. Good evening, im sue herera. Good evening from me as well. Im tyler plath son by the way. For stocks today capped the best week so far this year. The dow, nasdaq and s p 500 all gained more than 2 . The week. Nasdaq touched its highest level in nearly 14 years and ran its win streak to seven consecutive sessions. The longest such streak since last july. Now all ten of the s p 500 sectors were positive for the week led by utilities, health care and materials. Investors shrugged off a drop in Industrial Production data and today at least said, snow what, to winter weather. The dow gained 126 points. The s p 500 rose more than 8. The nasdaq picked up 3. Gold was higher by 19 an ounce closing at 1319. In the process it broke through a key level and traders say look for gold to rise now in small increments. Lets turn to Chris Gaffney for his market analysis. Hes Senior Market strategist with everbank. N