Of globalization, we are going to be speaking live with the trade minister. Thet, 30 minutes away from markets opening in hong kong. Were just coming into the fray. Records for the dow, nasdaq and s p are seeing oneway traffic. Today, when you look across are seeing the wolves putting their hats on. Market is open, and taiwan. You can see that market has really seen a lot of care. A lot of people are also watching this. In overbought terrain. When you are looking at the working day, yesterday we are above this red line. You can see a little bit here as well. You can see this as we move above this. Looking at the markets right now , you can see the sport right behind me. 67, that would take us back all the way 18 months. We are very far away from that high. , only 11 stocks are down in that market right now. There is the best they there since the first of the year. Australia is seeing a fourday straight there. Go, pretty flat nonetheless. Take a look at futures in hong kong. , they are
Of 9 school year, new security measures as people are returning to class under a heightened state of emergency. First, more than 1,000 people are under arrest in gabon after a second successive day of violence. Clashes broke out last weekend after the president ial election chose the income bent only by a ,000 votes b of 6 overnight, two were killed the gabons National Assembly hours after it was set ablaze. Nearby the burntout shells of several cars and the streets littered with debris. This is the aftermath of deadly protests that engulfed the capitol wednesday. With gun fire crackling across the city and plumes of smoke bill owing from the buildings. Today, heavily Armed Security forces are patrolling the roads against the opposition, which has accused the government of stealing the election the of the tired of the government. Weve had this 50 years. Now were making demands. Some of the the protesters were largely ispersed by the afternoon. The president , ali bongo, won by a razort
Has brexit shaken the foundation . We speak to the ceo at 7 00 a. M. U. K. Time. A very warm welcome to countdown. We are live from london. It is 6 00 a. M. Here in london. A quick look at what is happening. The asian equities session is underway, fairly flat. Weakness coming in through some oil related asset classes. Let us look at the risk radar. Oil prices weaker, down by 1. 3 . Weakness across the oil markets meaning the asiapacific energy is down for the fourth day. Prospect of increasing crude supplies. We talked about that story coming out of iraq. Prices are retreating from a sevenweek high. We talked about this a lot yesterday and last week with regards to the hawkish commentary coming in from fed officials. A little bit of a retreat from the highs we saw yesterday as we focus in on jack jackson hole where janet yellen will be speaking on friday. The fed needs to consider the cost of leaving Interest Rates low. We will talk more about that team as we go through the program. In
A good monday morning. Im diane macedo. And im nick watt in for kendis gibson. We begin with hermine battering beaches and causing dangerous conditions on this labor day. Tropical storm warnings remain in effect for parts of new england, but overnight they were cancelled for new york city and points south. Heres what the storm left behind on long beach island, new jers right now on radar hermine is a posttropical storm hundreds of miles off shore with near Hurricane Force winds. Abc maggie ruly is tracking the storm and the damage its causing. Reporter hermine continues to batter the northeast. You can feel it in the house when the waves hit the pile and shake. Reporter now a post tropical cyclone, the former hurricane is churning up dangerous waves and currents. Life guards have been very careful with keeping people out of the water. Reporter governors are taking emergency precautions. New york city beaches are shut down for the second day in a row and new jersey has declared a state
A good monday morning. Im diane macedo. And im nick watt in for kendis gibson. We begin with hermine battering beaches and causing dangerous conditions on this labor day. Tropical storm warnings remain in effect for parts of new england, but overnight they were cancelled for new york city and points south. Heres what the storm left behind on long beach island, waves essentially carved a cliff right into the beach. Right now on radar hermine is a posttropical storm hundreds of miles off shore with near Hurricane Force winds. Abc maggie ruly is tracking the storm and the damage its causing. Reporter hermine continues to batter the northeast. You can feel it in the house when the waves hit the pile and shake. Reporter now a post tropical cyclone, the former hurricane is churning up dangerous waves and currents. Life guards have been very careful with keeping people out of the water. Reporter governors are taking emergency precautions. New york city beaches are shut down for the second day