The latest. Dani definitely a mixed session. The stoxx 600 down. It is a macro heavy trading day between the u. K. Election, Central Bank Decisions and that the tariff deadline, we have traders on the sideline. Expandedy has really for sterling. Cable down about 0. 1 , but still trading at that 1. 31 handle. This is a conservative government priced in. Upside is really limited. We have seen sterling fall after the poll showed the conservatively it cut by about half and the concern is the Hung Parliament that would throw into concern the outcome of brexit. Some strategists have said that sterling may fall as low as 1. 22 if we do get a Hung Parliament. Brent down about 0. 5 tonight. We are seeing brent trade just under 64 a barrel. The aramco ipo hitting the 10 limit with shares surging so far today. Looking at some of the individual movers we have seen in the market. Jd sports is one of the biggest lacquers in the stoxx 600 laggers in the stoxx 600. Its biggest shareholder sold 2. 4 of
Morgan stanley also taking down its price target on home depot by 10. Of course, the big event tomorrow in london and england is the u. K. Election. Guy, your outside with the lovely febrile room of st. Paul in the background lovely cathedral dome of st. Paul in the background. Narrowingthe gap between Boris Johnson and competing parties such as labour. Guy exactly. The big news over nice was that the latest poll basically cut Boris Johnsons lead in half to where it was only a few weeks ago. That really is the big story we are watching now. Does this continue into the election . Theres been a lot of talk about the fact that a Hung Parliament cannot be taken off the table. We are going to find out tomorrow at 10 a clock p. M. London time, when the first exit poll is going to come out. Basically, counting ourselves into the election, polls are going to open. The u. K. Is going to vote all day in probably one of the biggest and most significant elections we had for quite some time. As you
These are your markets. There seems to have been the u. S. Saying they will remove the threat in china, which is why we have seen a little bit of moves. Awaye exactly seven days from that election. Opec meets in vienna, brent crude at 62. 91. Moncler, really the stock of the day after that report that kering, the owner of gucci, was interested in buying moncler. They do jackets for the winter, skiing jackets now turned into fashion. That stock price has gained 9. 2 . Moncler at 42. 40 two. Coming up, we talk all things fx. It thing or two to say about the pound. We will also talk about emerging markets. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news in new york city. We begin with fiscal stimulus. Japans government pulling out all the stops. Tokyo announcing measures to support growth as the economy contends with an export slump and the fallout from the sales hike. We have learned the total package amounts and is expected to boost growth by 1. 4 . An unexpected hold in india. R. B.
These are your markets. A bit of a move sideways for the europe stoxx 600. Mix the data across the world and mixed corporate earnings. If you look at the banking sector, it is one of the biggest gainers. We have a german manufacturing orders and Euro Area Services pmi for the month of october. Better than expected. Anything above 50 means expansion and we were expecting 51. 8. So look out for any movement on eurodollar and the u. S. 10 year yield. Coming up, we speak to the president of south africa. Come alk about s escom at a possible ratings downgrade. But first, lets get to bloomberg first word news. We begin with the impeachment inquiry for President Trump. The actions of Rudy Giuliani deeply unsettled to ukraine, outlining a quid quo pro. This is in exchange for investigating joe bidens son. Julienior ambassador said Rudy Giulianis role started as perplexing but quote became more insidious. The world has gone mad with free money according to ray dalio. He decried the current poli
Still waiting for the French Market and the German Market to really get into their stride perhaps this morning. he british pound up around 0. 3 as we hone in on december 12. The Options Market is currently adjusting itself around that kind of timing. The dollar index is down by around 01 . 1 . s look at 0. Lets get a look at the sector perspective. And the outer space, what is good for one company doing m a might be bad for another. Financials looks to be an area of red, as does health care. A couple of areas of green coming through their but essentially read in both of those, as is staples. Utilities and staples looks to be fairly green. That looks a bit defensive on of what we are seeing here from sectors. One of the sectors we have focused in on a lot is the auto sector of course. The vw share price is trading higher, up by 1. 9 . There was no change in revenue on margin guidance from vw. Weve been speaking to the vw ceo, that is frank witter, about the cut to the forecast. Frank ma