Anymore. A lot of Global Markets are closed or for boxing day. Uk, germany, france, australia, italy and hong kong. I say it every year. Boxing day has nothing to do with boxing as a sport as a child, i always thought that u. S. Futures, we have some green arrows dow looks like it would open up about 30 points higher 10year note opening about 1. 97. New this morning, china says it is in close touch with the United States on signing a phase one trade deal both sides are 12i8 going through necessary procedures before signing despite progress on trade, tensions remain. Meantime, saying the phase one trade deal is, quote, an enormous step in the right direction. It is coming. It is coming it is done in your mind what we are going to get is what weve gotten. Phase two, i wouldnt think about it again like ever, ever no. Let it go. Gone for good oregon for the election . I think you need a change in leadership of china before we see anything significant even if trump wins in november of 2020,
Swing up to 50 points. This is going to be a bit of a wild roller coaster this morning. We are anticipating more comments coming from the president as he continues to have these meetings at the g7. This can be very far, wide ranging and a lot of things can get comment on youll see the futures potentially move around on all of this. The nasdaq is up by 82 points. S p up by 20 coming after a big down day on the markets on friday when the dow was down by 623 points that pushed the major average down for four weeks in a row and you are looking at august being a month where well see declines very likely. The only other month we have seen declines is the month of may. Ten year looks like 1. 49 . The two year 1. 45 obviously these markets keying off everything thats happening out of the g7, too lets get right to aimen javers in france at what has been a wild and memorable meeting aimen, good luck wrapping this all up for us. Reporter yeah, absolutely, becky. Let me start with the comments the
What is at stake. Also in the programme anger at the agm nissans shareholders demand answers as the companys tumultuous partnership with renault dominates the discourse. We will be live from tokyo with that. And Financial Markets have begun trading and as you can see they are all heading south. We will talk you through the reasons why. Also on the programme. The firm for foodies on the go eatfirst is a growing high end meal service. Well find out how theyre trying to stand out in a crowded market. And as us billionaires call for a wealth tax on the super rich to tackle inequality and Climate Change, we want to know would you pay more tax to tackle the worlds problems . Or do you feel you already pay enough . Let us know use the hashtag, bbc biz live. And very warm welcome to the programme. And a very warm welcome to the programme. We start in the United States, where the Trump Administration is once again flexing its financial muscle power in its battle with iran. President trump has s
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