Live at from bloombergs u. S. And asian headquarters. I am betty liu in new york to read it is just after 7 00 p. M. 7 00 a. M. Ust after here in hong kong, i am shery ahn. You see equity markets in the u. S. , relative calm to trumpet dismissing his two advisory boards. The u. S. Dollar did take a hit, especially from the fmoc minutes worrying about inflation. Hold we did see them gains after those minutes came out. On a day it should have been the minutes at the top headline, but it was what was going on in washington with President Trump. Not war with north korea but with ceos in his own backyard that dominated the headlines. Beene meantime, i have surprised by the shield of armor it seems u. S. Equities have. Reactiony movement in to some of the turnover turmoil we see in washington. Tish open in asia . Shery yes, investors have a lot to digest. Of that, the barrage of data we are getting from japan, australia, the philippines, singapore. , nota look at new zealand doing much after
Sector is underappreciated and offers great Growth Potential raising its price target on allianz, aviva, and others. All right. Lets have a quick look at the European Equity markets this morning. Nancy, how are they looking . Looking at the stoxx 600, the picture is flat. This after some minor losses on the index yesterday. Overall, yes, we are looking at a loss of 0. 06 . This does not tell the full story. When we look at the individual markets here, once again were looking at the ftse 100, the star of the show this morning, hitting another record high above that 7200 level. Now higher by 0. 18 . Elsewhere, were seeing a bit of weakness on the german main market lower by 0. 1 . Weakness in insurers after a downgrade in that sector. The french cac 40 lower by 0. 2 . Looking at the italian main market in slightly bearish territory. Lets look at the sectors one by one. Telecoms moving higher by 0. 7 . Basic resources in focus throughout the morning and coming over from the asia session.
I am really looking forward to hearing substantive talk today about both candidates and their economic policies and not some of the other things people in my profession at the been sent talking about the past week. Mark halperin has great guests lined up, and it will be fantastic. I will bring up the executive Vice President of the Peter Peterson foundation. Thank you guys so much. Have a great event. [applause] guys so much. Have a great event. [applause] thank you soi much for coming this morning. My name is loretta ucelli, and i am the executive Vice President of the peter g. Peterson foundation. We are a nonpartisan organization, and our mission is to educate and engage americans in the nations longterm fiscal challenges. And find solutions that help us achieve and maintain a prosperous and growing economy. We believe that longterm debt is a critical issue for the economy. Whatever the issue is that you care about, education, the environment, national security, our ability as a nat
I am really looking forward to hearing substantive talk today about both candidates and their economic policies and not some of the other things people in my profession at the been sent talking about the past week. Mark halperin has great guests lined up, and it will be fantastic. I will bring up the executive Vice President of the Peter Peterson foundation. Thank you guys so much. Have a great event. [applause] guys so much. Have a great event. [applause] thank you soi much for coming this morning. My name is loretta ucelli, and i am the executive Vice President of the peter g. Peterson foundation. We are a nonpartisan organization, and our mission is to educate and engage americans in the nations longterm fiscal challenges. And find solutions that help us achieve and maintain a prosperous and growing economy. We believe that longterm debt is a critical issue for the economy. Whatever the issue is that you care about, education, the environment, national security, our ability as a nat
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