Steve mnuchin says the u. S. And china have made significant progress ahead of new trade talks next month. Iran will also be eight on the agenda. Be on the agenda. And the alibaba cofounder steps down. Kathleen lets take a quick look at how u. S. Stocks ended the session. Lets go write down because the Dow Jones Industrial average up about. 1 . Health care stocks helped boost it. Closed minutely lower. It got within one point 6 of its alltime high. Despite the trade war a lot of people are still buying stocks. Nasdaq down about. 2 . Stock futures pointing higher. Moodys got fords credit rating. We will hear more on that is that progresses. Now i want to get right to sophie to find out how things are shaping up for asian markets. Sophie early in the session and looks like rick sentiment may be stabilizing. Stocks could be heading for a mixed start. Bonds under pressure tracking the overnight moves we saw in treasury. Kiwi 10 year. We are seeing that move lower with yields moving for bas
In the markets, we are seeing equities a little bit softer across the board. S p features down by about 0. 2 . Tech leading the declines lower in europe. Dollar seeing a stronger ish. Been about the reversal of the trends. Will that continue, or is today just a pause in this new shift in paradigm, as you have yields up by about one basis point . Time now for global exchange, where we bring you todays market moving news from all around the world. Soining us now is bloomberg and the karen bloombergs enda curran and michael mckee. An joins us from hong kong. Removed theave quota you need on stocks and bonds to buy in china. It is not necessarily going to be an immediate game changer. This is all about the narrative around china gradually opening up and trying to get the yuan used more globally. At the same time, it is an example of how china is incrementally littering on some of its pledges. Global message to the Financial Markets them china is open for business, and this would certainly
We see a bit of a drop when it comes to european stock equities, down some 0. 4 . A lot of the focus is on what Central Banks will and wont do in the upcoming days. Looking at pound, because of herschel he parliament and the suspended. Rogued, 1. 63, soear yield at it is stabilizing a little bit. We will be speaking to a Morgan Stanley chief executive. That interview coming up at 7 30 p. M. London time, but first, lets get straight to new york city and the bloomberg first word news. Of the chineser communist party taking aim at comments from a peter navarro, saying they are unconstructive lies. The president ial advisor is considered a hawk. He has repeatedly accused china of seven deadly sins. The peoples daily says such comments are preposterous. Te winningster con the first of two confidence votes in the italian parliament. Withomised to work closely brussels on a 2020 budget featuring lower labor taxes and a minimum wage. Later today, his Government Faces a senate vote. Factory pri