That really has been down to currencies. The dollar index is up at the moment, but if you look at it over 24 hours, actually, its down by. 3 ,. 4 percent. One of the main beneficiaries of crown weakness has been strength. Sterling has been propelled about 1. 5 in the last day or thereabouts. The dollar weakness has been felt with the yen also moving to the upside. Theres another reason we are seeing upside on equities in japan. Gold not a major beneficiary, though it was at oneweek highs at one stage after the dollar was sagging earlier on. Thats a look at markets. Lets head over to tom. Tom lets get you up to speed with some of the other first word headlines. The Trump Administration is ramping up tensions with china once again, designating six asnland Media Outlets foreign which it says are controlled by beijing. They include the economic daily, which provides a look at beijing economic news. The Administration Says all six are substantially owned or by atively controlled foreign gov
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