If you happen to be watching from the u. S. It is a bank holiday in the u. K. , too. Chinese markets are closed as well. The stoxx 600, pretty flat there, bearing all that in mind. The dollaryen, pretty unchanged at 111. 31. We did see a little strength earlier after those comments from John Williams. Cable is up. 2 . That has been moving fairly strongly ahead of the u. K. Election and a sterling did have its worst week this year last week. And keep your eyes on the 10 year italian yield. It looks like it is down two basis points. It was moving higher earlier, after comments from the Prime Minister. Lets get the bloomberg first word news. Reporter north korea has conducted another missile test. South Korean Military Officials Say the missile, which appears to be a scud variant, was fired off of north koreas east coast. It comes just days after World Leaders vowed to take tougher measures against kim jong un. British airways says many of the Computer Systems a running again. That is as
Since world war ii, says Angela Merkel, are somewhat over. Matt lets check in on the bloomberg first word news. First off for that we go to taylor rigs. Taylor starting with the story in germany, the german commands lower Angela Merkel is signaling its a new era in europe when it comes to ties with the u. S. She told a Campaign Rally that relyal reliable relations forced are somewhat over and europe must take destiny into its own hands. During President Trumps trip he called germany very bad and blasting allies for not spending enough on defense. A member of President Trumps cabinet is downpraying reports that white house advisor jarred kushner was seeking secret communication with russia. The u. S. Homeland john said is was no big deal. They spoke to russians ambassador and proposed a back channel between the Trump Transition Team and the kremlin. Many of british airplanes computer problems have ended but the chaos is lingering. The airline is trying to recover from a Massive Technolo