It is a bank holiday. A lot of the data in the u. K. Closed. The ftse is not trading today. I still want to give you a quick snapshot of whats happening across europe without the ftse 100. It is down some 0. 4 . Dollareuro is the one im keeping an eye on for the week. Maria draghi, the ecb president , refrained from talking down the euro. This is what im looking at. Im looking at dollar. Kuroda,peak to governor a fantastic interview by Kathleen Hays. Crude oil, 47. 43. We are seeing a Little Movement for gasoline prices. It could also impact the oil prices. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news. Heres nejra cehic. Nejra in the u. S. , houston is battling unprecedented rainfall following the biggest storm in the history of texas. The down for has crippled the core of the u. S. Energy industry. Gasoline has surged to the highest in two years. The president of the cleveland fed urged her colleagues to look past recent inflation data and stick to their gradual pace of lifting Interest