Exchange, where we bring you todays market moving news from all around the world, from hong kong to london, to new york and washington. Our bloomberg voices are on the ground with todays top stories. In asia, hundreds of thousands joined hong kongs biggest demonstration in months in signs that demonstrations will continue into the new year. Joining me is stephen engle. Give us the update. You know, this has been a protest movement that is now into its sixmonth, and i have to say, there is a bit of protest fatigue. People are tired of the violence. People are tired of the vandalism. They are tired of the disruptions to their morning commute. They are tired of the damage to the economy. But they are also tired of what they perceived to be an intransigent government here, unwilling to make any concessions to the protesters. That left this weekends big mark. A big question will there still be momentum for the protest movement, which has dwindled in size, but increased in violence . That an
You have the u. K. Election. On the back of the most recent polls, still can say still saying the conservatives have a Comfortable Lead over the conservatives over the labour partys. Ecb and its new president meet on thursday. This is the stock we are watching out for down 61 . The chief executive quits and they canceled the dividend. Coming up, we will discuss the report on septembers repo prices. Up at 9 30 a. M. London time. This get to bloomberg first word news. Viviana yesterday hundreds of thousands of people joining hong kongs biggest demonstration in months. Popular unrest will continue. Organizers say 800,000 people marched through the city. Police putting the number at 180,000. The rally was the first promoted by the civil human rights front. The mayhem in the u. S. Repo market in september was not just a temporary hiccup. Ended in part up because the u. S. Banks now hold more of their liquid assets then treasuries. This is relative. The bif warning this problem reduces their
Of western digital. Index just a little weaker on a stronger euro today, just below 97. The 10 year yield at 1. 86 . Above 60 a barrel on all of the positive trade talk. In europe, its been a positive day as well, particularly in france and germany, even though weve had some disappointments out of manufacturing readings. 1. 3 ,oxx 600 holding up and he ftse 100 up another 2. 4 . Add that to the 1 plus gain we had friday, we are seeing a nice gain for the ftse 250, which is more to masterfully focused. But alsois stronger, we have just a little but of strength for the british pound. We saw most of that coming in after the election results. We are back down to 1. 33 now. I want to point to the yuan because we are just below seven. The u. S. And china reaching that much dissipated phase one of the trade deal. Expected to release the full 86 page agreement in early january. U. S. Trade representative Robert Lighthizer says several issues remain. Phase one willr be up limited to the last de
Chinese stocks turning higher after a phase i trade deal to calm and solid industrial and retail data. Consequences. Be china threatening retaliation and germany bands hallway hallway. Calm carmakers could be caught in the crossfire. Prime minister Boris Johnson prepares to name his new cabinet. Sterling strength continues as investors stay positive on brexit. Under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading. Taking a look at what futures look like, all green across the board. Ftse futures still gaining solidly. It looks like it could be a risk on day. Absolutely. A slightly sluggish picture coming through, a lot of questions hanging over the trade story. To what extent are we going to see the rollbacks . Questions and after that, the mixed picture on chinese data. Retail sales better than expected. Mind andof that in with some of the euphoria that see the msci pacific fairly flat. A couple of red headlines closing the bloomberg. Inrth Quarter Sales coming just below the 62 bil
Streets gathering friday morning around the governments main offices the word spreads on social media to get moving. Again one of the citys main roads is brought to a standstill by the crowds. There destination the Police Headquarters and an angry standoff. Was. The demonstrators accuse them of using Excessive Force in breaking up their largely peaceful protests a claim the police to no. I dont think i know you fashion know and they are armed and they have here and wed have nothing we just didnt really learn gone by the walking to the police is still refusing to hold an independent investigation into the way they dealt with the demonstrations. At the back of the building some protesters try to block the security cameras filming the was and to venice trapped by the protest the offices inside not able to make the last few metres to the cable the whole world emotion was against the place was they. Exercise or tomatillo on june pro the people of the area was angry about the other officers