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We were hearing that we could see some candlelight vigils later on tonight, people going online virtually. It comes amid hsbc defying the u. K. And backing this National Security law. And the corporate impact of all this as well. Lets check on the markets, they seem unphased by what were going through here geopolitically and what were seeing in the u. S. The protests have calmed down a bit in the last two days or so. Markets off the highs but were trudging higher today. Mobile stocks on track for a ninth day of gains. Jakarta coming online and continuing to trend up, 1. 3 . U. S. Future seeing a little bit of pressure. The airlines, the nifty with modest gains at the start. Haven,rally and bonds a selling all. You did see yields picking up here. The aussie, back to 1 once again. The chinese 10 year yield, now or near february highs. The second worst performer after bulgarian debt, on disappointment that beijing may refrain from stimulus. About somebts opecplus deals. Watching the curre
Something a little askew with the data. Consumer confidence coming in a little shy of expectations at 86. 6, down from 86. 9 in april, and a little lower than economists were looking for at 87. We will get to that data and what it all means for the economy. This is all still coronavirus data, and how much you can read into it is still in question. The first trading day in the united states, the s p up 1. 8 . Doing and leisure stocks well. The dollar index just a little like today a little light today. Crudee strong dollar, and oil is up 3 . Matt i almost want to ask how many years it took you to say leisure rather than leisure, but we will save that for later. Today. Big rally the dax adding another 100 points after a 370 point addition yesterday. To 11,500 as the stoxx 600, the broader european benchmark, get back to levels we havent seen since the very beginning of march. I think both of these indexes are back to levels we last saw march 6. In the pound, big rally against the dollar
Monthly contraction on record as gdp falls more than 20 on april on the countrys first full month of lockdown. A resurgence of cases across the u. S. Fuels fear of a second wave as the imf calculates around the world already spent 10 trillion to fight the pandemic and warns america cannot afford another lockdown we cant shut down the economy again. I think weve learned well create more damage, not just economic damage but there are other areas. Weve talked about this, medical problems and Everything Else the six group seals the deal batching the nearly 3 million take over. Well talk with the ceo at 10 35 cet. Very warm welcome to street signs. Happy friday it has been quite a week for morning ets. We open the day in negative territory extending the losses weve bounced across the flat line into positive territory it has been a volatile choppy session already. The theme is certainly over the last couple of days in the reversal of the cyclical value parts of the market. That trade has bee
Good morning, everyone. The meeting will come to order. Welcome to the thursday, april 30, special meeting of the government audit and oversight committee. I am joined be i vice chair he is, kin and thank you to the clerk and sfgov tv for hosting this meeting. Do you have any announcements mr. Chair . Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect Board Members to the employees and the public, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed. However, members of the committee will be participating in the meeting remotely at the same extent as if they were physically present in the meeting. Public comment will be available for each item on this agenda. Both channel 26 and sfg tv. Org are streaming the number across the 2013. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. Comments are available via phone by dialling 882045984, and once you are connected to that phone number, use access code which is 3501008. After entering the access code, you will be pr