Confidence today, will add to the debate. Nejra welcome to bloomberg daybreak europe. The market moves we have seen overnight in asia have certainly faded on that brief optimism in terms of the u. S. And China Holding a phone call that we hear went well. They are continuing to talk about phase i. Msci asia pacific index still integrate. Hong kong underperforming still in the green. Hong kong underperforming. Gold unchanged. We saw all three u. S. Benchmarks hit record highs in yesterdays sessions, s p 500 index, dow jones, and nasdaq. Futures not giving us a lot of direction. The 10year gilts continues to edge up 10 year yields continue to edge up. The yen hit a two week low but dollaryen steady now. Onto the top story. The u. S. And china have agreed to stay in touch to resolve remaining issues to get a deal. Incomes after a phone call early this morning during which the vice premier, robert lighthizer, and treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin discussed core concerns. Meanwhile, Goldman
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It is the insurers and medical providers doing so well today. Unitedhealth group up 8. 6 . Medical loss provision was not as bad as anticipated. It was actually better than forecast, and that has all of those insurers higher. Johnson johnson saying it is not setting aside money for those court cases it is going to fight, and will win thousands of them, according to johnson johnson. The 10 year yield moved quite a bit in the session, back after a holiday yesterday, 1. 75 on the 10 year. Guy letsguy take a look at where we are in europe, dominated by the brexit news over the last few minutes. The pound spiking up on the cable rate against the u. S. Dollar towards 1. 28. The ftse 250, the more to mystically focused market, also spiking. When it comes the more domestically focused market, also spiking. When it comes to the ftse 100, some names spiking sharply. As you can see, a strong response to the headlines being reported out of brussels. Apparently, eu negotiators and breasted negotiat
In seven months after a meeting with u. K. Print minister Boris Johnson. What i would hope is that what happens today would be sufficient to allow negotiations to resume in brussels. Nejra and changes at the top. Saps longstanding ceo announces hes stepping down as rental looks to rental replace thes to ceo. Matt good morning from berlin, nejra. We have had a lot of fed news out, a lot of trade news out, a theory a news out. Basically, washington is the place to be. Nejra i found the comments really interesting in terms of what he might see as a rate cutting cycle. Well get into that. It is the trade news dominating markets. Investors taking the positive side, the fact President Trump says hes present for talks with chinese vice permit or. If vice permit or. Vice premier. Matt we will have to talk exit brexit again today and tomorrow, as well. We do see asian stocks falling, u. S. Stocks up on positive trade news. We just heard donald trump say the attorneys have been very nice and the
Syria. The move comes days after washington effectively okayed the operation. The u. K. Government pushes ahead with brexit, although the current eu president says there is no chance of a deal this week. Shery later in Bloomberg Technology global link, we will outline the possible rescue plans for wework and what softbank can do to save the struggling unicorn. Lets get you started with a quick check of the markets. U. S. Futures at the moment unchanged after stocks fluctuated between gains and losses throughout the session. The s p 500 was led lower by utilities and materials. The Energy Sector down as wti lost the most rampant about two weeks, 53 a barrel. Investors still trying to figure out what a partial u. S. China trade deal actually means. Acrosslots of anxiety markets. Pretty light trading. We saw about 30 below average volumes when it comes to the 30 day average. We had u. S. Debt markets close away on holiday, so pretty thin trading. The focus this week now switching to earni