The biggest strike in years. Matt good morning from berlin. Oh isadh, saudi arabia out with the numbers behind its ipo. The price tag values the state owned oil giant as the Worlds Largest company by market cap. Here with the details is bloombergs dani burger. Than 25 billion, saudi aramco has closed its deal. It is the worlds biggest ipo. This is very different from the 100 billion deal the crown prince had first envisioned. , theyearly big promises listed only in saudi arabia. A price at the top end of its range. 8. 52. The equivalent of the Share Offering was more than 4. 6 times oversubscribed. Profits, oilig companies are out of favor with some investors worried about concerns about the world worries about Climate Change will curb demand. Some of that is behind why the listing didnt hit the desired 2 trillion valuation mark. This is a whopping number at 1. 7 trillion. Aramcos profitability overtakes microsoft and apple in terms of the biggest listed. Matt thanks very much. Joining
Toward em debt. He also weighed in on the fx manipulation debate. The currency weapon has been on the table for a long time after the chinese have used that weapon. Manus a warm welcome to daybreak europe. Lets tell you what is going on in the market. What is happening with the dollar . Will we see a new form of fx wars . Bloomberg dollar index, this is five days. We have been down three days in a row. Is it slippage or selling . Europe, slams china and both in terms of their foreignexchange policy big currency manipulation game, and the question he poses. Do we need to match or continue being dummies . What does that mean for the market . We will look at risk on and risk off assets. Gold we just talked to mark mobius. Everyone should have a little gold in their pocket. In the next fed rate reading cycle, the last cycle gold flew to the heavens. We will delve deeper. Oil, a little slippage in the market. Stockpiles were down for the third week in a row. Globally, the market is debating
The european markets were down a couple minutes ago. They are pretty much back up. It seems the feel good factor in u. S. Stocks have now petered out somewhat. Im looking at u. S. 10 year treasury yields, pretty much a picture of stability. The dollar off the trade bound. The dollar, gaining a touch. Coming up on bloomberg surveillance, we sit down with luca paolini, the chief strategist at Pictet Asset Management. Thewe will also break down saudi budget with the director of Economic Research at the Gulf Research center. First, lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Sebastian uber has lost the battle as it differs from traditional taxes. The car hailing app should be regulated. The eu court of justice ruling, think of the president sentting. British officials fear spain will threaten to veto, if negotiatey fails to with madrid. It has been in british hands since, 1713 but spain could make a claim over the land. To the u. N. Assador nikki haley is pressing other countries n
Figure in focus as investors search for clues about the next fed rate hike. With the u. K. Election less than a week away, we speak to iain duncan smith. Good morning. This is bloomberg surveillance. Im Francine Lacqua here in london. Theres a lot of news today and that has loads of implications for all the data across the board. Lets get straight to it. Global stocks are up. The nikkei 225 stock average topped 20,000 points for the 2015. Time since this is mainly as private american hiring data bolstered confidence in the economy. We have to wait for that jobs data today coming through. This is what were seeing for pound, weakening a touch. Look out for pound. We are just seven days until that election, june 8. Yen, im seeing a little movement. 111. 56. Crude oil, we will be speaking to the opec secretarygeneral shortly. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Nejra we start in the u. S. The Trump Administration has asked the u. S. Supreme court to reinstate its travel ban
Good morning. This is bloomberg surveillance. We have a lot to get through today. Coming up in our weekly brexit show we speak with the u. K. s shadow trade secretary. First things first. There is so much talk from hawkishness from the central bank feedings through to the markets. Equity markets. Now theyre back up. We did see a selloff in u. S. Stocks being reawakened. The quarter is drawn to a close. Bonds extending some of the losses. Central banks seem to shift towards a more hawkish tone. The picture for crude oil, above 45. You can see the vix, 2 higher. We will have plenty more for the market shortly but first lets get to the bloomberg first word news. Andastian donald trump Vladimir Putin will meet for the first time next week among heightened tensions between the u. S. And russia over the future of the war in syria and moscows intervention in the u. K. And investigations into russian medley in the u. S. Election. The revised travel ban is facing a new court challenge. A new se