Sterling down 7 10 of 1 to. A breakthrough in brexit talks. , sterling down and the ftse is that what european markets are rising today with the u. K. 10 year yield up for basis points today and commodities. Economy andcovering profits helped 41 billion in stock rises into its stocks this year, compared to 591 million for u. S. Funds and returns have lagged the u. S. Markets once again. , the u. S. Rd pe basis is the most expensive versus europe in 10 years. Analysts say that it is not clear what europe is all that she earnings estimates need to rise for u. S. Companies because of tax cuts, the u. S. Looks better to ask. Better to us. This is the yield difference room between germany and italy yield differential between germany and italy. The dutchassing of and french elections, without political upsets, the risk is that investors wrote too complacent about the next political worried in the region, italy, they select before may and the antiestablishment fivestar movement currently lead
Andrew wilson from Goldman Sachs asset management, we get his call for the coming year. Fx head of global strategy. First things first, we are getting a little data from Euro Area Services pmi falling 53. 1. A little less than analysts forecast. Manufacturing rising more than expected. This is the picture of euro markets. Vix. W you fix because a lot of people saying we dont know much. Brought up the bloomberg dollar index. Eurodollar one. 1. 05. Here iss sebastian. The japanese president hopes for a breakthrough over a seven decade territorial dispute. The soviet Union Invaded the islands at the end of world war ii, expected to top the agenda at the meeting in southwest japan. The meeting will head to tokyo for talks on Economic Cooperation. New york may be the winner from any brexitdriven activity from the Financial Services of london. The house of Lords Eu Committee reports unless negotiations on both sides are pragmatic, jobs could go to wall street rather than paris and frankfurt,
You have to be seeing across the board, every single group is falling. Equity market feels the pain. Alex will talk central banking and the markets. We clearly want to be discussing where we are going ahead with our guests. We will be talking with scott mather, coming up in a bit. Fascinating, his viewpoint on when they will hike. And of course how good that job number has to be. Alix overall we are looking at a market rerating for the fed hikes expectations. It comes to equities, the dax lower. You have emerging markets lower over the last two days, and they are trickling through with a story in the fx market that is stronger that is the stronger dollar. Particularly, dollaryen, 1. 02. You have yen weakness, but is that confidence about the boj in rode a in corrode a commodities are getting hit across the board. Off by 1. 3 . Ti, a 47 handle now for wti. Bond marketsthe friday you saw that big rally ofyields on the front end the curve. The biggest jump, 10 basis points, the biggest ju