Im wilfred frost. And seema mody in for sara. Good morning, will. Good morning to you. Lets go straight to Market Action this morning. Off the back of a strong finish to a tough week last friday. We saw decent gains on friday that meant the weeks performance was respectable. Declines but the nasdaq down more than. 5 . S p and dow just down by. 75 . For the week as a whole, seven out of 11 were negative led down by financials which turned in the only performance of all of the sectors of more than 12 decline. A this morning, as you can see, were bouncing back from that decline last week. The dow pulled high just shy of 30 points. Lets look at oil prices because they turned in a resounding poll week. Up about 5 for the week as a whole. Back around 50. And adding gains as you can see, have the 50. 8, the fwries ofpri crude. Exports in japan rising 7. 5 in april from a year ago. Below the 7. 8 annual growth. Exports abroad are being driven by the weakest in the yen that weve seen earlier th
Israel has built one of the worlds great civilizations, a strong resilient, determined and prosperous nation. It is also a nation forged in the commitment that we will never allow the horrors and atrocities of the last century to be repeated. Now, we must Work Together to build a future where the nations of the region are at peace. And all of our children can grow and grow up strong and grow up free from terrorism and violence. During my travels in recent days, i have found new reasons for hope. I have just concluded a visit to saudi arabia, where yesterday i met with king salman and with the leaders from across the muslim and arab world. And that visit we reached historic agreements to pursue greater and greater cooperation in the fight against terrorism and its evil ideology. My future travels will take me to visit pope francis at the vatican. And then our nato and european allies. We have before us a rare opportunity to bring security and stability and peace to this region. And to i
Again, a moment of silence for the victims of the Manchester Bombing. Political parties in the uk are expected to resume election campaigns this morning. New this morning the bbc is reporting that British Police have stopped sharing information on the Manchester Bombing with the United States because of fears that leaks in the u. S. Media could hinder the hunt for a possible bombmaker. At issue are pictures of the crime scene published by the New York Times, including photos of the remains of the bag that was carried by the suicide bomber. Prime minister theresa may will raise the issue with President Trump today. This is one of the most important intelligence sharing efforts in the world. The expectation is that this will not last for long. If you see the picture on the cover of the New York Times this morning, this is what has caused some of that outrage. Pictures released and shared with the United States intelligence that wound up on the front page of the paper. The fellas brother
Jeff bezos is within spitting distance of becoming the richest person in the world. The dow is down by about 20 points below fair value after six sessions in a row of gains. The nasdaq is down by 2. 5. Overnight in asia, well see that the nikkei was down by 0. 6 . Hang seng was flat. As was the shanghai. In europe and early trading this morning, as things get started, most of the markets are weaker. The dax is down by almost a half percent. Cac down by three quarters of a percent. Ftse up by 0. 1 . Markets in italy and spain are weaker. Crude prices are higher after dropping by 5 in yesterdays trading session. Analysts say that extension of opecs production cuts where they agreed to make the extension was already priced in the market was looking for cuts to last longer than nine months or deeper cuts. Neither of those things happened. This morning wti back up by 25 cents. It is below 50 a barrel. A couple big stories were watching. Jim bullard speaking in tokyo overnight and said the p
710ths green arrows for major in deksz. Ftse up. Germany, dax up. Gains in france after the French Election there one of the biggest majorities theyve seen in post war france. You can see crude oil markets up slightly still below 45 a barrel following developing story from london, a van plowed into a group of pedestrians outside a mosque injuring ten people it happened as worshippers were leaving evening prayers. Metropolitan police say the driver of the van was taken into custody and theyre treating the incident as potential act of terrorism. Almost one year since britain voted to leave European Union. Formal brexit talks begin today. David davis is meeting with eu chief negotiator in brussels that kicks off the process that must be completed by march, 2019 discussions come less than two weeks after Prime Minister theresa may and her conservative party lost the majority in parliament, adding to further uncertainty when it comes to these talks. And becky alluded to this in other politi