Destroyed 258 drones and enemy ammunition depots. The number of dead in odesa has increased to five. Among the victims is a child. Another eight people were injured. In particular , a pregnant woman and a threeyearold boy were injured, the Regional Military administration reported. One of the drones completely destroyed the entrance of a ninestory building. They continue to search under the rubble. People the trident is safe. The ukrainian coat of arms, made from destroyed enemy equipment, was hidden in kherson. This was reported by the head of the region oleksandr prokudin. The trident stood at the memorial to the heroes of the heavenly hundred when russian shells often flew by. So, for safety reasons , the monument was temporarily removed. Even at the stage of installation of the structure, when the employees of gokkars conducted. Welding work, a drone was hanging above it, after that the enemy began to target this perimeter of the park. Shelling was conducted several times, so we de
Weather. And this mild run of weather. And this mild run of weather continues . Thats right. It may be the winter solstice, but temperatures are above average. Pretty grey, but i will keep you up to date this afternoon. Also coming up howa up to date this afternoon. Also coming up how a daily serving of kale can protect your brain. The sacking of damian green one of theresa mays closest allies has prompted a furious backlash from some conservative mps who are angry about how confidential material gathered during a Police Investigation nine years ago came into the public domain. The first secretary of state was dismissed from the cabinet last night after a government inquiry found he made inaccurate and misleading statements about the pornography on his Parliamentary Office computer. He is the third cabinet minister to leave their role in the space of two months. Our Political Correspondent ben wright reports. Sacked from the cabinet and out the door. The third senior minister to leave
591,000 barrels last week. Rise compared to the estimate of 1. 3 Million Barrels that was expected to rise last week. Rise compared to thealso, a much smaller rise compared to the previous week of december 15, but still, a seventh week of gains for gasoline inventories. For reaction, lets bring in alix steel. The inventories in line with estimates, a bit of a bigger drawdown, but gasoline inventories rose less than expected. Alix that is the bearish tilt in the report. Refineries were working overtime, utilization of one 1. 6 , butent up the actual crude inventory is looking solid. We saw that with natural gas as well. The inventory is lower than expected, particularly when it comes to oil. It depends how you measure it. If you look at the fiveyear average globally, we are above that level, but when you look at demand covered versus how much you need to meet demand rather than a average an average stockpile, we are close. Slightly,rts were up so even more impressive that we were able t
Is europe close. This often happens. We just had a horrible day in europe. Worst day of the year really. A lot of markets down 3 . You see just right after europe closed, closer to noon, the market came up and moved into positive territory. As for china, the etfs in china very heavy volume today. Doesnt matter what etfs, ashr, thats mainland china, the a shares. The second one is hong kong shares. All of them are down though not as much in hong kong as you can see. This is spilling into the emerging markets. A lot of activity in emerging market etfs. For example, indonesia has moved down in the last few days. Those are new multiyear lows for indonesia. The same whats going on in other emerging market etfs for example, br zale. Ewz is very active. This is a 10year chart. We just broke below the 2009 lows in brazil. That was widely commented on trading this morning. With Interest Rates moving down, Interest Rate sensitive groups, particularly banks and insurers are weak. Banks understand
Slumping is the critical modern cashry critical modern critical model three is delayed. Betty we knew this would be a is he newsweek and it certainly is. With the latest reports of Bloomberg News reporting that Jerome Powell will be the next fed chairman. It will be announced by the trump white house. We saw all that speculation before with the reports. Not a whole lot of reaction in the markets to that. Yes. As kathleen said in a previous hour, some people are calling this janet yellen 2. 0. He is seen as the that are continuity candidate as opposed to the more hawkish paler options. With more of a change from the status of. But we also have the other fed decision. Meeting with a little bit more of the same. Cautious optimism when it comes progression for the u. S. Still optimistic we will get to 2 growth in a few days. They the consensus is for december rate hike. Marketheck out the u. S. Close today. Earnings to watch out for. Particularly facebook and tesla after the close. The s p