Anna good morning. This is bloomberg daybreak europe. This year is tapering out a little bit. As we get into the penultimate week of trading. The msci index up by 0. 1 . The republicans seem to be ok in the senate. Susan collins, the senator from maine, pushing that one through we think. The houseboats later today. Voteseek the house later today. We have a few things on the agenda. And u. S. Gdp updates. Lets talk about what is happening in South African currency. The u. S. Dollar is gaining a little bit against the african round. The trajectory of travel has been strengthening in the rand. Tribes in the anc vote. Deliver onable to the promises. Will there be risks around that . That is something we will be picking up with our guests in the next hour. In terms of the broader story, you are looking at matt i am looking at that was up 20 . Pix it is up to 826 year high it is up to a 26 year high. Returns wouldnt be so great. Ine you can see the topix blue. In yellow you see how it has re
To tap into chinas 40 million on Offline Stores. With its new platform. Betty yvonne, no action here in the u. S. , of course because we are closed for the commemoration of Martin Luther king. Marketsties, the bond are all shot and the currency markets of course, continue to remain open. Shut for the day. It depends whether we will see a government shut down and how that will be priced into the equity markets when they open tomorrow morning. We are definitely watching commodities closely, and currencies, which continued to slide in the u. S. Dollar as well as well with five weeks of losses. Pretty remarkable, given that we are in a rate tightening timeframe here in the u. S. Area commodities, and currencies. We are watching those today. Yvonne yes, the dollar could be optimism for some of the asia traders here, but again, we are missing some fresh catalyst with the u. S. Markets closed. If we take a look at futures, it looks like we will be taking upons with the best we are looking at
Kong. E in hong for us . Got coming have the chairman of the european committees market. Have steven as our first guest enough just a few minutes followed with june in jumin. The results of the former of ther the Governor Peoples Bank of china will you highse have record and there have been a lot of and was said this rally is going to be much better and healthier if we see that will weigh your it is like a bit like to help rally along. Against. They are sending gains for it and will have stocks in havepore halting and we do a have the in dollar. The dollar falling for the first in threehe first day sessions. He take a look at the big picture, the funds a retreat. Fluctuating all morning. Have a focus on the offshore as theres ground speculation to cool its gained operate we are keeping an eye on oil. Retreatingbrent after closing above the level for the first time in three years. Crude now sliding 4 10 of a percent english comes to what is moving on the regional benchmark, you have mat
Rishaad we want to bring up a chart here, showing what has been happening after the force we have seen of late, and a look at the tensions. Have broughtns other stocks into favor, while inside and the mainline in china, we have seen this a share against h shares in hong kong. The premium of those ashares expanding to kong the widest since july of last year. This is down to north korean inspired risk aversion weighing on the equity market. The hang seng retreating in line with. Stocks. Therehai composite we go, some investors suggesting ashares could outperform by the years end. That is just a flavor of what is going on here at the moment. Haidi absolutely. On top of that, you always have , at least until the 19th Party Congress. Stability is the name of the day when it comes to china. We are about 30 minutes away from the open in china and hong kong. Singapore, taiwan, and markets in malaysia coming online at the moment. Risk is starting to pare back a little bit with some of these tra
There. darya lets get a check now of weather and traffic. mark james and robin are here. james we have the possibility of showers today, so bring the umbrella with you to work just in case. Lets go outside and see whats happening right now. Our 4zone Camera Network shows visibility is pretty good, no major fog to speak of, but it is cloudy in a number of locations. A weak storm system passing overhead today will keep it cloudy and cool across the bay. Temperatures have fallen into the 40s and low 50s, once again. By mid morning, they should climb to the mid 50s. Then by noon well enjoy low 60s. Inland highs this afternoon will only reach the mid 60s. A slight chance of showers exists all day, but increases slightly and 11pm. This could impact our evening commute home, especially in the north and east bay. Winds will be gusty all day. High pressure returns tomorrow, kicking off a warming trend that will take us into the weekend with inland highs climbing into the upper 80s and low 90s.