The latest. Dani definitely a mixed session. The stoxx 600 down. It is a macro heavy trading day between the u. K. Election, Central Bank Decisions and that the tariff deadline, we have traders on the sideline. Expandedy has really for sterling. Cable down about 0. 1 , but still trading at that 1. 31 handle. This is a conservative government priced in. Upside is really limited. We have seen sterling fall after the poll showed the conservatively it cut by about half and the concern is the Hung Parliament that would throw into concern the outcome of brexit. Some strategists have said that sterling may fall as low as 1. 22 if we do get a Hung Parliament. Brent down about 0. 5 tonight. We are seeing brent trade just under 64 a barrel. The aramco ipo hitting the 10 limit with shares surging so far today. Looking at some of the individual movers we have seen in the market. Jd sports is one of the biggest lacquers in the stoxx 600 laggers in the stoxx 600. Its biggest shareholder sold 2. 4 of
This is bloomberg surveillance. These are your markets. Quite a lot going on in terms of brexit. Hopefully there is a lot going on when it comes to trade. That is what the markets are putting their hopes on. Lets get that board up for you so we look at what european equities are doing and a little bit of weakness. Stocks in general higher. U. S. Futures higher. Bonds. S in we are expecting a lot of news out of companies such as amazon. Com. 1. 2 957, all eyes on westminster and a possible vote in the house of commons behind me. That is coming up. More from our interview with mark carney at the imf meeting in washington over the weekend. First, lets get straight to super saturday. That was last saturday. Indian lawmakers voted to withhold approval from oris Johnsons Brexit deal until all the legislation had passed. The Prime Minister was then forced to send a letter to brussels asking for another extension. Later today the government is expected to make a fresh bid to get the agreement
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