Higher. It was lower earlier in the day and now it has split tire by ge and some financials. The s p sideways at this point we have been watching the bond market. Broke above that keith 2. 5. Percent level. A couple of Different Things going o n. We saw the 10year stabilize in the wake of that. A lot of queues being taken between the equities and bond. Arkets today there are extended levels here in the wakes of the recent rally that took stocks to new highs. We are watching the spread between the s ps current level and the 200day moving average. It is currently the highest, the widest going all the way back to 2013. Sort of extended here by that measure. Elsewhere today in terms of what we are watching, were taking a look at some of the Health Insurance companies. Molina is saying it has been informed that new Mexico Human Services department is not extending a contract between it and the company so it is under some pressure with 17 and todays session. Sentine and todays session. The t
And i welcome you watching r. T. International this monday afternoon which just gone three oclock in moscow now our top story this hour the Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov says some Media Outlets are spreading false information aimed at slandering the Syrian Government. Lots of reports are being planted in the media about chlorine allegedly used in eastern guta news outlets are citing an anonymous source from the us let me remind you weve been warning about such for each story since yesterday and there will be more such stories from social media from the White Helmets and provocative with a history of freak reports specially when it comes to Chemical Attacks for which there is no evidence also there is a syrian observatory for human rights run by a man renting an apartment somewhere in the u. K. So these provocations will continue with a single goal to blacken the Syrian Government by accusing it of all sorts of violations and workarounds. What is mr lavrov mentioned there have
Thanks for joining us my name is neil harvey. And. Russia says that setting up humanitarian corridors in the syrian and. To let civilians out of the war ravaged area its called on militant groups occupying the zone to d. Mind the roots but its not clear if some groups are even willing to let anybody out against the explains. It isnt working resolution twenty four one which called for a power and syrian ceasefire without delay so far is a dud everyone is interpret it in ways that suit them radical islamist terrorists ignore it Josh Al Islam the army of islam has not stopped shelling damascus dozens of casualties over the last few days alone the syrian army says it has the right to defend itself against extremists until the shelling ends citing a clause that excludes terrorists from this resolution but even then if you talk to syrians theres not all that much enthusiasm for this ceasefire. This truce is similar to the others and we will see it being violated this is the same old story an
There you with Us International this monday afternoon where its just gone four oclock am in the russian capital now our top story this Information Campaign targeting the Syrian Government is underway thats according to the Russian Foreign ministry which had earlier predicted there could be provocative reports of alleged Chemical Attacks. Reports are being planted with chlorine allegedly used in eastern good news outlets are citing an anonymous source from the u. S. Let me remind you weve been warning about such Great Stories since yesterday and there will be more such stories from social media from the White Helmets a provocative organization with a history of freak reports especially when it comes to Chemical Attacks for which there is no evidence so these provocations will continue with the single girls to blacken the Syrian Government back using it evolved sorts of violations and work around so its ok i want to discuss this a bit further now with joy. Our correspondent there is in t
We have the markets on the move. We also have some pmi figures. Euro area january services pmi rising to 58. That was a little more than the preliminary 57. 6. Eurodollar, 1. 2462. Europe seems to be powering ahead. Stoxx europe 600, down some 3. 8 . We saw that big selloff in asia. It is all about Global Market angst because of rising inflation. Today is the day that jay powell takes over from janet yellen. It will be interesting to see what he makes of some of this. Yield, 2. 31. Year we have an allstar guest lineup for you today. Mark wilson of of eva, the largest insurer, joins us shortly. We also have to yield, 2. 31. Look at the future of advertising. We also talk about the French Economy with maurice levy of trackis, and we will treasuries and the selloff with john normand. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news. Nejra in america, janet yellen has said u. S. Stocks and commercial real estate prices are elevated. She made the comments to cbs sunday morning tv show in an interv