Markets are struggling for direction. Stocks in the u. S. Are looking at record highs in markets around the world are trying to figure out how to put that against the fact the chinese economy is slowing. Andpean stocks getting 0. 2 you can see the 10 year yield at 1. 74. A good day to talk policy. Coming up, we speak to the Incoming European Commission her team of commissioners faces a confirmation vote in parliament. Lets its rate to new york with first word news. A worldbeating brexit trade deal. Thats what british carmakers want the next government to deliver. The society of Motor Manufacturers and traders say the key requirements include a friction this border, tariff free trade, and regulatory alignment. They spent more than 5 Million Pounds preparing for the exit from the eu. Of Chinese Industrial enterprise falling for the Third Straight month as Producer Prices continue falling and domestic demand slows. Early indicators suggesting the economy slowed for a seventh straight mont
For. The major averages boostedro monthly gains. It was their best in five months and it came despite todays pullback. The dow fell about 112 points. Were at 28,051 now. The nasdaq was down 39. The s p blipped12. For the money the indexes saw gains of. 3 or mo dominic chu starts us off with a look at nos big gains. The rngords kept roln for the month of no november, a month that saw historically high levels for the sch 500nd nasdaq add traders zed to accentuate the positive with market headlines. On balance, theres bin contract mentally positive news on the trade war betweenhe u. S. And china, but no firm phase one agreement or deal has been signed yet. Put that together with enomic data around the world that may be showing signs of a turnaround, and you get a general bullish tone benefiting companies and industries that are more geared towards improving economic prospects, or socalled cyclical stocks. Within of the s p 500, the best performing sectors were technology and financial. Me
Minor deal that would be open. As far as no more tariffs would be open as far as two more rounds of duties in return, they said they would be open to things. Speaking on the background in terms of noncore recession saying they still would not budge. That was an official speaking to one news source. Lets take a look at what would happen in asia the nikkei came under pressure hang seng down about. 8 and shanghai am coup about. 4 markets go up or down based on what rumor or headline at any given point on these trade talks scheduled to begin tomorrow in the United States. In europe, the bachl dax is up y about 1 looking at the treasury market, yields are higher. The 30year, a little higher than where we were yesterday the twoyear sitting at 1. 44 . Eunice yoon joins us now. Did we sleep last night. We look horrible without these thanks for pointing that out. Mine is too bright. We are going to toss to eunice ill tell you what way was thinking about on my way in. Did you hear about how many
Silence. Bloomberg will be covering those events through the morning. Alix 18 years. In the markets, you have seen the s p hold steady, but the churn beneath it has been quite staggering. A huge, unbelievable shift, added momentum into value since value weeen into have seen since 2009. Youre seeing some buying in the bond market. Yields down by about two basis points. Over in europe, couldnt decide on a bond bear or bull day. Time now for the global exchange, where we bring you the market moving news from around the world. Joining us are bloombergs enda curran in hong kong, in london, emma chandra, and Michael Mckee joins us in new york. The Hong Kong Exchange made an unprecedented 36. 6 billion offer for the london talk exchange. Bloomberg london Stock Exchange. Bloombergs enda curran has more. Enda obviously this is a very ambitious corporate transaction. , itably more importantly would be a real test of Investor Perception towards hong kong. Remember, this raises all kinds of questi
Hello to you. Scientists have discovered particles of plastic falling in snow in the arctic, highlighting the scale of plastic pollution. A region so many of us think of as pristine is contaminated with microscopic particles, carried on the wind from thousands of miles away. Our environment analyst Roger Harrabin travelled to the Arctic Circle as the Research Teams were working. Heres his special report. The arctic, a place of pristine beauty. Smothered with snow, clean and pure. Or, thats how it appears. But its an illusion. Arctic snow is tainted with microplastics and rubber particles and clothing fibres. Given the amount of pollution in the atmosphere, its perhaps hardly surprising that were finding microplastics in snow. But we have such a strong belief in the essential purity of this stuff that some people will find this news rather shocking. Dr Melanie Bergmann led the research. First stage involves a bit of low technology. A dessert spoon and a flask. I think were not treating