They will make a goal in iraq for all u. S. Troops to leave the country. Kathleen president troop President Trump warning of u. S. Strikes if u. S. Troops are hit. The Market Reaction around the world, starting with australia which is open. What are you seeing . ,ophie the s p fell the most sydney futures are the very slightly up. The dollar is under pressure. The aussie dollar being weighed against falling against the yen which remains on the front foot, trading at the strongest double since october, 107. 78. Japanese stocks are set for losses. Tokyo markets back after a long break with pmi do from japan. Resumee treasury to trade in tokyo online. Caution as we return, looking at aussie bonds, the yield curve flattening with the 10year falling five basis points in australia and risk aversion took its toll on middle eastern markets. Lets look at that damage report. All major benchmarks tumbling. Aramco settled at the lowest closing parts price since listing. Oil prices, seeing brent an
China trade deal jobless claims fall. And real estate and staples are leading the charge joining us for the hour is stephanie link were both feeling the holiday red but we got a green market. Like a christmas theme were now starting to see internalsin the market thats confirming the stabilization look at the 210 spread, the yield curve is steepening. Nats a good sign asia stocks, they are breaking out. You look at oil up 10 in the past month all of these things are confirming were seeing stabilization and that sets us up for 2020 seeing better growth my biggest question mark does this translate into better earnings i think we will see better earnings which maybe not right away you have pmis globally that are stabilizing. I feel good going into 2020. It has to be an Earnings Growth year all three averages are up half a percent first lets focus on the big stories were watching Kayla Tausche has the latest on china trade and usmca. Then the senate spendling bill vote and Bertha Coombs has
Uber and lyft went on public with much fanfare. What does 2020 have been store . The s p 500 returning 46 so far this year. The last time we saw these gains was 2009 with the index returned 60 . The breakdown for what is driving this is michael regan. What is fueling this massive rally . Mike mostly chipmakers. Lam research. There has been talk about this rotation out of growth into value. Sells whatcell happened. It wasnt a great year for growth for most chip stocks. It is about the next big thing. What are the next big things . 5g, a lot of chips needed for that. Is in early stages. Machine learning, ai, there is a lot of optimism tilted around these innovations. The Cloud Computing arena has still not completely matured. The next big thing used to be social media, google, facebook, and those have matured to some degree. People are looking forward to that next big bump up in Tech Innovation we will see in 5g and iot and on and on and on. Taylor i want to look at this chart im showing
Prison for the mass killing of political opponents. And im we are starting with sports and the arabian gulf cup host qatar on the field right now against the u. A. E. With a place in the semifinals at stake its a game with as much politics as team pride. Thank you very much for joining as Security Forces have stopped and for marching towards a u. N. Base in the east of the democratic republic of congo they were heading to the peacekeeping compound near the airport in beni one of 2 bases in that city at least 2 people have been killed demonstrators have been targeting u. N. Peacekeepers there for more than a week now saying theyre failing to protect civilians from attacks by rebel groups that speak to aljazeera as catherine soy whos in goma the knowledge a city in east india r. C. Catherine tell us 1st about what youre hearing about the situation in beni whats happening on the streets there right now. Well right now the military in beni is expected to hold a press conference in the comi
As china and america edge towards a deal. Also on the programme this is the man who is billions of dollars poorer after weworks dramatic fall from grace. Well assess how Masayoshi Son got it so wrong. Talking of offices is your workplace up to the job . Well get the inside track on the changing face of the workplace with a boss of a global architectural firm. So today we want to know are you happy with where you work . What are the benefits of your own space or an open plan environment . Let us know your thoughts. Just use the hashtag bbcworklife. A warm welcome to your friday edition of worklife. Today were focusing on the changing face of entertainment. And the force is with walt disney, the house of mouse, which has been expanding its empire and is about to enter the world of streaming. Money coming into disney or revenue was over 19 billion dollars up by more than a third on this time last year. It was boosted by its takeover of 21st century fox which now finally gives it all the r