Are close to sealing a merger agreement, telling employees a final pact is coming within weeks. And shares in the lse group trade higher as shareholders prepare to vote on the 27 billion takeover well, a very good morning and welcome to street signs. One of our top stories today, alibaba has closed almost 7 higher after its hong kong debut, the Largest Global listing so far this year the ecommerce giant listed at a price of 176 hong kong dollars to raise 11. 2 billion in fresh capital. And as part of the ipo, the Chinese Company issued 500 million new ordinary shares. Emily tan is joining us live from hong kong emily, the largest ipo of 2019, quite a stellar postmarket performance with the stock up almost 7 in trading how has the reception been overall . Reporter you know what, juwana, the newcomer to the market today was the most heavily traded in hong kong with 1. 8 billion worth of shares changing hands as you mentioned, the stock closed up more than 6. 5 , off the days highs, but u
Pace in over 20 years. Industrial output and retail sales fall short. Jay powells happy place. He says Monetary Policy is where it should be as he sees monetary growth continuing. I think Monetary Policy is in a good place. If developments emerge that cause a material reassessment of the outlook, then we will act appropriately. Anna less than half an hour to go until the start of the equity trading day in europe, this is what the futures look like right now. They look weaker across the equity markets. And for the u. S. Equity markets, we have the ftse 100, the cac also weaker. Expectations for a weaker start being paired back a little bit by some reassurance from the german data. Lets not overdo that because the global story around growth is not a positive one. Lets have a look at u. S. Futures. They also have been pointing to the downside. Lets see if they still do. They do, but not by an enormous amount. German data offering reassurance, but the state of the German Economy is still w
Eurodollar at 1. 109. If you look at government bonds across the world, they are actually advancing. This is on the back of german and chinese data. The focus is now on trade. But there is one stock we needed to look at a little bit more. 6. 1 afterining interim results. They have a new partnership with tencent. Well have more on the sector with burberry gating 6. 1 . Gaining 6. 1 . Up next, we talked to the silver lake cofounder about investing in tech. But for now, lets get straight to first word news in new york city. Boris johnson is back in Campaign Mode after a difficult visit to floodhit areas of Northern England where his response was criticized by local residents. In a speech at a factory which makes london taxis, the Prime Minister said getting brexit done would trigger a wave of investment. Jeremy corbyn, meanwhile, said he would not allow a referendum on Scottish Independence in his first term. Bloombergs latest poll average puts johnsons conservatives 11 11 points ahead of
The stoxx europe 600 pretty much flat. We did have a bit of a move on the u. S. 10 year yield, currently up 1. 82. We had renminbi, a little move actually that became a bigger move, strengthening past seven since the First Time Since august. S p futures gaining some 0. 2 . Ourng up, much more from exclusive conversation with the Goldman Sachs chief executive, David Solomon. He talked about negative rates, the industry, and of course, about trade. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. U. S. Tariffs is what china wants before president xi signs a potential trade deal with president trump. Ft reportsafter the to grease the wheels for an agreement. Washington is reporting removing some tariffs on chinese imports. Now to the u. K. Election campaign. Prime minister Boris Johnson and Opposition Leader Jeremy Corbyn trading barbs. The house of commons elected its new speaker, mp lindsay oil. Hoyle. He was a member of the labour party but is now not affiliated with a party. Chinas
Good afternoon from asia. Im Francine Lacqua in london. Stoxx 600 down. We are expecting more choppy trading on the back of the testimony this week from jay powell. Prospects after we had conflicting signals from the world economy. 1. 12. Ollar coming up, paul the fx calls all the fx calls with david bloom. Tensions between japan and south korea are threatening to wallop much now depends on whether shinzo abe and moon jaein can work out a compromise. A cycle of measures and countermeasures would not be ideal for both countries but if south Korean Companies begin experiencing actual damage, the government would have no choice but to respond as necessary. I hope it does not come to that and we urge japan to withdraw its measures. Greece primenew minister has a new finance minister. One of the first tasks will be to renegotiate. Epstein being held at a Correctional Center in new york as he awaits a bail hearing on charges of sex trafficking and conspiracy. The charges include sex acts 14,