Here in u. K. , there was a general election. We are in a blackout period until the polls close at 10 00 p. M. Pound at 1. 3020. 2 . Toxx europe 600 gained day two of trading. It is above 2 trillion in terms of valuation. Plus oil supply cuts will not prevent a surplus in 2020. That is according to the ia. We speak to the president of the Swiss National bank. That interview, 10 30 a. M. U. K. Time. Lets get to bloomberg first word news. Today, the u. K. Goes to the polls. It is the nations first election in over a decade and the first since the brexit vote. It is the first december vote in nearly a century. Polls close it 10 00 p. M. U. K. Time. The House Judiciary Committee is set to conclude a debate on articles of impeachment against trump. The likely result is a partyline vote that will send the measure to the floor of the house. The democratic majority is expected to beat back a number of republican amendments. Israel is headed for its third election in less than a year. The parli
Good morning, everyone. This is bloomberg surveillance. There is quite a lot of going on in the markets. It is what is happening with crude oil, 59. 21. That is nymex. Brent is much higher. We have to look at some of the prices at nymex. It is having a huge impact across the board. We are seeing stocks relate to oil price as well. If we have a look at the airlines that have been impacted. Lets get that board up, ryanair down 2. 7 . Bp worried about possible shortages. We will have a lot more on the story. A lot more on the barranco attack. Get to thets bloomberg first word news with viviana hurtado. Viviana would begin with Boris Johnson. A law would stop him from forcing through a no deal brexit. We have been told he will reject any deadline extension. Ahead of the Prime Ministers first negotiations today with European Commission president. Over to hong kong, this we can protesters set fire to a subway station. Police hit back with tear grass and Water Cannons. It is now into its four
Lets quickly check on your data. Overall, european stocks seem to peaks. Ing for two year the Dollar Strengthening and u. S. Treasury yields are inching higher as President Trump arrived in korea for a two day visit. Nejra in washington, the house tax Money Committee began four days of work to hammer out the details of the republican tax cut plan. House republicans adopted a package of changes, including a measure to limit the socalled carried interest tax break. This promoted serious reactions from democrats. U. S. President donald trump has vouched for saudi arabias leadership after the anticorruption crackdown. He tweeted, i have great confidence in king salman and the crown prince of saudi arabia. They know exactly what they are doing. Fourl, 11 princes, ministers and dozens of former ministers and willem businessman were taken into custody. U. K. Retail sales fell the most in seven months in october, indicating caution amongst consumers weeks before the crucial Christmas Shopping
And russia yesterday deciding to extend the production cuts and the iaea saying the demand outlook is slightly downgraded on lower first half estimates. Non opec increased in 600,000 barrels per day. You can see brent is up on the back of that, 52. 19. It was around 51. 7 when i looked at that. Oil is climbing a little bit more. Reminder yesterday, we found out audi plan to extend production cuts for another six months. Watch oil. We will bring you those trump headlines. That is giving a nice risk to the euro dollar, the dollar weakening for a fifth straight day. The euro is soaring amidst classified information donald trump made or may not have given to a russian diplomat. We are looking for the mexican peso strengthening and the south korean yuan strengthening. We will get more on your markets, but lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Reporter we start with europe. Angela merkel has vowed to work with macron. That as the german chancellor hosted the newly elected frenc
On todays show, were speaking and peterhaffer dixon, Global Equities economist at commerzbank. If you have questions for either of them, go to the bloomberg. Run the tv function and hit the id show producers function. You can stay in touch with us throughout the show. Weve just got some breaking news to bring you. Eurozone manufacturing pmi, it hs bang in line wit estimates. This after we got a little bit of a softening in the inflation data last week. This number coming in strong. Lets get to the markets, see how they are performing. It was a Strong Quarter for global stocks. Equitieseing european starting a quarter on the front foot. The stoxx 600 up 0. 2 . Euro rebounding after four days of losses. Little bit of sterling weakness coming through. That is off by 0. 1 . Wti holding above 50 a barrel. 50. 56. Lets get the bloomberg first word news. Heres Sebastian Salek. Sebastian donald trump says america can address north Koreas Nuclear threat unilaterally. Summitments, ahead of a bet