Eurodollar. We are seeing a little bit more of dollar strength. We did hear from the European Central bank. One of its Board Members saying it should adjust its policy guide before the summer. It shouldnt have any problems in the inside of the asset purchases. Thats got the moves a little bit jittery. Its having an impact on eurodollar. Seeing a little bit of movement on those german bonds. , we have information from trumps first year. Later on, we get a view on trade in the global economy. Still to come, jim oneill. He talks emerging markets. To the firstaight word news. Nejra brent crude has gone through 70 for the first time in three years. Closing level yesterday. Hedge funds hit bullish bests. A view that opec and its partners will end their supply cuts early is spreading. All predicting a wind that will start from the middle of the year. Offeringgovernment is a proposal to bring on the taps. According to three people with knowledge, they are considering a plan to raise expenditur
Nato briquettes forces heading for possible confrontation in syria the us defense secretary clashes with his turkish counterpart in brussels. And drooling not to read competent berlin for the International Film festival we took a look at the boss and how the need to movement is also having an impact on the billion dollar in germany. Welcome im. We begin in south africa followed to set to elect a new president said im a poser the Deputy President is due to be sworn in today hell take over from jacob zuma who announced his resignation last night in a televised address just hours after hed said he saw no reason to step aside his a. N. C. Party had given him an ultimatum to resign or face a vote of no confidence. The end of an era for south africa. As a showman gentleman zuma began the final address of his presidency with a typical moment of humor and gentian right to do serious work kind of in six different. Was happening. On. Yet when the smiles had passed zuma cant aweary figure abandon
High for the day. We should not get too complacent. We have continued to see swings. If you look at the gains, they are pretty broadbased. Only energy is lower. That has been the Weakest Group throughout the day. Utilities recovering as we see a little bit of a back up and yields today. Tech shares also strongs. Also strong. If you take a look at the weekly performance, we are setting up for the best week for stocks overall in quite some time. For tech specifically, and the xlk, it could be the best week going back to 2011 with a 5 gain this week. That would be even bigger if you counted the rally which began last friday. Cisco is helping lead the technology gains. That company is trading at a 17year high. The company came up with revenue that rose for the first time in eight quarters. The forecast was also positive and the company said revenue in the current period will climb as much as 5 . We have seen other companies and related businesses also on the rise. On the call today, the ce
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to bloomberg surveillance. I am Francine Lacqua in london. 0. 6 . 600 gained there is a fine thing going on in the market. If we look at last week, there was a huge volatility reserve. Have yields rising equities rising at 12 eurodollar, 1. 2492. The yen, we have a lot going on in the japanese market. Coming up on bloomberg , we have an interview with the Standard Life ceo, Martin Gilbert, after shares were hit this morning. , we are joined by the ceo gen. We also speak with diego entini, formerly of amazon and lets get to first word news with nejra cehic. Nejra president zuma has resigned, ending a 10year run hard by scandals. He disagreed with the ancs decision to throw him out, calling his treatment unfair. They must ric choose a replacement for him in 30 days. In mylife should be lost name command also, the anc should never be divided in my name. To thetherefore come decision to resign as president of the republic with immediate effect. Nejra Pre
We see little bit of a lack of direction when it comes to stop. The stoxx 600 is pretty much flat, moving sideways. There has been quite a lot of movement in the u. S. 10 year yields. This week we have been looking for the 3 mark. We have not gotten there yet. Investors are trying to figure out exactly the Monetary Policy. And you have a little bit of movement in the euro sck. In the meantime, you can see the andmberg dollar index coming up, we talk brexit and trade. Later, david bloom from hsbc gives us his forecast. E talk gun0 p. M. , w control. Now, lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news with nejra cehic. Nejra theresa may held an eight hour brexit session in an attempt to win anonymous backing for her divorce plan. She went to give european rules in many areas, while breaking away partially or fully with others. The European Commission preempted the meeting by saying what it has heard of her plan will not work. Former Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manafort and onetime a