Welcome to bloomberg surveillance. Happy monday. I am Francine Lacqua here in london. Toin, a very busy week, on the u. S. Election and about 16 days. Looking at futures, the hope is that we will get stimulus, and i am looking at treasuries. The pound already up after reports that officials were prepared to water down controversial brexit legislation and a move that could revive failing talks with the European Union. Also, the yuan seann gains. Now lets get to the bloomberg first word news in london with leighann gerrans. Hi, leighann. Leighann good morning, francine. Nancy pelosi says a preelection is possible, but she has set a tuesday deadline for making more headway with the white house. President trump is confident he can persuade the republicans to back a good deal, renewing his offer to go beyond the dollar amount that is now on the table. Now china has passed a new law to restrict sensitive exports to protect national security. It provides a framework for beijing to fight back
Are made after winning the fda approval. Linda severe is the first to gain fdarst approval. President trump used it when he had the coronavirus. Lets see sydni joining the fray and this fridays session. Week ofto the last trading. We are seeing pretty modest gains at the start of trading. Under 1 10. The aussie dollar is showing strength. Broaderitting against a drop kiwi stocks are just moderately. Going out to stir up merck conversation as to when they would feel to take a break and negative territories. Markets are looking at that in the early part of next year. The kiwi dollar is holding firm. In terms of what else we are watching, and the japanese markets, we are seeing a pretty lackluster start to trading there. Singapore is expected to drop a little bit later as well. Story,to our top President Trump and joe biden are preparing to face offer a second and final time. Their last debate will be in nashville in a couple of hours. The biden camp is saying that they are repaired for p
United states within the decade. Nancy pelosi says that the house is ready to vote on a potential deal this week and Cocacola Europe is buying a soft drink or soft drink makers operations in australia. 19 premium eight to their last close. Lets have a check of the markets. We will start off with u. S. Futures, currently weaker by about 0. 2 . The cost is up right now but when they lasted they were higher by 0. 2 . Reporting higher a little but by a little more than 0. 25 . Europe as covid cases continue to rise is really weighing on crude at the moment. Continuing to prop up buying for january. Still some downward pressure there. Kathleen chinas leaders gathering in beijing to map out the fiveyear plan. The economic roadmap is expected to center around technological innovation. Mackenzie joins us from beijing with the preview. What should we watch for . They will be meeting here in the Chinese Capital over the next four days. We are expecting to get a bit of a steer in the next few day
These are your top headlines from the bloomberg terminal. , nancyg the deadline pelosi sets a tuesday time limit for more progress on u. S. Fiscal stimulus if the president wants a deal before the election. Backing down, a bloomberg exclusive says the u. K. Good rewrite its lawbreaking brexit bill, a move that may revive talks with the eu. Sterling gains on that. Plus, restrictions tighten as virus cases surge around europe. Italy is the latest government to add lockdown measures, prioritizing its struggling economic situation. Under one hour away from the start of cash equity trade in europe. Lets take a look at the futures this morning. If you pull up the European Equity Index Futures you will see a pretty mixed trade. You have ftse futures trading a little lower, now bouncing off up about a quarter of 1 . Ftse futures are a little changed right now. Take a look at the u. S. Futures picture. You have more green arrows there. Dow jones and s p many contracts up 7 10 of 1 . Nasdaq 100
Thedual listing could be biggest share sale in history. Softbank makes headlines again. Amassedid to have 20 billion in a stock trading movement despite a skeptical response from shareholders. Lets take a look at how markets are trading at the moment. At this as we are just getting some line through when it comes to the reserve bank of australias assistant governor. They are giving a speech saying it is more complex to assess the policy stance than it has been in the past. Due to the economic and fiscal conditions at play. We will continue to monitor some of those comments and we are also looking ahead to the rba Meeting Minutes as well. We are seeing downside in the first couple of minutes or so, trading in sydney on 5. 1 and then new zealand, that market is back to modest gains as we continue to process the outcome of the victory we saw from the Prime Minister and her resounding reelection effort over the weekend. The nikkei 225 seeing upside when we get into the open of. 25 of where