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singapore, malaise yarks taiwan and the philippines looking quite good. korea holding on to gains from yesterday. weakness coming through on the nikkei 225. we had the first quarter g.d.p. numbers coming through in line with what the market was looking for. we have seen japanese stocks if you can t. that is due to the fabblingt that we are fact that we are still seeing some weakness. down.5%. still an hour to go in the morning session. weakness in australia. down .2%. just want to do a quick check on the aussie dollar as we await these dollars coming through out of china. leaving rates on hold yesterday and the yen continuing to strength playing into the equity market. through 107, 106.76, rish. rishaad: we have a survey, bloomberg survey expecting more signs of stability but perhaps indications of weakness. still waiting for the numbers to cross. a little bit delayed today. but you re wait. we re going to see maybe a return to a little bit more weakness. is that th ....
at $50 plus per barrel. angie: we re still waiting for the latest chain the latest trade date out of china which was expected an hour ago. bloomberg is expecting a 4% decline. nothing really to watch. waiting for the customs administration. an hour ago, we were expecting the numbers. i am speculating a little bit here, but tomorrow and friday are holidays in china. this is not as absurd as the but waiting for godot, it is not uncommon for them to delay these numbers. expecting a 4% decline, the second month in a row of declines, year-over-year, after the march aberration, where exports suddenly leapt up. february was the lunar holiday the lunar new year holiday when many factories were closed. get intoe starting to a more normalized trend. 4% down in u.s. dollar terms, expected. we have to look at it in yuan terms as well. expecting a third month in a row of increases. that is also moderated a bit. 1.5% was the consensus estimate by economists surveyed by bloombe ....
life from bloomberg s european headquarters here in london. i m francine lacqua. let s get straight to the board and to the market. here is the picture for european stocks. we did see a reversal a little bit. a lot of these asian equities, the euro stoxx 600 getting down to 0.5%. i want to focus on german bonds, the 10 year at a new fresh record low. pulling off $50 a barrel. the japanese 10 year bond yield sinking to a year sinking to a low. caroline: francine, thank you. china s export exports stabilized in may. overseas shipments fell in dollar terms. imports slipped just north of .4%. meanwhile the pboc has kept its 2016 growth forecast unchanged. it provides that cpi forecast up from 1.7%. japan s economy grew slightly more than reported in the first quarter, helped by revisions and private consumption. gdp expanded 1.9% giving some relief to shinzo abe. the british prime minister and leader of the u.k. have argued each side of the exit issue in a tv special ....
dubai. breaking news. anna: from the clothing retail sector, let s get straight to those numbers. better than estimates the best way to summarize in terms of q1, 705 million euros, better than the estimate of net profit, first-quarter sales just a touch ahead of the estimate for the first quarter. they are saying that sales in 1 to juneose 15% may 13. and looking at the number, that is coming above estimate as well. many, thene of the global presence is perhaps insulating the company from tougher sales backdrops that they might been seeing in various individual countries. but i would not stop some negative fx implication, we performance of weak performance that they cannot but better numbers, than estimated. let us turn to the brexit question, manus. the eu referendum on the 23rd is just eight days away, marking them off as my calendar goes. we have a series of charts illustrate how the market is looking at the story right now. manus: we have. look, no doubt about it. ....
have surrounded falluja and have begun to move into the city. to push up the tigris river valley. preparing to tighten the noose around isil. nearly halfw lost of the territory they once control in iraq and they will lose more. isil continues to lose ground in syria as well. assisted by our special operations forces the coalition of global forces is now pressuring the key town. tighteninge is around isil there as well. the coalition continues to stay on offense. isil is on defense. been a full year since isil has been able to mount a successful offensive operation in either country. we want to help a law-enforcement protect people from homegrown extremists, the kind of tragedy that occurred at san bernardino and now in orlando, there is a meaningful way to do that. to make it harder for people who want to kill americans get their hands on weapons of war. we cannot prevent every tragedy. consistent with the second amendment there are common sense steps that could reduce ....