against the dollar. the bitcoin bounce. the cryptocurrency surges more than 7% as trading starts on the world s biggest futures exchange. are we heading for another new year selloff? matt: we re less than a half-hour away from the european open. let s take a look at how the equity index futures are doing with no comment from the on the bitcoin news. you see futures down a third of down .2%. we saw big gains for futures earlier, so if we have red arrows across the board on futures, that is interesting considering how strong they were this morning about 10 minutes ago. how it is interesting things are starting to turn around, because friday we saw be s&p 500 trading up by .9%. the nikkei overnight is up. matt: i am going to say that those futures were somehow incorrect. i still see strong gains on my bloomberg. the dax futures are up .8%. i am going to say those should have been green arrows. guy: always believe the bloomberg i think of the message from this. that is the takeaw
and we will speak to the ceo of unilever after the consumer goods giant reported sales that missed estimates. the interview at 7:15 london time. matt: we are less than 30 minutes away from the open of european stocks. it looks like the rally is set to continue. here you see gains in theaters cac.e dax, ftse, this, after we saw gains in trading yesterday in the u.s., asia, and carrying through to us here on the continent. manus: let s have a look at gmm, because it tells the story. the dollar is unsure. yesterday i was confused. this morning the dollar is flipping it ever so slightly against the aussi. there is a sentiment that the fed will be provoked a little bit like the bear with a stick into doing a rate hike every quarter next year. i was in a session yesterday where they talked about dr. jekyll and mr. hyde with trump. the dollar-yen, 1.1360. when it comes to trade policies in the u.s., somebody might want to brief the administration on if they don t produce enough al
it rocks rupert harrison. let s get to the bloomberg first word news. here is sebastian salek. sebastian: the u.k. prime minister will follow her initiation of the brexit process by setting out how she plans to bring thousands of european union regulations under british control. theresa may announcing the start of departure negotiations. the following day, her government will publish plans for its repeal bill. portugal s economy minister told bloomberg the negotiations must not be allowed to weigh on the rest of the block. $48 asl is trading near some opec members back an extension of the deal to cut output. five opec producers joined with support fore prolonging the cuts. russia said it needs more time before making a decision. prosecutors are seeking a warrant for the arrest of ousted president park. she was questioned about the undue influence scandal that forced her from office. she s accused of pressuring businesses to donate millions of dollars to a confidant in return
he ll drive down costs. with ceo ben then burden shortly. the r.b.i. governor will not be drawn. this after leaving rates on hold today. we are less than half an hour away from the european equity market open. it looks like a fairly fairly stolid a fairly solid start to the day. this is what you want to look out here. this is the percentage risk price. the ftse is liking a little bit. european isor looking up a little bit. a solid start for european stocks. we have solid gains across the board in asia. i am showing you only the nikkei and the hang seng. some of the smaller indexes, especially in china overnight were negative and have now turned positive. games and equity in asia, games and currency as well. the centralollar as bank leaves rates unchanged but gets a little bit more dovish and it leaves its main benchmark rate unchanged. it gets a little bit more dovish because it is not seeing the inflation that it would like to see. the pound up 1.5% because of thin
welcome to countdown everybody. i am live from london, this is bloomberg television. we are aware this morning that holding data is then with details of speeches have been canceled, on both sides of the eu referendum debate for a second day. this is of course in tribute to cox, alling of mp jo proponent for the remained camped. markets they ll have been reacting to her killing, drawing their own conclusions about what this means for the future of the u.k. in the future within europe. just a point out what has been happening to some of the betting odds around brexit, we have seen some of that coming down. that is as a continuation of the last couple of days mimissing te pound moving little bit higher. radar,d be on the risk you can see how other asset classes have been reacting to the same news making its way into the asian equities at him. we see little bit of rally going on in equity markets this morning. a rebound as brexit risk as bing, an increase in the msci asian-pacifi