President of the United States is the president of the United States. He can do whatever he wish and he is not accountable to me or anybody in this room. Renault shares fall to the bottom of the 600 as reports emerge that nissan is gearing up for a potential divorce. The pound falls below 1. 30 against the dollar after the bank of Monetary Policy Committee Says he would vote for a rates cut if there is no improvement in the uk Economic Data welcome to the show, everyone the most Senior Commander of irans revolutionary guard was called to a closed session of parliament after tehran admitted it mistakenly shot down a Ukraine International Airlines Passenger plane. There were no immediate details asked of the official but iran blamed its air Defense System for the crash, which killed 176 people the announcement has sparked protests across iran and protesters have called for the resignation of iran saying they tried to cover up involvement in the crash. Dan is in abu dhabi. What a differen
President Loretta Mester. Minutes away from the open in china and hong kong a meandering day when it comes to the asian markets. Comingrecord closes through from wall street as they played catch up after the president s day holiday. Singapore, taiwan, and asia coming online. Sophie, how are we looking . Sophie lets look at the risk radar. About have gold up high 0. 1 in the dollar waning somewhat. Some strength back in the nikkei 225. Toshiba was up 7. 5 . Maintainingots be tuesdays climb. The asx 200 turning positive after opening weaker this taiwan, theyver in 0. 5 highernline at today. Tsmc may be throwing its hat into the ring for a toshiba chip set sail. We are hearing that from the singapore straits times. Earnings very much in focus. That is what is giving investors hesitation. About 70 of companies in the msci asiapacific index have recorded result in half of them have beat expectations. Haidi be very much a very mixed bag. You are seeing uncertainty as to where this rally goes