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interest rate increase is likely in the coming months. japanese shares rose. treasury bills are closed worldwide today. the yen is back to a one-month low against the dollar. the sales tax increase scheduled for next year will probably be delayed. japan s retail sales growth stalled in april. economy grew slightly faster than originally estimated. growth accelerated. it beat the estimate. france s gdp report showed that investment jumped 2.4%. billionaire is offering $4.4 billion to buy out and privatize. that is a higher valuation. relocate.ate will they have been out of the spotlight since they voiced concern that such transactions could flood the market. markets are closed in the u.s. and u.k.. let s check in on the markets that are open. the stoxx 600 is pretty much unchanged. we have seen gains in the dax this is after european stocks of their best weekly gain since february. the story is about dollar strength. you see a stronger euro against the dollar. just a qui ....
at a rally yesterday, donald trump capitalized on the news. mr. trump: she is as crooked as they come. she had a little bad news today, as you know. some reports came down that were not too good. not so good. the inspector general general s report, not good. charlie: the fbi s investigation continues. clinton said she would be willing to sit for an interview. the news also comes as bernie sanders closes in on hillary clinton s lead in california. joining us, a political reporter who focuses on clinton, and from washington, steven lee myers of the times. let me begin with amy, where are we in day two of this story? amy: the clinton campaign faces a central challenge, her trust numbers. the latest new york times poll, 64% of registered voters said they do not trust hillary clinton, the same amount as donald trump. they are wondering, how do we overcome that? that challenge has collided with this new report that is in some ways very damning, and the most damning because ....
she had a little bad news today, as you know. some reports came down that were not too good. not so good. the inspector general general s report, not good. charlie: the fbi s investigation continues. clinton said she would be willing to sit for an interview. the news also comes as bernie sanders closes in on hillary clinton s lead in california. joining us, a political reporter who focuses on clinton, and from washington, steven lee myers of the times. let me begin with amy, where are we in day two of this story? amy: the clinton campaign faces a central challenge, her trust numbers. the latest new york times poll, 64% of registered voters said they do not trust hillary clinton, the same amount as donald trump. they are wondering, how do we overcome that? that challenge has collided with this new report that is in some ways very damning, and the most damning because it plays right into the narrative that donald trump is trying to craft of her, as not being trustworthy ....
, even inocks are mixed the wake of a lot of economic data this money, personal spending rising to the highest in seven years. the nasdaq still hanging onto a gain, the dow and s&p in the red. they have been for most of the session. volume continues to be lower. you would have expected that going into the holiday weekend, but now, coming out, we have the same phenomenon. volumethe board, the averages lower. volume there.t the major averages, seeing mostly gains with the exception of the doubt, the s&p up about 1.3%, third straight monthly gain for the s&p 500. in terms of best point performers, the ones that contributed the most to the s&p gains, we ve got amazon.com trading at a closing record high today. apple shares showed a rebound on the month. we will be talking oil in a few moments. i wonder how commodities fared in may. julie: we ve had a big recovery from the lows of the year. that continued in the month of may, up 10% here. a phenomenal run for oil prices this ....
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 o ....