13,000, taking it down 20 in the last 24 hours. And 128 nations vote against the u. S. In the u. N. General assembly calling for washington to reverse its recognition of jerusalem as israels capital, further infuriating the white house. The United States will remember this day in which it was singled out for attack in the General Assembly for the very act of exercising our right as a sovereign nation. Good morning its friday. The last friday before christmas. We have a busy show. Lets get cracking and look at how markets have done overnight. Yesterdays sessions saw new gains in all three indices, all broke their losing streak on news that some companies will be using the tax bill savings on higher wages asian markets also closed mostly higher on the last day of trade before christmas the picture in europe is dominated by all of the news that is coming out of catalonia. The election there showed a big win for Pro Independence parties. Lets see what the picture is like for a european ind
Im fully back to go this is al jazeera live for my headquarters in doha also ahead signs of progress after months of deadlock in talks to form a new grand Coalition Government in germany but more hurdles remain plus more violent protests in tunisia over the governments austerity measures more than seven hundred people arrested and catalonia separatists discussed their next steps that could see their deposed leader become president again. The United Nations spokesman on human rights has hit out of the u. S. President calling him a racist thats after donald trump reportedly used a swear word in reference to african countries and haiti in a meeting about immigration Rupert Coville said this isnt just a story about vulgar language its about opening the door to humanitys worst side about validating and encouraging racism and xenophobia christensen only has the story from washington. Days after President Trump called on lawmakers to find a compromise on immigration reforms a Small Bipartisan
Opec the catalonian deadlock intensifies as the regions government moves to declare independence on monday i investors take a dim view of osram sending shares lower, as siemens sells its remaining stake at a discount of 1. 2 billion euros. Rex tillerson said he never considered resigning, but he does not as an nbc report that he called President Trump a moron. Good morning lets look at the european markets this morning looking at stocks across the continent. Slightly more red on the board there than green the stoxx 600 down 0. 15 right now. Looking across europe, the specific bourses, well look at the ftse 100 first, up almost 0. 25 . Dax down 0. 10 the cac flat the ftse mib down 0. 5 looking at specific sectors across europe, utilities looking positive as are autos. Telecoms are up a third of percent. Food and beverages up almost a third of a percent Real Estate Companies are down half of a percent. Now the big story, saudi Arabias King Salman arrived in moscow for talks with vladimir
And good morning and welcome to Worldwide Exchange. Im seema mody in for sara eisen. Im dominic chu futures are shaping up to be a little bit more on the mixed side of things right now we are seeing the s p opening up just about flat if Current Conditions hold. The dow jones off by 4 points and the nasdaq up by 7 overall if you take a look at the equity picture, we are still hovering near those record highs. As a reminder the u. S. Bond market is closed today in observance of the columbus holiday season. We will have a deeper dive first, to some breaking news out of washington overnight. President trump calling on congress to fund the border wall as part of any deal for the socalled d. R. E. A. M. Ers. Nbcs tracie potts live in washington with more on that good morning, tracie. Hey, seema. Good morning, everybody. It did happen within a matter of hours. Not too long ago President Trump laying out hiS Immigration agenda for Congress Already overnight. Democrats are saying this wont work
Im seema mody in for sara eisen. Good to be by your side. I was off for two days, good to be back good to have you. The market off to some declines, 0. 1 we have had highs in volatility sings midseptember, but still low from historical standards. Gains of over 1 last week so yesterdays declines in perspective there. This morning we are pointing higher tenyear treasury note for you, last week finished at 2. 37 , just slipped afraction this week to 2. 35 looking at early trade, i guess well start with asian equities where japan has been on a nice run up 0. 6 closing higher for the day its now higher by 9 so far this year. The japanese nikkei trading at its highest level since june of 2015 a strong day across the board for asia hang seng, shanghai composite and the kospi are all supporting gains ahead of chinas big political event next week, the Party Congress on october 18th early trade in europe, better than expected data out of italy. September was the best month for italys industrial