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points, 203 points. 1.1% accelerating losses we had day.over the course of the the s&p 500 down 0.8% as well as the nasdaq. the big weight on markets is and continues to be corporate earnings, in particular retail stocks. earnings growth i want to point out is down 8.7% year on year from this time last year when earnings growth is a paradox. let s hop into the imap function. what to show you the sector health of the s&p five sectors. we can see eight of the 10 sectors are in the red. energies of the most by 0.2%. this had been higher in the day, 0.33%, but it has paired with some gains. prices fall in the u.s. crude supply down 2.4 million barrels. we see consumer discretionary down the most, to present nearly. that is because of retail stocks and earnings pulling things down. let s look at the s&p 500 for the past two days. i shown this because we know what happened yesterday. result of the best rises in two months for the stock market. all,hey rise, we see this so it ....
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have a look at where equities are looking. there you have them. isry single industry group trading down. the stoxx 600 is 1.46% lower. we are lower for the sixth day in seven. the last seven days have seen 7.5% wiped off the value of european equities. that equates to 680 billion euros. every single stock is down or industry group is down. the concern, once again, reverting to the u.k. referendum in just over a week s time, as well as the central banks that have dominated the airwaves in the last 24 hours. gold miners, gold rising today inrand gold it has mines mali, ivory coast, the democratic republic of the congo it is benefiting from the 7% in the price of gold. if brexit occurs, gold could reach $1550 an ounce. that is according to the strategist we have survey data bloombergs. this is rand gold versus gold. 5056% higher. that is not bad. the s&p 500 in the same time period is up by 40%. a dark day for the banks at record lows for credit suisse. the swiss nat ....
tom: today to me is the first day we are really into the vote. it has changed dramatically, the tone, the desperation in the newspapers. francine: it is getting personal. you have the queen on the front cover and then it gets really personal with david cameron saying, look into his eyes and do not vote to stay tomorrow. we ll have plenty more later on. also looking at the daily telegraph. let s get to the bloomberg first word news. day ofthe final campaigning before british voters decide whether the country should stay in the european union. different polls put each side ahead. there was one final debate last night on the bbc. more than 60% of the world s leading country does companies have their european headquarters here in german dust in london. in london. i think we have heard an amazing amount of running down of hours that he. we are proud of our city. the astonishing thing is that the remains side continually underestimate our ability to do better deals if ....
he just continues to spout reckless ideas that will run up our debt and cause another economic crash. mark: senator bernie sanders is thinking about where we go from , here. his campaign says that is the theme of his press conference in new york. there were 11th hour appeals before the landmark vote on membership in the eu. the latest opinion polls show rival camps running neck and neck. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and u.s. secretary of state john kerry are scheduled to meet in rome on sunday. from bloomberg world headquarters, i m mark crumpton. bloomberg west is next. emily: i m emily chang, and this is bloomberg west. coming up, will they stay or will they go? we will examine the potential impacts of a brexit on the tech industry. and musk plays defense. the billionaire having a hard time selling his $3 billion proposal for a tesla-solar city merger. we will break down why some investors are skeptical. the global entrepreneur conference kicks of ....