stoxx 600 down 0.2%. this follows a pretty big selloff we saw overnight. a lot of it has to do with the anxiousness we saw in the market. it is difficult to pinpoint something, but it is clear that gold and yen are actually in demand. the german business confidence coming in a touch below estimates, still at 102.8 103.2 we were expecting, so i touched below, but nothing too much of a mess. the euro-dollar of a miss. one,uro-dollar also at too. you can see is 7% lower, downp at the lowest since 1999. third-quarter earnings missed inbev afterr ab they raised forecasts once again. coming up, we will speak about political risks with google, we will talk italy, brexit. a little bit later on, we talk about the u.s. ahead of mental relations with anthony scaramucci. byernoon, we will be joined the chief executive of sergio ermotti. is for firms were news, here desley. the u.s. mail to be postponed after the mail bombs tom that were sent hillary clinton and barack obama as well a
and what some are saying is potentially a breach of international law. are you ok with israel potentially committing war crimes and you re providing full moral support regardless? it s important to remember why we re in this very difficult situation, and that s because hamas, a proscribed terrorist organisation, committed an appalling act of barbarity and has killed over a thousand israelis, including women and children, in scenes that are, quite frankly, horrific and that we haven t seen in decades. it is unequivocally wrong, and there is no moral ambiguity about that. israel has every right to defend itself and take the action that is necessary to ensure protection and security of its citizens and that nothing like this can ever happen again. even if some of those actions are not in line with international law? no, of course, we should always and we are always having concerns of civilians paramount in our minds, something i ve discussed with prime minister netanyahu myself,
parliament holds its final vote on prime minister may s legislative program. this is bloomberg surveillance . s happenay. they re rising for the first day in three. investors shrugging off the prospect earlier of the prospect of higher interest rates. stocks have inched lower in the last few minutes. the euro continuing its upward movement against the dollar. draghi bolstering bets that the ecb is preparing to unwind. sterling gaining for a seven-day. best run since april 2015. mark carney says the monetary policy committee may need to begin removing stimulus. crude oil gaining for a six-day. u.s. crude production easing pressure on opec led efforts to drain this global glut of oil. let s get to the first word news. banks haven announced larger than expected payouts for investors. jpmorgan, citigroup and bank of america led the way and unveiling plans to boost stimulus and stock buybacks. it is the first time every lender has cleared the regulatory hurdle. shares across the
up. 8:30 in the u.s., consumer price index. finally. a look at inflation that is not affected by the weather. inflection.a little 10:00, richmond fed manufacturing activity and existing home sales. the bell,efore coca-cola, mcdonald s, lockheed martin, verizon. after the bell, microsoft and electronic arts. prince george turns one today. very important. no question about it. today have any idea what is coming? the birthday party was a huge hit. lego party. when i was a kid, i had legos. i made them take my bucket of legos in the car for car trips. not sure my dad appreciated that. n> i ve stopped many a toe o legos. bonds, currencies, commodities. market is turning. futures advance, 10 year yield under 2.50%. euro weaker and hyper carbon euro weaker and hydrocarbon elevated. vix churn. 12.821, pretty good, equities have been resilient. dow above 17,000. yen weaker after two days of strength. gold strength. scarlet will talk about the german 10 year yield. here s t
visits. she visited columbus here and went on to new york. it was a quiet feeling that there was a real loyalty to philadelphia and its democratic party roots and historical roots. and wasserman schultz met with president barack obama last night. he apparently had some questions about philadelphia they were minor questions, logistical questions and after debbie wasserman schultz apparently answered those, the president said go with philly. that rippled through the democratic community here in city hall nbc 10 spoke with council president darrell clarke just a short while ago. this is a good day for philadelphia. we re landing some significant events in the city of philadelphia because people know that we know how to do it right. reporter: now, according to congressman bob brady, it is not a done deal just yet. there are contracts that have to be signed and when you mention contracts, you think of labor and unions. that was a big issue back when the republican national con