Francine this is bloomberg surveillance. Im Francine Lakhdar in london. Joined by the chief Investment Officer. We will speak exclusively for the provincial ceo. We will be joined in the studio in 35 minutes. Just after those earnings come on. In the meantime, a lot going on in markets. Tensions surrounding the korean and insula. Korean peninsula. A little selloff in asia, in little cellophane european stocks. Down from 0. 2 . I am looking at the Dollar Strengthening the day before the u. S. Inflation data. That is what we will be focusing on. Oil advancing and looking at the 110. S, again, the fix and deck skinning a touch. Lets get to a first word news. Nejra south korea and japan have warned north korea it faces a strong response if it carries through with the threat to launch a missile towards the u. S. Territory of guam. It comes after the regime outlined plans to hit the island after trumps comments about releasing fire and. Kenya sliding to a political crisis following allegatio
But his wealthiest donors, not so much. 24 Trump Supporters on the billionaire list have seen their fortunes rise6 10 of a percent since the election. The s p 500 is up almost 15 since then. His wealthiest supporters including donald bren, where a combined 16 billion. A senior russian diplomat warning against expanding sanctions against north korea, saying it is necessary to focus on a political settlement. The Deputy Foreign minister said that the scope of sanctions already endorsed by the u. N. Security counsel is such that any possibilities of expanding measures have been exhausted. China and russia have called on the u. S. To suspend annual military exercises with south korea in exchange for pyongyang halting their missile and nuclear tests. Minister saysior some men suspected in the deadly attacks in spain visited the paris area two days before hand. Speaking images along with in major along with the interior minister, they said that officials are working to determine why the susp
Wednesday session. We are one hour is today. There is the stoxx 600 down by 1 3 of 1 . The third continuous decline. A while. Ain in the highest in 15 years. Loafers, handbags contribute into it. 2 . October, its up by as we approach the december fed meeting, many expecting, there. S 70 probability ofa a hike u. S. Crude stockpiles expanded it prefersays freezing output at current levels rather than cutting production. Lets get to my first wonderful chart of the day. Its all about volatility expectations. Uge. Ss asset gagu as you can see, it has fallen to the lowest level since 2014. Are investors getting too comfortable . Making some nervous threats from washington to beijing. The uncertainty about the u. S. President ial vote has diminished. Investors are coming to terms with the potential rate hike and december. Its possible investors are too nervous to make any big bets. What a wonderful chart. Lets get to bloomberg first word news. Thank you so much. In extended fell trading afte
The earthquake in general because in 2009 was the last earthquake and also we have to look at janet yellen and the huge impact we see in markets. Tom certainly francine it is an ancient story for italy. Francine it is. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news. Heres taylor. Taylor turning small mountain towns into rubble. As many as 100 are missing. It was centered around 27 miles from the town of rietti. Rescue crews are searching for anyone who was 2r57ped. The first offenses against targets in syria. To bomb islamic positions near the city of ahe willo. And clearing Islamic State forces and last week a suicide bomber killed more than 50 people in turkey. North korea has successfully launched a missile. Kim jong ills forces are engaged in their annual war games. South korea says the missile flew several hundred miles of japan. And the labour partys leader said he blocked the Brexit Process and voted against any attempted trigger unless the rime minister agrees to hold a vote on the
We have a busy day ahead of us. We have some great guests. The mood in the markets is often haven assets. Tom we see some weakness across all. I love the guests we have. To dive into productivity. We are doing around the world in 120 minutes. Thanks very much. The European Union is getting closer to a deal with turkey to stop the flow of migrants. Jacked up thehey price at the last moment. The turkish government wants to double the Financial Aid to more than 6 billion. Turkey made the most serious offer yet to stop the tide of refugees into europe. Malaysia is marking the second anniversary of the death disappearance of that boeing jet. They are committed to solving the mystery. Ships are searching the southern indian ocean this year. Chinas president thrown to punish polluters with an iron hand. There is evidence that iron hand is loosening its grip. There has been a number of days where air quality was listed as hazardous. Balancelem is the between the environment and commerce and Mi