Everyone watching and also, of course, for himself. Yeah. Course, for himself. Yeah. He spoke about how many rules were broken when not normally allowed to have clapping in the house of commons, mps are supposed to wear jackets and of course, smart shoes. Now he couldnt fit a jacket on over his new hands and he couldnt put his normal shoes on. So he was wearing trainers. But he explained it all in what was a very moving contribution in dunng very moving contribution in during Prime Ministers questions. Lets take a listen. Questions. Lets take a listen. Thank you, mr speaker. Thank you, mr speaker. This is this is an emotional day for me. And if you would indulge me to say a few thanks, because there are a few are due and one of those, of course. Well, an apology actually, that ive caused the breaking of so many rules today. Clapping ive got trainers on because my shoes wouldnt go over the plastic feet and my jacket wouldnt go over the, bionic arm. So apologies for that, but i want to g
In the meantime, lets talk about the price of bitcoin. It has been volatile. Shot up yesterday in a big way and pulled back after blackrock denied the report, becky. Coin telegraph saying u. S. Regulators approved the application for the spot etf. Everybody cheered and went crazy. Coin telegraph later retracted the story and conducting an internal investigation into the inaccurate report. Blackrock reported the application is still under review. Crypto markets have been waiting news for spot coin etfs which are expected to drive investment in the sector if approved. If because we still dont know. Just because blackrock and fidelity are asking for it, doesnt mean the s. E. C. Has to give it. Do i think there is momentum . Sure. It doesnt lead to the situation. The company that put out the story is now conducting an internal investigation which makes you wonder if they suspect somebody was doing this and making trades based on the story. It wasnt how it happened. Was somebody feeding the
Anna good morning everybody this is bloomberg daybreak europe. Lets get to the numbers from Credit Suisse, this was powerhouse giving us their numbers the swiss powerhouse giving us their numbers. , 12. 8 . Uarter they say that is a strong start to 2018 market dependent activity. Fullyear Dividend Per Share is 0. 25 and swiss franc in swiss franc. Also veryn trading much in focus, that is still 30 of this business, even though they have pivoted towards what management. Of this business, even though they have Wealth Management. They had to liquidate the products related to vix. Getting down the profit and loss 2. 14 2. 1 3ss 2. 13 billion, which looks to be smaller than expected. We will speak to the Ceo Tidjane Thiam later. We will bring that to you in the 6 30 portion of our program. Agricole got credit bucking the trading trend. That is an unexpected increase in their trading revenue. That has defined the trend of the overall industry. 32 ome comes in up 33 . Provisions fall by 15 .
We are about 30 minutes out from the open in china and hong kong. Very interesting couple of days to come. We are keenly watching the u. S. Inflation report. Disappoints if cpi to a market that has been awkwardly repricing. Were also passing these comments from jay powell is saying that nothing has changed. Also a reminder, the last trading day for mainland markets before they shut down for the oneweek holiday. The last trading day of the year of the rooster. A modest recovery story playing out a link the lead from wall street. David, it is a busy day in terms of investors passing the data. David there is a lot of data coming through. As you alluded to, there is an Inflation Report that we are stuck between that. We are waiting to exhale or to gasp. Yes, you are getting gains but they are capped. Across the getting likes of gold, the dollar is back below one. 08. 1. 08. That is essentially a picture across the region. Little higher on the regional benchmark. We have malaysia gdp still
Francine Warren Buffett says equities are less attractive than they were but still beat bonds. And theresa may says she will lead the tories into the next election, but does anyone believe her . This is bloomberg surveillance. Certainly a packed show, packed week actually for an end of august kind of feeling. It has been quite busy in terms of news. This is what im looking at in the markets. Stocks advanced on a rosier picture for the growth outlook. We had pretty good economic figures out of america. The chinese economy seems to be holding steady. The u. S. Administration sent different signals on north korea, which means that a little bit of the nervousness has been taken off. Among all other asset classes, dollar seems to be studying. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Heres nejra cehic. Nejra Tropical Storm harvey has closed down almost a quarter of u. S. Oil refining capacity, flooding and power failures reduce americas feel making capacity by about 4. 2 Million B