Israeli Defence Minister Yoav gallant said the military is prepared to use forces from the air, Land And Sea to allow thousands of displaced israelis to return to their homes in the north. Mr gallant also said the next phase of the war against Lebanons Hezbollah will begin soon and that the killing of hezbollah S Leader was not the final step. Meanwhile, the Deputy Chief of hezbollah, naim qaissem, said the groups fighters are ready to confront an invasion. He acknowledged that Hassan Nasrallah s assassination was a big blow but said all fallen commanders would soon be replaced. We are hearing the British Government has chartered a flight for vulnerable british citizens. Presidentjoe biden maintained his call for an end to fighting. Weve also heard from the us department of defense. Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh spoke to the bbc about the conflict in the last hour. What doing along the Northern Border is conducting limited operations to dismantle Hezbollah Infrastructur
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Fears. Republicans are sounding more optimistic about fresh fiscal support while u. S. Virus cases spiral. Good monday morning. 6 00 a. M. In london, 7 00 a. M. In brussels, where brexit negotiations are taking place over the weekend. Lets see where we trade this monday morning. We did not get a brexit deal. What we do see after the friday rally, the s p 500, the doubt, the russell the dow, the russell, all hitting new highs. The u. S. Plans to add sanctions on about a dozen chinese officials. The msci down about 0. 2 this morning. Many futures are down 0. 3 . 10year yield on friday inching closer to 1 , a level we havent seen since march, steepening on the t the largest steepening since 2017. This is on fresh stimulus talks. The pound, we saw some softness. The pound is the barometer for brexit, and brexit negotiations resumed in brussels yesterday. Signs one of the biggest obstacles to a trade deal is close to being resolved. U. K. And eu are hoping to finalize the deal, but another
Dom . How many of us wish we had more time, not just 48 hours but more time in general anyway, the markets right now are in a Holding Pattern thats what well call t. Marginal losses in the s p 500, dow and nasdaq, as you can see there. Just about a quarter to a third of a percent across the board here, but we were positive at one point today so a lot of that uncertainty playing out, but not a lot of reason to wholesale buy or sell so thats what were seeing in markets. One place where were seeing a good amount of positivity today is in the internetrelated names. Social media specifically. Check out this First Trust Dow jones internet etf ticker fdn is off the highs of the day, off twothirds of 1 small of the smaller social media ones are there as well helping to power this particular move remember from the lows up to here, it was up about 96 , and then it fell about 15 here and then up another 12 from there, so thats a move there for the social media stocks that were watching as well, a
Brent crude hits its lowest price this century as the demand crash hits the Global Benchmark. An impromptu opecplus call reaffirms commitment to cuts but no action. Repeat,see brent, brent. The u. S. Senate passes new Pandemic Relief Funds totaling 500 billion. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin says it is likely to be the last roche sees a bump as they work on developing tests for covid19. We will speak with the ceo of roche at 8 00 a. M. U. K. Time, 9 00 a. M. On the continent. Just one hour away from the start of cash equity trading throughout europe. Lets take a look at what futures are doing this morning after that drop in u. S. Stocks yesterday. Euro stocks futures, the benchmark European Index futures. 7 5 . Ts trading at ftse futures up just over. 5 right now. Take a look at what is going on in u. S. Futures. Also seeing green arrows they are. A little bit of a bounce to be expected for sure but we see s p futures up. 5 , nasdaq futures . 6 these are the top stories from the bloo