Of the biggest trade disputes in history. Tech earnings avalanche with microsoft, facebook, alibaba, alphabet, and amazon reporting. It is 8 00 a. M. Across the emirates. This is Bloomberg Markets middle east. I am yousef gamal eldin in dubai. Investors are betting on an expansion in corporate earnings. Asia up 8 this year. Let me show you the broader market. Let me give you a quick tour, asian equity session higher, led by the kospi. China down 1. 2 . To theto your attention Foreign Exchange space, the yen the study after the boj clarified comments on friday. Japan still getting its head around a stronger yen. Big moves in the swiss franc sanctions are expected from the united states, and in aussie dollar retreating from iron with losses in ore. , a squeeze concern on the supply side driving price gains. And showtch the board you the Energy Trades with brent crude specifically, still the years aslose in three hedge funds increase their bullish bets to a record high. Up. 10 year, we ha
All right, this is a shock or block week. But thisa note that suggests that these markets are moving high. Becausehave good reason earnings have been so impressive so far, really big ones dominating the agenda this week. Ish, we are looking at crucial levels when it comes to stocks in hong kong. Rishaad absolutely, looking at what happened with these shares, these Chinese Companies trading in hong kong. We want to bring up gb tv 9440. Investors bid for these underperformers. This is a third of the companies on the hang seng. They are racking up fresh one year the biggest proportions says that 2014 stock bubble. We are seeing some of those cheap banks red hot. These fresh highs are being hit last week. That is what we had at the moment. H, in terms of the other things on the agenda, we have yellens swansong and watching what the fed does. We are just watching what happens as jay powell takes over. The pmi is expected to hold steady. Lets look at markets because we did have u. S. Stocks
Current chair. Will the gdp switch sway . 4 00 a. M. In london, this is Bloomberg Markets middle east. Im yousef gamal eldin in dubai. Davos, you likely have time to go before that. Off and away, especially given where you went stocks have been trading. Another fresh sense of records set. Its written you lets run youth group key Asset Classes. Outflanking some concerns we got out of davos. Worries about protectionism and possible trade as well. He was dollar index, down 3 10 of 1 , a threeyear low. U. S. 10 year yield 2. 66 as it. Tands gold a little bit of an upside, weaker dollar feeding into that six weekly gain. Lets go to global markets. Turkish stock story, up one point 8 of muted reactions to a border offensive when it comes to syria, and the ongoing appetite for yields in the emerging markets. Up 1 10 of 1 . To 759 lasty 12 week, the highest since september. Discounts, the smallest in five months. Dollaryen the other big pop in majors from the currency front,. 08. 58 we will ge
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Eisel claims responsibility for an attack on a military compound in kabul just stays after a taliban suicide bombing killed more than one hundred people. Plus why fitness tracking map is causing security concerns for the u. S. Military. I mean Rights Groups are warning that are hedger refugees are being increasingly targeted by human traffickers in camps in bangladesh has had a problem its been made worse by the influx of refugees fleeing man more than six hundred fifty thousand people have left sense a military crackdown began in august bangladesh is hosting about a million refugees in its camps many of them and dire conditions u. N. Warns that in the chaos trafficking is often overlooked as other urgent needs like food and shelter come first and the u. N. Says refugees are often exploited and recruited with false offers of paid work for good suppose long refugee camp in southern bangladesh Charl Strafford has this exclusive report. She cries. She asks me when we talk oh mother what s