from your. you also have some figures. mark: we have some german business confidence data crossing the bloomberg terminal. the latest survey, the business 112.9 was the figure, up from the prior month. and above the economist estimates of 112.4. german business confidence is increasing the expectations of the components of that. expectation was for a figure of 105.9. the german economy is in good shape. as is the euro zone economy. as we approach the ecb meeting on thursday, it is all about the first round of the french residential election. look at the cac 40 today, 4% higher, the biggest gain since august 2015. we are at the highest level since april 2015. the euro rising as much as 2% since december 2015, to the highest since november. 108.50 seven. the yield on the french 10-year is down by 10 basis points, and earlier fell as much as 11 basis points, to the lowest since january. proof that appetite for riskier assets we have gold falling 1% today, sinking the most in m