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sharply yesterday. today a knock on gains, ftse mib leading higher in italy, 0.89%. the german dax up 0.3%. the ftse 100 up 0.50%. it s maybe a focus on brazil, argentina coming into the discussion of late. here s crude, up about 1% on wti, 49.84. brent up to 53 bucks. nat gas up 0.2%. the ten-year note at 2.118% has moved up nicely. now 2.247. you ll take it in this kind of environment. and the dollar which has weakened substantially over the past couple of weeks hanging around 97 1/2. it s down about 0.4% this morning. finally gold. see how the yellow metal is doing. when will we add bitcoin to the board. there s gold, down about 0.10%. good question what color is bitcoin? i think it s gold. i have no idea. i thought it was an image of a gold coin. an image. it doesn t really have a color. it s a virtual there s all these other coins, there s icos now. instead of buying a share of a company, you can buy a share of a currency from one of these cryptocurrencie ....
wind down. the ten year is still stuck around 2.24. opec is trying to deliver some more cuts at the meeting on thursday. our road map begins with a major shakeup in the auto business. ford firing ceo mark fields amid investor ease about the stock performance. plus, middle east deal maker in chief president trump is in israel this morning. this after signing a record arms deal with saudi arabia. boeing, black stone and ge among the big winners. and the path to $1 trillion. rbc saying that apple has the potential to become a trillion dollar company within 18 months. first up though, changes at ford, the automaker announced that mark fields is out as ceo and that fields has chosen to retire. he ll be replaced by jim hackett, the chairman of ford smart mobility division. hackett has developed a reputation as a turn around specialist. and shares of ford have fallen more than 35%. the company has scheduled a news conference for 9:45 a.m. eastern time. being called a ret ....
sir roger moore, the debonair star of the james bond movies in the 1970 s and 1980 s has died. he has been active with the united nations children s fund. he was 89. i m alisa parenti. thank you for watching. this is bloomberg. emily: bloomberg technology this is bloomberg technology. coming up, the trump administration rolls out its budget proposal. we will analyze the potential impact on tech. plus, uber swerves into yet another bump in the road, this time costing the company millions. microsoft s more powerful fifth-generation surface pro hits markets next month. we will preview the device and its potential. first, to our lead. u.s. stocks pushed ahead with small gains for the fourth day in a row despite news of the out of manchester. abigail, give us the roundup today of what happened in trading. abigail: it was a quiet day for stocks in the u.s. the dow, s&p 500, and nasdaq finished fractionally higher and not really much of a reaction to that terror tragedy ....
will meet with pope francis tomorrow at the vatican. this is the first meeting between the leaders and the third stop on the president s first official trip overseas. the pontiff criticized trump has trump s campaign plan to build a wall. the president responded by calling the pope disgraceful. step closeris one to developing a nuclear armed rocket that directly threatens the u.s. north korea says the missile is ready for mass production. sir roger moore, the debonair star of the james bond movies in the 1970 s and 1980 s has died. he has been active with the united nations children s fund. he was 89. i m alisa parenti. thank you for watching. this is bloomberg. emily: this is bloomberg technology. coming up, the trump administration rolls out its budget proposal. we will analyze the potential impact on tech. plus, uber swerves into yet another bump in the road, this time costing the company millions. microsoft s more powerful fifth-generation surface pro hits mar ....
rate will rise to 40% next year, and reforms are only likely to slow the growth rate. china suggests that moody s was overestimates the difficulties facing china s economy. the shanghai was flat. the hang seng was up by 0.1% in europe, a mixed picture. things are flat forever the dax and cac. ftse up by 0.25 points. m&h na news, constellation brands made an offer to take over brown-forman. and glencore making a takeover approach to bunge. bunge says it is not engaged in talks with glencore. pro and uber says it inadvertently underpaid new york city drivers for 2 1/2 years. the company took a commission from full fare prices. uber says it will pay back drivers, with interest, for the mistake. the wall street journal said the average driver would be repaid $900, totalling $45 million. we will talk with adam lashinsky, author of the new book wild ride: inside uber s quest for domination. let s get to this. the united kingdom raising the threat level to critical ....