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well but they are not doing much for stocks. not seeing a big decline. one would think, a b that is because it is bringing forward when the fed might raise rates but we are not seeing bond yields rise or the u.s. dollar. take a look at the bloomberg map . we have energy shares trading higher, consumer staples lower. a diverse group of groups doing poorly today although it seems like there is a little bit of a rotation out of the defensive s. within the consumer staples, have kraft heinz pulling back today. it does not look like a specific catalyst that is driving them lower. in terms of the dow loggers we have coca-cola and then we have been talking a lot about the home depot. they said the first quarter would likely be the high point for the year in terms of sales growth. it is off from january to february and february to march, slowing sales growth. that appears to be behind what we see in the selloffs. scarlet: and a bright spots? it looks like energy is the bright s ....
hold onto gains after a four-month high on april 20. number three says he will listen to differing views as he prepares for a speech in hong kong. the most senior party leader to visit since street protests. do follow me on twitter, @rishaadtv. use #trendingbusiness as well. street,nd from wall china opening in 30 minutes. we are seeing losses flow through into the region. has to fed president signaling a rate hike in june. the firstling for time this week on the back of that weakness. all coming on line following that downward lead. interesting one, first-quarter gdp numbers beating expectations, avoiding that technical recession. japan switch in and out of positive and negative territory, but now with the wind strengthening yen strengthening, we are seeing some weakness. half of 1%. of all coming through in a fall coming through in australia as well. there is some downward pressure. this is what the regional index looks like, some support from oil and gas players, ....
metrics, also showing very sharp gains. the index gaining the most since march. the story is coming down to speculation that the msci, the index compiler, will be including a shares in the reaching of these indices. they includewon t it? investors are choosing to focus looking at how these brokerages that financials trading on the chinese markets. currencies, the past four days, what s been happening in the next few days at the moment, trading sideways. traders are still trying to reprice the fed rate hike. dollar-yen in the meantime there we go, back above 1.11. call it flat. we have seen dollar strength for the most part in may, a rally into this morning. a bit weaker midmorning, and some of these asian currencies are just getting traction. that takes into commodities. have a look at where we are. mostlyger picture is positive but oil prices are very much in focus ahead of the meeting. oil prices have rallied, the longest run of monthly gains in a half decade. cer ....
julie: you see all three major tool, the quote, and play to influence oil prices. using it for 35 averages are little changed after falling as much as half a percent. years. so that is one strike against them. they will say that they are if you look at the s&p 500, it unified in the believe that the is just shy of 2100. that has been a tough level for market is ok taking care of itself with oil prices racing. the s&p. oil prices rising. 2100 is sort of the upward bound have been bickering about of what we have seen from the who will be the index. secretary-general for the past it has had trouble staying above that level for any extended four years. the current secretary-general, his term is mandated expired period of time. many, many years ago and he wants to retire. they finally chose a new secretary-general. health care shares are on the rise. so some say at least they can you is still energy in the decide something. losing spot here. so they can kick the can down ....
have surrounded falluja and have begun to move into the city. to push up the tigris river valley. preparing to tighten the noose around isil. nearly halfw lost of the territory they once control in iraq and they will lose more. isil continues to lose ground in syria as well. assisted by our special operations forces the coalition of global forces is now pressuring the key town. tighteninge is around isil there as well. the coalition continues to stay on offense. isil is on defense. been a full year since isil has been able to mount a successful offensive operation in either country. we want to help a law-enforcement protect people from homegrown extremists, the kind of tragedy that occurred at san bernardino and now in orlando, there is a meaningful way to do that. to make it harder for people who want to kill americans get their hands on weapons of war. we cannot prevent every tragedy. consistent with the second amendment there are common sense steps that could reduce ....