dijsselbloem in brussels today. can a greek deal get done? matt: we are less than a half-hour to the open of european trading and it is going to be an exciting day after a surge in asian stocks. the nikkei up 2.5%. the s&p 500 rose to a record on optimism for president trump s tax plan. now we see european stock index futures pointing to a positive open. also on optimism for that one china backing we got out of the white house. ftse futures up 0.3%. dax futures up 0.5%. guy: it is a fascinating friday. you can see it across the gmm screen. the nikkei up 2.49%. the real blowout performance coming from japanese stocks today. the yen is down 0.4%. in the sbr in abe u.s. today. hazmat was saying, equities bid, bonds on offer. the other thing i want to show you, iron ore. very solid week. that is great news for rio tinto. we will keep talking about that. the bund yield this morning, we ve seen a tracking lower, trending sideways. yields up, prices down. let s get a bloomberg fir
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