phone as china prepares tariff countermeasures. investors bank in another quarter-point reduction. powell bow to the pressure? the u.s. says it is disappointed with the u.k. decision to release an iranian tanker. penalties could be imposed on any company that does business take a look at the 10 year yield, coming back. we dipped below 1.5% yesterday. this is a three-year chart. back to 1.5%. looking at decent gains across european futures. dax futures.t the gains of 0.6%. across the board, really. ftse futures up a little more. wang.get over to selina chinese paramilitary police seen gathering near hong kong. some are interpreting it as a sign beijing is ready to use increased force. mirrors from the in comments yesterday. the hong kong situation is at a critical moment. we have full trust and if the situation deteriorates further, into i say our government, the central government will not sit back and watch. is the special relationship in danger? the u.s. says it is di
a candlelit vigil to remember the primary school teacher sabina nasa has been held in the community where she lived police are searching for a man captured on cctv went near the 28 year old was killed in south east london a week ago. it comes as officers have released another man they sequestered in connection with her death and further investigation. last friday, sabina nessa was heading for a night out here in pegler square, in kidbrooke. tonight, people gathered at the same spot to remember her. sabina was 28 and a primary school teacher when her life was suddenly taken. and at the heart of this gathering, her broken family. her sister spoke for them. sabina loved her family. we have lost our sister. my parents have lost their daughter and my girls have lost such a brilliant, loving, caring auntie who dearly loved them. words cannot describe how we are feeling. this feels like we are stuck in a bad dream and can t get out of it. our world is shattered. most people here nev
over the next 12 months. hildebrand is former president of the swiss national bank. we will get his investment outlook for 2017. after a year of sluggish growth, low interest rates and mounting regulatory pressure. could the worst be over for the banking industry? we asked the president of the bank of the institute of international finance. and we will interview the chairman of europe s largest bank, hsbc. at your markets. this is a picture of european stocks retreating a touch before the fed decision later this afternoon. it seems that caution is prevailing on the markets. this is what we are seeing, european stocks dropping. crude also retreating on industry data showing stockpiles actually increased. let s get to the first word news. here is nejra cehic. nejra: goldman trading at a 10 year low ahead of the hotly anticipated interest rate decision. investors are expecting policy makers led by janet yellen the central banks first type hike of the year, with records for t
session. breathing room for credit suisse. the lender ceo says he is looking at other ways to raise capital. him. going to hear from we are less than half an hour away from the start of cash trading here in europe. it will be an interesting session as equity markets turned around yesterday in the u.s. after a couple days malaise due to the health care failure. asian markets overnight turned around and european futures gaining. green.the ftse futures up 4/10 of a percent. take a look at the bund trade. littleelds trading a higher. investors getting out of the safety of german bonds. right now yielding 0.9%. guy: let s talk about the gmm. majors comes to fx, the we will see what happens in europe. a couple things to say. the south african rand move down by 2%. have relating rerating coming up in april. big holders of south african debt. a bit of a lead in what happened in london this morning. back ands are bouncing that could feed into what we are seeing in the london mar
the nation will tune in as presidential candidates face-off. will any of the contenders deliver a body blow to macron? matt: we are less than 30 minutes away from the european open. futures right now really a mix. trade not a lot of movement here in futures. to 100tures up just someone percent. futuress down down. liker as the bund, looks investors are seeking the safety of german debt here. we are losing a little yield on the bund right now, 0.269. bund yields have come down dramatically over the past few it is interesting, especially in relation to other asset classes. stocks sold off yesterday. we can see that on the gmm. spain, sweden, italy all trading lower yesterday down 1.5% around those levels. we are seeing this morning is that the aussie dollar aussie dollar. the yen bid risk off. trading 110.45. let s see what else we are seeing. iron ore something to pay attention to as well. the chinese story, down another 2.11%. the commodities story feeds into the inflatio