Welcome to bloomberg surveillance. I am anna edwards in the city of london. Lets start with a check on the markets. This is how we are doing on the stoxx 600. We did either side of the flat line trading and we are losing around. 1 . A little of performance coming through in the london market as you might expect when you have Oil Prices Going higher by 2. 2 because of the tensions between the u. K. And around in the strait of hormuz. That is the focus for oil traders and they are pushing out some of the oil related businesses listed in london. S p futures point higher. We are a little range bound on these Global Equity markets looking for guidance, looking for the continuation of the equity story. That will come later on this week. Earnings reports from the baking sector. Going to be a lot to talk about. We will be looking for the ecb and the Interest Rate decisions have to make. A little bit later on, mervyn king is going to be joining the bloomberg team. Dont miss that conversation. A
Asnie i have been mistaken francine lacqua. We will start by checking first word news. Moving closer to getting syrias president to extend his stay in power. The u. S. Is opposed to rushs assistance that they be allowed to compete in a president ial election. China has a warning for taiwan. Cutting ties with taiwan could collapse if taiwan refuses to recognize the framework that has governed the nation for two decades. The leading candidate in taiwan says there are other options for negotiation with the chinese government. Iraqi troops recaptured ramadi on monday. There are still some fighters there. They have launched a few attacks. Former new york governor George Pataki has quit the race for the republican president ial nomination. He is the fifth republican to drop out. In 1996 president reagan pressed for a summit meeting with the leader of the soviet union by reading a spy novel. President read the novel risingrm before meeting with president gorbachev. 24 hour news powered by our
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