it strengthening after the bank of japan seems to be pairing some of the bonds. asian equities see a little bit of movement on dollar yen. for also looking at a stock 600. 600.oxx euro-dollar is at 1.1936. coming up, we talk central banks. with ouriscuss it guests from blackrock. we also have an exclusive conversation with ignacio gallant. ignore this. this is something from a couple weeks ago. let s get straight to the first world news. north korea has said it will send athletes and a delegation to the winterland picks and south korea next month and wants to resolve issues on the divided peninsula. delegates from saul said that south korea wants both nations to march together at the games. the two sides held talks in a village in the joint security area of the heavily fortified border. u.s. special counsel robert mueller has like raise the likelihood donald trump s legal team that his office will seek an interview with the president. according to people familiar with the t
from your. you also have some figures. mark: we have some german business confidence data crossing the bloomberg terminal. the latest survey, the business 112.9 was the figure, up from the prior month. and above the economist estimates of 112.4. german business confidence is increasing the expectations of the components of that. expectation was for a figure of 105.9. the german economy is in good shape. as is the euro zone economy. as we approach the ecb meeting on thursday, it is all about the first round of the french residential election. look at the cac 40 today, 4% higher, the biggest gain since august 2015. we are at the highest level since april 2015. the euro rising as much as 2% since december 2015, to the highest since november. 108.50 seven. the yield on the french 10-year is down by 10 basis points, and earlier fell as much as 11 basis points, to the lowest since january. proof that appetite for riskier assets we have gold falling 1% today, sinking the most in m