Green arrows across the board in europe the dax is up by 0. 3 . The cac adding 1 . The focus again today, because yesterday it was the fuel for that whipsaw action, treasury yields, 1. 727, much firmer than what we saw yesterday. We saw a low of 1. 595 we had record lows across the yield curve. Thats worth noting. A lot of strategists saying we could test 1. 35. Beijings central bank setting the official reference rate for theyuan to the weakes level in a decade. Eunice yoon has more on the midpoint number that traders are watching they do it now at 9 00 p. M have to watch all the time eunice its worth it its worth it to stay up that late the central bank set the midpoint fix weaker than 7, but it was actually stronger than what a lot of analysts were expecting. So because of that traders were taking that as yet another sign that the government here wants to pull the reins back on the chinese currency there was no official commentary today on the fix it was interesting to see what came
London. These are the people that we are going to speak to shortly. Dalioversation with ray is coming up shortly from china. We will be talking to Standard Chartered chief finance officer after it they said that they want to give back to shareholders and focus on dividends. We were gaining a touch on the stoxx 600. At the moment is pretty much unchanged. A lot of the impetus on the stocks will be what we hear from from washington, d. C. The u. S. 10whether year yield will go above 3 . Now lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. The European Union will tomorrow challenge theresa may when it publishes a dropped brexit treaty. According to a person familiar with the matter, the bloc is said to set out in legal detail how the terms of the transition period will go. U. S. White House Communications director is scheduled to be interviewed privately to date by the House Intelligence Committee, which is investigating russian interference in the 2016 election. According to house off
Good morning, its monday, july 8th. Im geoff bennett, alongside jo ling kent. Jo is kindly helping out. Right on. President trump got some of his highest polls yet, measuring 47 among registered voters, up 5 points from april, while 50 disapprove, down 4 points. Judging by the issues, the president is strongest on the academy, 51 approving of his performance, 42 on his job. Health care, 38 approval. And 30 on abortion. Among registered voters, the poll finds President Trump down 10 points, to former Vice President joe biden in the hypothetical 2020 match up but effectively tied with senators Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren and dead even with mayor Pete Buttigieg. Meanwhile, the race for the democratic nomination, the abc News Washington post poll has former Vice President joe biden leading the field with senator Bernie Sanders at 19 , senator Kamala Harris at 13 , and senator Elizabeth Warren at 12 , Pete Buttigieg is in fifth place with 4 . In the real clear politic