germany extending covid restrictions until february 14. 6:00 a.m. in london, 10 a.m. in dubai, 1:00 a.m. in the capital of the united states of america. the biden administration will come on inauguration day. joe biden. at matthews cathedral for a prayer service, cleared not that the nation s second catholic president takes the power. the question is the hopes can biden emulate. good morning. annmarie: good morning. yeah, he invited mitch mcconnell to join him on that side of unity is what he wants to express today as he begins his administration as the 46th president. he will be sworn in around noon eastern. he will give his full address to the nation, his first address as president. the ceremony begins at 11:00 eastern. like all life these days, the pomp and circumstance goes virtual this year. before he goes over to the white house, and we do think he will sign a number of executive orders on day one, he is going to the tomb of the unknown soldier. he will be joined by the
surveillance. i am francine lacqua here in london. quite a lot going on, of course, with the inauguration of jill biden. what biden policies mean for the future of the economy, we will have a look at what it means also for the biden administration to get a handle on covid-19 after a pretty touching memorial we saw yesterday with the vice president and the president-elect, both flanked by their spouses. the markets are focused on the dollar declining, a lot of the focus is on earnings and the hope for more stimulus. we have a bit of a mixed picture when it comes to the send out, alibaba jumping after the billionaire jack ma. now let s get to the bloomberg first word news here in london with me, here is leigh-ann gerrans. hi, leigh-ann. leigh-ann: good morning, francine. the u.s. has given 30 5 million vaccines with president-elect joe biden saying he wants to deliver 100 million in his first 100 days. one positive signs, however, the number of hospitalizations in california i
welcome to bloomberg surveillance. i m matt miller in berlin, for francine lacqua and tom keene. let s check in with what s going on with the markets. the ftse is trading higher, now up almost 130 points. 6631. the first day of trading since the brexit trade deal was agreed because yesterday, the ftse was closed for the boxing day holiday. ftse had beenthe one of the worst performing european equity indexes, down 14%, 15% year to date. it is now clawing back some of those losses after this deal has been agreed. you can see the pound right now up as well to $1.35. rising. 10 year yield is as investors feel comfortable enough to sell some of that debt. and bitcoin, little changed at 26,630. i know a lot of investors are watching. it is becoming much more acceptable asset to own on wall street after rising above $28,000 over the weekend. let s get the first word news for you right now. president-elect joe biden is accusing national security staff loyal to president of blocking a
sterling is at the moment it has fallen back even though it is gaining right now. perhaps better to travel then arrived with that brexit deal. new york crude, we saw some declines in the past 24 hours, as we go anticipating the next month, we will see more supply coming from opec-plus and bitcoin after it went up over to the 20,000 level. so juliette, looking at these tech stocks. juliette: absolutely. our question of the day, will bitcoin overtake the dow jones? we are seeing this rebound in the hang seng tech index which had been sold off quite heavily over the past sessions on this crackdown anti-monopolistic measures in china so you have seen a rebound coming through on a number of these players. tencent looking good. it has risen as much as 3% in the hong kong session and contribute in the most to that gain overall on the hang seng tech index, up by almost 3% as we see a rebound coming through in these alibaba shares which came close yesterday to racing their gains for
brexit. is set to have a deal before christmas. and we hear exclusively this choi. om let s find out what to watch. after a three-day drop, we re seeing the asia 100 up by wo eighths of one percent. the market gaining some ground, extending and remaining one of the few bright spots after leading asia s leaders on tuesday. we are waiting on assessment from thailand along with .o.j. s meeting minutes. they are losing a little steam after we saw a session on wall street that saw tech shares rise and energy settle. on that, we are seeing fall best low 47 per barrel as fuel demand outlook being threatened by the new virus strain coming into the picture. paul? paul: let s get more on the markets now. look at how the u.s. relief bill may help. expected impact to be limited. great to have you on the show again, we have that stimulus bill that passed just waiting for the president s signature now. markets rather tepid in response. you do wonder whether that stimulus is a, enough, an