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deutsche bank is said to be considering funding private equity firms to buy distressed loans. how will the u.s. authorities react? let s talk about the markets. i m going to do gmm first. a quick look at what is happening around the world. japanese yen, big move. trading 116.01. we are seeing a weaker dollar. the bloomberg dollar index down 0.6%. the danish krone is moving. the euro is up 0.5% against the dollar. the dollar, despite fed fears, is actually going down. take a look at the commodity markets as well. there s a big china story. zinc on the move today. you are also seeing copper on the move as well. familiar to the beginning of last year. lunar new year is coming up very shortly. the markets on the move. here s the bloomberg first word news with juliette saly. juliette: thank you. donald trump has picked a wall street insider to the his top regulator despite railing against the industry on the campaign trail. clayton toinate jay head the sec. clayton has rep ....
sector is underappreciated and offers great growth potential raising its price target on allianz, aviva, and others. all right. let s have a quick look at the european equity markets this morning. nancy, how are they looking? looking at the stoxx 600, the picture is flat. this after some minor losses on the index yesterday. overall, yes, we are looking at a loss of 0.06%. this does not tell the full story. when we look at the individual markets here, once again we re looking at the ftse 100, the star of the show this morning, hitting another record high above that 7200 level. now higher by 0.18%. elsewhere, we re seeing a bit of weakness on the german main market lower by 0.1%. weakness in insurers after a downgrade in that sector. the french cac 40 lower by 0.2%. looking at the italian main market in slightly bearish territory. let s look at the sectors one by one. telecoms moving higher by 0.7%. basic resources in focus throughout the morning and coming over from ....
i m sara eisen. i m wilfred frost. it s throwback thursday, we re throwing it back to funk. i can t believe it s already thursday. neither can i. short week. short week. good to have you back. i don t think i said that yesterday. thank you. it was an extended new years weekend for me. let s get to the market action. yesterday was similar to tuesday. we saw gains, we saw the nasdaq lead the pack, up about 0.9, the dow lagging at about 0.3% of gains. the s&p in between. the nasdaq already playing catch up. it was the laggard of the big three indices post election. russell 2000 was strong yesterday. up at about 2.5% of gains for the week as a whole. we are expected to see profit taking this morning. not too much. about 16 points. the dow is called lower. the s&p 2 points. the nasdaq 5. yesterday, lots to focus on. fed minutes, we got goods orders sales, after the market closed, bad retail releases. ten-year treasury note at this hour, kind of settled below th ....
will hold a referendum on a proposed council tax increase of 15% which would be used to pay for social care. i m rebecca jones. and in the next hour a shock exit for the defending champion novak djokovic at the australian open tennis. he s beaten in five sets by the world number 117 denis istomin of uzbekistan. and british sailor alex thomson heads towards a second place finish in one of the toughest yacht races in the world. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has outlined her vision of a truly global britain during an address to business leaders at the world economic forum. the prime minister said the uk is facing a period of momentous change and must forge a new role. and she urged international businesses to behave more responsibly, by paying their fair share of tax, and recognising their duties to their staff. mrs may said the world economy must be made to work for everyone, as our business editor simonjack reports from davos. theresa may step ....
would be quite as low as what they have been in the last day or so. the clouds out in the atlantic are ready and waiting to come our way and with this we have much milder conditions. much milder compared to what we have had, it still won t be desperately warm. as faras had, it still won t be desperately warm. as far as this afternoon is concerned, that temperatures are still in single figures. still pretty nippy across northern and central areas. some freezing fog. through this evening and overnight that process begins where we introduce that less cold air coming in of the ocean, a frost free night across many southern in of the ocean, a frost free night across many southern areas. in of the ocean, a frost free night across many southern areas. in the north just about cold enough with rain, sleet and snow mixing in. heading into saturday morning we start to see the atlantic weather winning, pushing in the oceanic air and those temperatures will not feel anywhere near as ....