Were these demonstrations over the Christmas Period targeted in small pockets or widespread . Dan mostly small pockets. Targeted at shopping malls in particular, looking to hit the retail sector, which has really been battered by six months of protests. We saw clashes at shopping malls. 20 people were injured. There is another rally tonight, in a suburban area of hong kong, and a couple over the weekend, all pointing to the big rally downtown on new years day. Matt what are the plans for that big rally, further protest . How organized is this movement . Dan the Group Organizing the een convening some of the largest rallies we have seen. There are various elements of the protesters. Siderganized side, the that tries to abide by laws, and then the frontline protesters, the ones lighting fires and battling the police, and a sort of work in parallel. On january 1, thats organized by a group that tries to get police permission. That is pending right now. We are likely to hear about 48 hours
Close to current levels. Joining us now from our amsterdam euro is the Senior Energy economist at abm amro. Unchanged does not sound so that in a world where everybody is concerned that the economy is teetering on a recession. Do you share that view . Say i dont fully agree. We are a little bit more bearish to be quite honest. Especially after last weeks opec meeting, i think that agnal was rather mixed and little bit disappointing, actually. Saudisderstand why the think it should be 50 it should be 65, but i have my doubts whether we see that. Anna good morning to you. Let me ask you about the impact of the price we have at the moment on the ipo taking place tomorrow of saudi aramco. What are your expectations . We have seen expectations paired back. Creation of the worlds most valuable company. Yes indeed. It was a positive. In that respect. It was well oversubscribed. The price at the top of the range. Indeed, on the other end, it was disappointing because saudi arabia expected more
Resigns. He takes responsibility for the companys spying. The ceo was not involved. Widening the net. President trumps allies are entangled in the impeachment inquiry area giuliani and pompeo are drawn in. And a tale of two chinas. , butnping calls for unity parading is contrasted by street protests in hong kong. Matt less than half hour from the european open. Ike a look at the bund yield have here in my screen. This is threeday trade as usual, but you see the yield continued to rise. This is the picture we see when you look across major 10 year yields. Rising as investors selloff. Does that mean we are going to see a riskoff session . We certainly saw equities rising in asia overnight. Take a look at futures in europe. We see gains here as well on every index futures. About 0. 3s up percent. Ftse futures less than the rest, only 0. 2 percent. What do you see on the gmm . Futures, thats the reason the markets are asking, can we get an encore of the last 24 hours in markets . We are wi
The outgoing president made a policy mistake. Definitely crossed my mind there, but my take is that as things change, also with Forward Guidance, policy may change. Not tomorrow, not after tomorrow, but i wouldnt think that its there for the next case. Deal. A deal before the President Trump confirms the u. S. Could sign a trade pact with china. Investors put some risk back on. In bringing back the bulls, Credit Suisse rages outlook for stocks as investors are net positive on equities for the first time in six weeks. Less than a half hour to go, welcome to the program, until the start of European Equity trade. This is what teachers look like. Weve seen a roller coaster ride for all kind of assets, certainly during the ecb announcement, press conference, plenty of volatility and markets. Expecting to go higher on european equities at the start of trade, but not by much. We put the ecb in the mix, but also the latest on trade. Lets look at gmm. Some positivity in asia is the underlying s
U. S. President donald trump says the fed should cut rates by a full percentage points. Im not saying there are not circumstances in which i would be willing to ease. I just want to see evidence we are going into something that is more of a slowdown. Growing at 2 , im not as worried about that. Another reprieve for huawei. Riskon sentiment for stocks. Mark mobius says it is better to go for gold. I think you have to be buying it frankly. The gold longterm prospect is up and up. The money supply is up and up. Matt bhp investor bonanza, the worlds biggest miner boosted its dividend while warning on raw material prices. Mckenzie says it bhp can weather any storm. Ready for whatever the road might throw at us. Downturn,fit from a lot moren also get a cash in an upturn. Matt a halfhour away from the start of European Equity index trading. First, u. S. Treasury yields continue to rise. This is up 1. 59 . Over three days, it is rising. Today we see from yesterdays close, a couple basis points