Nation, be the ramifications are worldwide with the first votes in the two towns of Dixville Notch and mills field, New Hampshire, and then on to the polling occurring right now. With that is information flow, and jon ferro, weve got to bring it right up to the moment. One of the candidates in on his favorite network. Mr. Trump saying he will only declare victory if there is one. I guess that is a change. Jonathan the president adding he think she is winning in texas, florida, and pennsylvania. It might be a little bit of a change, but it is subtle. I dont think the president was ever going to say that he would call the election result if there wasnt one. That wouldnt really make sense. But it does speak to the tension that is coming into this election day in the United States of america. Really absolutely massive area of division between these two candidates at large and the company is split, but the interesting split for many of us looking at this play out is between the early voting
Thank you for watching bloomberg surveillance. The stocks europe 600 down a touch. A lot of the focus is on the jay powell. You can see the u. S. 10 year yield at 2. 10. And we are looking at the pound. Boris johnson is the person who will probably become the Prime Minister and keep saying no deal brexit should still be on the table. We seeing Market Movement with the pound extending. You can see cable at 1. 2458. Coming up, we talk commodities with blackrock at 10 30 a. M. London time. But first, lets get straight to bloomberg first word news. China are. And holding the first highlevel talks since a truce was called in the trade war. Top trade officials are speaking on the phone. Larry kudlow says the initial talks were positive. There was headway last winter and spring, then it stopped. Hopefully, we can pick up where we left off. Ambassador lighthizer and secretary mnuchin are exploring all that. Discussions today went constructively. But its too soon for details. Factories and bare
South african politics members of the governing anc begin to vote on a new leader who will likely become president in next years election. A very positive morning across europe so far when we look at equity training. The stocks at 600 up nearly 1 right now a lot of green across the board. Lets take a look at the specific markets action across the continent. The foots see up 1. 5 . The cac ka rant in paris up and lets take a look at the specific sectors that are driving that positive movement this morning we can see from across the entire country the sectors, lets take a look at the numbers as they come through coming very shortly. Waiting for that foots see action there very slightlyup more than half a percent. Lets talk about whats going on in the United States so talking of taxes, President Trump has defended the 1. 5 trillion expected in cuts that could stem from the new tax reform bill. He said the economy, meanwhile, is going to, quote, start to rock the bill will create jobs and
The u. K. Chancellors at the detailed plans to cut 12 billion pounds off of welfare spending as he delivers the first fully conservative budget in nearly 20 years. Caroline i am caroline hyde. Ryan i am ryan chilcote. It is 1 00 p. M. In hong kong. Caroline chinas benchmark index has seen its biggest intraday fall in years, plunging 1. 8 . Thats amid a continuing route, leaving only 43 of the entire stock market frozen. This is a day after hong kong and chinese shares entered a bear market. Ryan shares on the shanghai composite have plunged by ron 30 this year since the peak about a month ago. David english is in hong kong where the hang seng index has also plummeted. David . David a very good morning to you guys. It was a very eventful morning session, and right now its 1 00 p. M. In hong kong, and we are just getting underway. Just to recap what has happened. About our before the Chinese Market opened, you had this flurry of headlines Chinese Companies announcing that their shares ar
Turkey is ramping up its fight against Islamic State even further. It has agreed with a plan to push i asked out of the strip. It is the latest in a major tactical shift in the fight that began with airstrikes last week and providing u. S. Access to bases in turkey. Its not just i asked that turkey is targeting. Strikes a been reported against an old foe. The kurds. All eyes are now on this border. It separates turkey from syria. Last weeks bomb attack was a sign that the conflict is spilling over into its northern neighbor. They are promising to create a buffer zone in northern area. Intervention in syria could bring it in the conflict. This unverified outage is a syrian town. Washington has been providing air support as they fight aground or. There is concern that the u. S. Coalition airstrikes have effectively enabled kurdish fighters to reinforce and endeavor to create a coalition nation. That kurdish state could include parts of turkey. It has been fighting separatist for decades.