The stoxx 600 up by 0. 7 . It has not given up gains of yesterday. The ibex continues to outperform. It has been one of the most beaten up during the covid crisis. The s p is down by 0. 8 percent. Crude is still up, trading at 42. 82. This demand expectation goes handinhand with the travel story, but crude stocks in europe are some of the best performers. Oil certainly gaining on a number of fronts. We continue to see what is happening in the bond market, and we watch this very carefully. I think the german bond market increasingly, certainly over the last day or so, feeling like it has been driven by what is happening in treasuries. Treasuries moving up to that 1 mark, having an effect on what is happening in germany. Interest overwith the next few days. It is only tuesday. Alix thanks for that. It was an ugly close yesterday for the u. S. As guy was mentioning, eu negotiators reaching a deal on the longterm budget, expected to add about 2 to the eus economic output in the coming year
From his role by the 31st october. Also on the programme. The peace talks are off. President trump cancels a secret meeting with the taliban but its the invite to camp david which has lawmakers from both parties crying foul. Theres nothing left say survivors left homeless, as Hurricane Dorian leaves a trail of death and destruction in the bahamas. Hello and welcome. Im Christian Fraser in westminster, Michelle Fleury is in washington. This British Parliament has sat for more days in one session, than any other since the english civil war over 300 years ago. But borisjohnsons decisison to bring it to a close tonight, proroguing it as it is known, is not without controversy. The current brexit deadline looms just 52 days away and after parliament is suspended this evening, the house will not sit again forfive weeks. One of the last pieces of legislation to get royal assent today was the backbench bill, approved last week, which will force the prime minsiter to request another brexit exte
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i m nejra cehic in london. we re checking a third day of declines for european equities. the the stoxx 600 down .7%. the bloomberg dollar index on track for its first weekly loss in a month. the dollar weaker against yen. the b.o.j. pushing for more stimulus. we ll talk about that more throughout the show and the new zealand dollar best performer in this session on the announcement of a new central bank governor. perhaps that might not hold up with some of the data we re going to get next week but that s how we re looking in today s session. coming up today on surveillance, we talk surveillance and get a take on markets later on in the morning. first let s get the first word news. greenbrussels, giving the light for brexit talks to move on to the next stage. they have complied with their conditions over a future trade deal. diplomats warned the discussions will be more difficult than the first six months of talks. in japan, calling for more stimulus, prompted the b.o.j. t
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