I want to hear more of the music that was blaring in my ear. Heres where we are. Big out for big outperform are coming through, the s p 500 is up. The pound actually, as you can see now, positive, bouncing around all over the place, getting a negative hit earlier on around the idea that the u. K. Would walk walk away on the 15th. I dont think the market thinks either side will walk away. The eu said earlier on, and this was a report by bloomberg, the eu side is going to call the bluff on this. Britain saying were deftly going to walk away. The market is basically shrugging its shoulders. As you can see, a selloff in bonds is unsurprising, given whats going on at the moment. At the backend over the last few days, cathodes continue to steepen in the United States. Alix we did hear that music and you did an amazing job talking to that techno music. Thank you for that. In the u. S. , part of that is going to be about where we are and stimulus talks. Markets weighing down on the trump tweet
Im ann marie green. Were going to begin this morning with a preview of the final debate between President Trump and joe biden. Theyll be at Belmont University in nashville tonight making the closing arguments to the public with just 12 days to go until the election. Meantime, top intelligence officials held a rare last minute News Conference yesterday saying russia and iran used Voter Registration information to influence the election. So natalie brand is in nashville. Natalie, is there any impact at all on Election Security . This was quite a stunning press conference. It was. And National Security officials stress that integrity of the election is intact. They say the goal by adversaries was to sew chaos and distrust. All of this coming in the final critical days of election season and ahead of this final faceoff of the candidates who have taken different approaches to prepping for tonight former president barack obama held an event for him yesterday and biden took a break to prepare
That really has been down to currencies. The dollar index is up at the moment, but if you look at it over 24 hours, actually, its down by. 3 ,. 4 percent. One of the main beneficiaries of crown weakness has been strength. Sterling has been propelled about 1. 5 in the last day or thereabouts. The dollar weakness has been felt with the yen also moving to the upside. Theres another reason we are seeing upside on equities in japan. Gold not a major beneficiary, though it was at oneweek highs at one stage after the dollar was sagging earlier on. Thats a look at markets. Lets head over to tom. Tom lets get you up to speed with some of the other first word headlines. The Trump Administration is ramping up tensions with china once again, designating six asnland Media Outlets foreign which it says are controlled by beijing. They include the economic daily, which provides a look at beijing economic news. The Administration Says all six are substantially owned or by atively controlled foreign gov
Thedual listing could be biggest share sale in history. Softbank makes headlines again. Amassedid to have 20 billion in a stock trading movement despite a skeptical response from shareholders. Lets take a look at how markets are trading at the moment. At this as we are just getting some line through when it comes to the reserve bank of australias assistant governor. They are giving a speech saying it is more complex to assess the policy stance than it has been in the past. Due to the economic and fiscal conditions at play. We will continue to monitor some of those comments and we are also looking ahead to the rba Meeting Minutes as well. We are seeing downside in the first couple of minutes or so, trading in sydney on 5. 1 and then new zealand, that market is back to modest gains as we continue to process the outcome of the victory we saw from the Prime Minister and her resounding reelection effort over the weekend. The nikkei 225 seeing upside when we get into the open of. 25 of where
Italy is seeing its worst coronavirus numbers yet. The Company Country reported 8800 new cases today, up from 7300 the day before. The number of patients in intensive care also rose. Imposed aime minister series of new curbs on nightlife, social events, and amateur sports as the pandemic intensifies throughout the country. Global news 24 hours a day, onair, and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. Im Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. Vonnie it is 1 00 p. M. In new york, 6 00 p. M. In london, and 1 00 a. M. In hong kong. Im vonnie quinn. Welcome to bloomberg markets. Here are the top stories we are following on the bloomberg and from around the world. London and paris among cities ordered to clamp down and curb an increased spread of coronavirus. Countries looking to avoid reinstituting lockdowns. Lena komileva joins us to talk about the virus and the passing of the october 15 deadline for a u. K. Eu trade deal. Coronavirus