Dollar is mostly higher against some of these currencies. The kiwi and the aussie which were the early outperformers seem to be also moving some ground. The aussie certainly has had a relentless rally. Take a look at what has been driving the sentiment here today. The likes of oil. After six straight weeks of gains, this rally seems to be taking a bit of a pause. You take a look at brent, still hovering around 42, 41. New york crude around 39. 52. We are watching the likes of the u. S. Tenyear. We have surged to a high on the jobs report for friday. We are backing off from the fed when they take the stage later this week. The yield curve is one of the steepest in three years. Expect it to steepen further from here. Chinas trade surplus surged to a record in may as exports fell left and inspected. Helped by an increase in medical related sales per lets get more on this story from selina wang in beijing. What is the context between the trade surplus . The numbers were much better than th
And astrazeneca is said to have made a preliminary approach to gilead. A merger between the two would be the biggest deal ever in the sector. It has just gone see it 6 00 a. M. In london. Nejra, welcome back. You went away and you unleashed the burn. I know you are excited. Curvee never far from a steepener. Bondthis momentum in the market be a repricing or is there a risk from jay powell to the bond market . A few bonds at 1 . The older you get, the more enticing 1 looks. Good morning. Bears were really on a tear. Curve is the steepest in more than three years. It is good to be back. Last week was a memorable week. Was it really a turning point for risk assets . That is the question. How high will the hurdles be this week . The ecb went above and beyond last week. Can we expect much from the fed this week . Futures are positive in the u. S. European futures are looking a little negative. Eighth day ofits declines. A lot of that has to do with the euro strength. We have pulled back fro
Also tonight Extinction Rebellion wins at the High Court Judges rule that the police were wrong to ban its protests in london. A slump in profits at m s theres been a sharp fall in demand for its clothes and home goods. And coming up on bbc news double olympic champion nicola adams retires from boxing at the age of 37 over fears she could lose her sight in one eye. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. It wasnt the ideal start to an Election Campaign less than an hour before Boris Johnson got the election under way, news came through that the welsh secretary was resigning. Alun cairns quit when it became clear hed endorsed an aide even after knowing about the mans role in the collapse of a rape trial. Speaking outside number 10, the Prime Minister said a conservative win would mean getting brexit done. A contrast, he said, to the horror show of dither and delay underJeremy Corbyn. Heres our political editor, laura kuenssberg. He may have waited his life for this, but is he r
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Hello and welcome this is r. T. International broadcasting to you live from moscow and the. Now europe and russia should return to a normal normal relationship without sanctions thats the joint message from the News Conference im glad im a putin and just that becomes a talking about the harm to the economy by those restrictions that italys premier even added an emotional touch. The time the sanctions could be lifted or extended im always because so much could be achieved and the situation could be so much bits well it was no secret that the euro skeptic forces currently in power here in rome are no big fans of europes anti russian sanctions to say the least but as youve heard Prime Minister does call into message is getting more loud and more clear especially when hes Standing Shoulder to shoulder with the russian president who once again. A minute about the enormous amounts of cash that both sides were losing just because of this sanctions war. In 2012 we had to trade to no good 45000