A new, widely Controversial National security law for hong which has been protested by folks in hong kong. Investors concerned these actions could destabilize the global economy. I want to bring in markets reporter taylor riggs, who has been following all of this. Break down what happened for us. Taylor it looked like we were green and in the clear until the last hour of trading, and then you sort of mentioned other headlines that made markets very nervous. Trump said he would have a press Conference Friday to talk about china. Then theres a lot of concern about the National Security law china signed that in effect would remove a lot of the economy from hong kong. In the last hour of trading, everything fell apart, but the key theme remains. Some of the Big Companies are still some of the big out performers. The s p, which is a marketcapweighted index, outperforming relative to the nasdaq, which also includes some of the smaller companies. And of course, the russell 2000, which is the
He has condemned the attack and called on the iraqis to work with them to stand up against iran. Yesterday i was able to speak with the u. S. Special envoy to iran. What he said is there are likely going to be additional sanctions against iran as part of the administrations economic pressure campaign. David there is no question iran is closely affiliated with his militia group. There is no question some reaction was required, but the reaction we are getting is not from iran, it is from iraq. Do we know whether we brought our iraqi allies into the fact that we were firing these missiles . Kevin it appears to be unknown at this point. Obviously there are forces in iraq that stand with the u. S. Military. Beyond that, and increasing forcesof iranian backed in iraq has added complexity to the situation that is ongoing. Of what President Trump has cautioned against, irans expansionary policy, especially as they try to get negotiated tops restarted with iran in the coming new years. Video is
Awaiting in a valley a valuation for aramco. Branch toall of business. The u. K. Prime minister is set to office tax cuts when he speaks at the cbi annual conference and we are live at the event. A ban onng court rules facemasks is unconstitutional. The hang seng trades higher. Good morning, everyone. I am live from the cbi annual conference. And interestingly enough, this is the first time great to have you back, this is a percent they have been holding their annual conference in the midst of an election campaign. A lot of Political Uncertainty is hanging over this. The election will take place on december 12. We are used to holding it amidst the uncertainty of brexit. Boris johnson will be here later on perhaps offering and all of branch to business. Talking about property and r d. And in with that comes his deal on brexit. And on the other side, we have sir Jeremy Corbyn from the labour party who will also a here. He will be talking about taxation and adult education. Leaders attend
Francine welcome to bloomberg surveillance. Green on the screen for european equities, but we are headed for the first weekly loss in six. U. S. Futures are struggling for direction, along with the 10 year yield after we saw stocks as the marketsy assessed the risk around the political situation in the u. S. Table taking ahead, dropping below 1. 23. Previously, one of the more hawkish members saying that rate cuts might be needed even with a brexit deal. Coming up, we speak to commerzbank ceo Stefan Engels after they have revamped their strategy. But now, lets get first word news in new york. The bank of england may have to cut rates you but if the u. K. Avoids a no deal brexit. The comments are a sharp departure. He previously was considered the most hawkish member of the Monetary Policy committee his argument is brexit uncertainty will continue to depress growth. Thats even if the exit is delayed or canceled her the u. S. Federal reserve is looking at a possible shift to its inflatio
Disagrees. As ecb bond buying divides opinion, we will hear from Christine Lagarde, plus how negative yields are impacting the Worlds Largest Sovereign Wealth Fund. Matt i know what the big news for you was last night. Number in the u. S. Showing manufacturers in contraction was fascinating. It definitely moved markets. If you are, even sitting in the u. K. , there is no doubt that was one of the biggest market moving things yesterday in terms of increasing fears, changing the price on futures. We will discuss that. Matt we will touch on brexit. We are going to be going down to westminster throughout the morning and following the fall out of last nights vote. Lets take a look at the market numbers right now, starting with asian equity indexes after those big drops in u. S. Stocks. We see asian stocks rising. Yen bouncing back a little bit. Just an hour ago. To sellare more willing safe haven assets in the last 60 minutes. Crude oil i think fascinating. Weakness we have seen in crude oi