Sara eisen happy monday. Happy monday to you the Global Market picture pointing higher off the back of a nice end to the week on friday we saw about 0. 5 of gains for the dow and s p, on. 4 for the nasdaq, meaning the nasdaq ended just negative for the week the dow and s p gained 0. 4 for the week and financials the best up today up 35 for the dow, the nasdaq is up 4, the s p up 3 tenyear treasury, we saw a riskon move, closer to 2. 4 again, 2. 37 , but in general, not much happening there last week on the yield front. Bitcoin futures going live last night and cryptocurrencies took another leg higher. Well have more on the latest move coming up, but as you can see, the latest price, 17,600, up 13 on the cboe exchange. They started at 6 00 p. M. Last night. There were a few outages, but ultimately, the price remained well supported with this liquidity event which is a positive, at least in the short term. It will be interesting to see how this goes. Then weve got the cme futures launchi
Africa is a fascinating story. Votes are being counted for the election. It looks like the more market friendly candidate is going to win. The u. S. Dollar is weakening against the rand. We will catch up with that later in the show. Peso, a big day for emergingmarket elections. It is viewed as market friendly. It is also viewed as looking at the next index down, despite the fact we are getting so much information about the tax plan, about different political developments. David nothing well bring the vix up. Lets get an update on what is making headlines. Trump will do clot declare china a competitor in a speech. His speech will be heavily influenced by his views on trade and economic relations. He is expected to outline economic actions that could target china. In atlanta, power has been restored at one of the busiest airports after a blackout that caused thousands of flights to be canceled. Power says a fire caused extensive damage in an underground facility. Delta says it will opera
Commonwealth games . It looks like an early Christmas Present for birmingham. They are set to be confirmed as the hosts for the 2022 games as long as they dont mind paying for it with a price tag of £750 million. I will have more at 2 30pm. Thanks, holly. And tomasz has all the weather unfestive weather. It is. Look at the gloomy picture behind me. As we go from Christmas Day into boxing day, it might turn colder but mild is the word. Thanks, tomasz. Also coming up prosecco and perfume for Pampered Pets owners spend more than ever before on Christmas Gifts for theirfurry friends. Hello, this is afternoon live. The metropolitan police is reviewing 30 Sexual Assault cases, and investigating scores of others. The announcement follows the collapse of a second rape trial in just a few days after vital evidence wasnt made available by the police. The met say the same officer worked on both cases. Disclosure, as its known, means that police have a duty to hand over any relevant evidence to d