Exchange on cnbc. Im wilfred frost. Im Courtney Reagan in for sara eisen nice to have you here today not on my own. Youre not on your own. We didnt strand you today very nice i feel relaxed good to have you back here lets have a look at the markets. The fed remains center on wall street today investors continue to digest the news that the central bank will begin winding down its 4 4. 5 trillion Balance Sheet next month. Yesterday the markets did not sell off the dow was up 0. 2 . The s p and nasdaq were either side of flat there was even room for bank stocks to rally the best part of a percent. Energy is the best performing sector bottom line is markets did not sell off theyre not selling off again today. Essentially flat in the premarket. Tenyear treasury note we did see a reaction. The peak was just shy of 2. 29 yields did increase. We are just slipping down a bit from there in general, the reaction was yields up a bit, and yield curve flattening a little bit. Of course yields had al
I like it watch weeks later. Its relevant yeah. The wisdom. Absolutely. Global markets report lets check in on how were coming out of the overnight session. Looking at u. S. Equity futures the dow, s p a bit lower implied for the open same for the nasdaq. Coming off records again yesterday. How about overnight in asia. Well see how they react to the feds tightening yesterday which did not phase markets. The nikkei is up 0. 2 . I believe they had an earthquake in japan overnight as well the shanghai down about a quarter of a percent european equities, seeing how the theyre continuing, green pretty much across the board. France and italy leading the way with a half percent of gains ftse just a bit higher crude is coming off a flinday win streak you know, crude for wti is over 50 a barrel brent over 56 a barrel both down a quarter of a percent. Small declines for nat gas well talk about Hurricane Maria. Just thinking, japan, mexico, maria. Think about the last 30day period i know. Normall
A man has been detained and the area evacuated well go live to a correspondent from that also coming up. Thousands take to the streets especially into tomorrow and unity a major protest is held in barcelona with people wearing want t. Shirts in a cold for peaceful dialogue and in madrid a sea of spanish flags flooded the capital the demonstrators on the demonstrations rather all over catalonia has pushed for independence. And in russia people take to the streets across the country in support of jailed opposition activist alex on about me hes pressuring authorities to let him enter the twenty eight thousand president ial race and well go live to all correspondent in St Petersburg from that. Im having a home free thanks for joining me. We begin with breaking news from london british Authorities Say eleven people have been injured off to a car hit pedestrians outside the Natural History Museum Police will quickly deployed and one man was detained nine people were taken to hospital two oth
Petersburg for more. Also on this program. Thousands rally on the streets of spain calling on spanish in catalan leaders to end months of silence and talk to each other over catalonia is bad for independence well have the latest on spains worst political crisis in decades. And Lewis Hamilton claims pole position of the japanese grand prix in says zucker the most sadies driver well on track to claim his fourth career championship with just five races left. Hello and welcome my name is Christopher Spring a good to have you with us its been a day of anti kremlin protest across russia with police arresting over a hundred opposite. Activists in several cities and st pete. Police breaking up a rally called by jailed Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny around sixty of his supporters was detained as they demanded she be allowed to leave next years president ial election. Also argy say the protests which coincides with questions lighting up two thousand and six say the run. Along the line now from
Gas production in the gulf residents in low lying coastal areas have been ordered to evacuate authorities have declared a state of emergency in parts of louisiana alabama mississippi and florida. There have been demonstrations across russia with thousands of people in least eighty cities marching in support of jailed Opposition Leader alexei navalny. They were calling on authorities to allow one of only to run in next years president ial Election Police arrested more than two hundred people with Authorities Saying the demonstrations were tough arised the protests coincided with president Vladimir Putins sixty fifth birthday. Tens of thousands of people protested in madrid and barcelona calling for talks to diffuse spains political crisis which was sparked by catalonia his bid to declare independence this is spanish president Mariana Rouhani was quoted in spanish media saying catalonia is independence declaration would lead to nothing in barcelona activist dressed in white shouted we wa