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from soft banks investment partners. yousef: it is 8:00 a.m. in dubai. this is bloomberg markets: middle east. yousef: let us get you up to speed. this was the state of affairs on thursday, broadly a negative picture, down 1/5 of 1%. we had a bank earnings and saudi arabia, two of the biggest ones have yet to report, we re seeing downside pressure on saudi british. keep an eye out on what is going on in egypt, their stocks surging 3.9%. egypt received $2 billion from saudi arabia, that gets them closer to the six playing dollars they need in bilateral for theg that they need $12 billion loan. let s look at how markets closed in the u.s. 12.2%. s&p 500 up oally markets trading water n the back of janet yellen s statement. speaking of janet yellen, when she speaks the world reacts, and her positive outlook on friday sent treasury yields surging. i would say complacency has been shattered. we ve put together a chart to take a closer look at that. this is the spread bet ....
prudence and there s great work to change the way we finance our campaigns so that candidates and elected officials are more responsive to the people that they are hoping they ll be elected to represent. so and there s more. their efforts to expand run off voting and implement voter registration. there s work being done. we have to make sure we are engaging the 85% of americans and i bet you right now we are only engaging a number of that. even in the last year, there s the largest i forgot the term. the largest civil disobedience in congress ever not just in democracy ever and we had hundreds of people getting arrested, so 1300. were you one of them? great. i think there is promise and there s hope. ultimately people power will outnumber the very, very wealthy that want to keep that want to keep control of their power and the more we are able to organize and activate, the 85% of us out there, i think, will see change. that s a great point. whenever they want ....
weekly tracking poll. libertarian gary johnson gets 8% of likely voters, with the green party s jill stein at 4%. in a head-to-head matchup, clinton leads trump 51-43. magazine is endorsing hillary clinton for president, the first time the fashion bible has endorsed a presidential candidate. the editors wrote we understand clinton has not always been a perfect candidate. yet her fierce intelligence and considerable expense are reflected in policies and positions that are clear, sound, and hopeful. in belgium, authorities have indicted for people on terrorist activities including financing and recruiting fighters for the islamic state in syria. as many as 15 people were detained earlier during searches in three cities. photo prosecutor office says no weapons or explosives were found during the searches. and the u.s. state department is denying any involvement with wikileaks founder julian us on angeng in an julian ass losing internet access at the ecuadorian embassy ....
this is bloomberg surveillance . i m mark barton in london. thatme to have a sip of because we have an acceleration to the fastest pace this year, adding to evidence that growth is becoming more resilient. the pmi index, the composition index, rising to 53.7 in october, from the 52.6 in september. this is the fastest pace since the beginning of 2016. the recovery continuing at a steady if not spectacular pace in the face of headwinds from brexit, slowing trade, political uncertainty. ecb supporting the economy with unprecedented stimulus that will come under review in december. just want to show you what s happening to the markets today. the stoxx 600 trading higher. last weekend it rose for the second consecutive week. best run since september. last week s rise was the strongest in a month. byre s the euro stoxx 600 up 0.75%. the euro is a little bit up now. track force march, on the worst fourth weekly drop. it is all about divergence because the u.s. as many think ....
so why is it down for the third session in a row. it s lower by two and a half percent. they love the smell of big deals like this one. we until you hear his reasoning. we are watching backstage right now. the second he comes out to speak at this rally we will take it. the saliva camera. that s when the speech begins. campaigning and another key battleground state. new polls show the former secretary of state is the one gaining momentum. at all of the key locations. the political panel as well. we will give you a clear sharper picture of the race. less than an hour to the closing bell. let s start the countdown. if we are to toggle back and forth we have a camera very closely trade on saint augustine florida at the moment because mister trump is expected to come out to the former mayor of new york he just finished speaking and so the second he comes out we will take that there. visit the unexpected visionary for the business in the future of business. with the blockbust ....