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The bill awaits signoff from the president. Akron turns up the heat. France threatens to veto a brexit deal if it does not like the terms, piling pressure on the e. U. Not to make further concessions. Welcome to the program, everybody. 7 00 in london. 8 00 in paris. Lets look at the futures. We are fairly flat on futures. The young stock x50 futures flat. Yesterday, we saw some decent gains for the ftse, up by more than 1 and that was a standout compared to the rest of europe which was more mixed. It was mixed in the u. S. Session as well. We did actually see a bit of a late rally in u. S. Equity trading, up to some of those new highs we were talking about in headlines. All of that in the context of the hopes and dreams around u. S. Stimulus. The concern about what can legitimately be done in the shortterm and a lot of hope around vaccines. Perhaps oncent day some parts of the equities space and a late rally in the u. S. Yesterday and we are now pausing. We are pausing somewhat here. W ....
They are suspending trading in hong kong. We dont know the reason for that but we will bring you the reasons when we get it. Backdrop, the hang seng up by half of 1 . The authority spending a lot of money to defend the dollar peg. That is something on peoples. Inds as people make a rush 0. 5 toi composite, about the downside. Of what istrends going on as far as Market Action in this part of the world. Lets look at some of the first word news. President trump seems to have abandoned any hope of a virus package before the election next hek, telling supporters that sees a deal coming after the votes. Package covid19 continues to soar in the u. S. In newlizations jumped , ando, 50 in wyoming elsewhere in connecticut. France is planning a nationwide lockdown bid one in four airports in europe are collapsed as the virus europe face collapse as the virus stifles travel. Kar inion people in kash were said toince have undergone checks over ....
Effect. Is still flat,n and we are watching the korean won, seeing some slight weakness this money. Indonesia is coming on the line at the moment. Chinese stock continues to extend these gains, after the reopening of the holidays. Pointing positive as well. We are spending some Inflation Numbers coming out of india. Where watching the commodities of course. That slide in for the second day. Supply constraints are starting to ease right now. Bolivia and its biggest both owed could be at capacity. And a bit ever treat in iron ore. A bit of a retreat in iron ore. Tom there seems to be potential for the currency to resume gains. Lets discuss now with fred neumann, cohead of Economic Research at hsbc. Let us bring you an update on the nba. The l. A. Acres definitely l. A. Lakers have beat the miami heat. The l. A. Lakers have now won the chairmanship 17 times. This puts them ....
And im going to be letting you know about it. President u. S. Unexpectedly leaves possibl hospital to greet supporters. Risk on returns. The president could leave walter reed as early as today. On stimulus, he tweets, get it done. France plans fresh restrictions amid rising cases. Boris once the u. K. Of a tough winter and the chancellor speaks today. London, 9 00 a. M. In dubai. Hey good morning to you. Well done on friday. The world looks this morning at where complete chaos is, for the moment, taken off the table. That is reflected in dollaryen, the dollar. We dont know the full status of Trumps Health, but for now, the complete chaos. Seems to have been tempered. Annmarie yeah, we are getting conflicting reports and confusion out of d. C. Regarding the president s health. There was a wild 72 hours from when he tested positive to what medical experts are saying. And pretty much set the bar this expectation the president could be ....