a lot of gains across the board.ore than 6%, the times reporting it may be banned from using the government program that helped with lenders. also to the downside the plastic makers. profits could drop, seeing increased competition, higher prices for raw materials. hordern there. now let's get back to brexit. delayed ay has parliamentary vote on her deal. it won't take place this week. she set a new deadline for march 12. that is 17 days before the u.k. is set to leave the e.u. if she get get a deal over the line, some back a delay of brexit as much as 21 months. with more joining us now is bloomberg's news director. isynic would say theresa may trying to push this to the last minute so she can say it is my deal or no deal at all and scare parliament into backing her up. it looks like the politicians in westminster as well? reporter: i don't know if you recall, we heard a couple weeks thethe chief and brexit -- chief brexit negotiator talking in a brussels bar that this was the prime minister's strategy, to run down

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gains on theg at dax, on the cac 40 come on the ftse.cture gave us the opposite of that. let's talk our top individual talk stories -- stock stories. >> i want to kick off my looking substitution. bank couldhat the consider cutting thousands of jobs in its investment banking unit. they argued they could see more cost pressure. a lot of this was peg to regulation. maybe the market like the idea has it would be -- socgen declined to comment on this report. telecom italia, we have seen it shuffle. costs and dealr with competition, maybe cooperate with them a little more to make sure this spending can be cut down. the stock is pretty much flat. maybe the market wants to see results. i want to look at valeant. the company supplies. maybe president trump has 90 days to decide whether or not he wants to increase tariffs on european carmakers. they have promised to cut down costs by about 200 million euros. the stock is up more than 4% today. matt: thanks very much. looking at some of the individual movers, including socgen. i think that is one

we are seeing futures point to gains.he nikkei 225 could continue to rebound from a one-month low. we are seeing the asx 200 on the downside because we are seeing reactions from earnings. i want to highlight, as much as 10% earlier this morning. this after the results. we did see the company say it's fiscal 2019 performer growth is around 9% higher on year-over-year basis. twe are seeing a decline of that stock so far this morning. this after saying its for your outlook is coming in at the low end of guidance. that is bapcor. sliding aftereing the company posted a first-half loss. the company has said that it has received a nonbinding bid for parties for takeover. i want to hang on an optimistic note. rising about 6.5%. this after seeing a first-half profit growth of 199%. coming in higher by 147% as the company has raised its fiscal 2019 guidance. haidi: sophie kamaruddin with the latest in sydney. trading gets underway. let's get you to the first word news with jessica summers. issica: president trump downplaying the th

you also see the miners gaining. rio tinto is up. php is gaining -- bhp is gaining.he metals, the mining stocks, and oil stocks lifting the stoxx 600. on the downside, we have some of the drugmakers and some of the defensive stocks, some of the consumer staples that are losing today. that could be a positive sign if you are long stock. you also see ams down, asml down. the chipmakers, i'm going to include infineon there, are going to be losers. if i change it to percentage gains rather than point gains, you are going to see ams is the biggest percentage loser, off more than 10%. ams getting decimated. anna, european markets seem to be inching higher today. anna: yes, european markets inching higher. you are saying ams is the biggest loser. still waiting for an opening price on infineon. let's talk about markets at the moment. our guest joins us. very pleased to have him on set with us in london. >> morning. anna: give us your perception on where we had from here. yesterday was pretty calm and markets and today is pretty calm. sort of eerie calm. we have gotten used t

we saw the s&p 500 gain ground with utilities leading the gains. materials also rising.nergy stocks also higher, gaining ground for the fifth consecutive session on concerns opec will continue to cut production. we are seeing the nasdaq up 2/10 of 1%. a lot of factors playing into here, but also the fact walmart had the best numbers in the back a decade -- about a decade. that is lifting retailers that and helping the broader market. let's see how we are shaping up for the asian markets. tohie: asian futures point japan and korea. we are seeing upside movement in new zealand. aussie stocks coming online, looking little changed. a mixed picture at the start of cash trade with earnings very much -- waiting on wage data from australia. checking in on one stock mover in particular. surging over 8% this morning. this is a company that says it is not the headwinds from china. we did see chinese label sales rising 83% on a yearly basis and lifted its guidance, second-half revenue growth coming in line as it did for the first half. haidi: sophie kamaruddin there. first word news

he was gaining ground. -- it was gaining ground. no change for the 10 year bond in india. a lot of headlines with regard to what is here. we have palladium futures, we were up to $1500 an ounce at one point. we have come off that. that is the highest on record. this is after shortages of the metal which is used in converters and emissions and as we have car demand ramping up and imaging controls becoming emission controls becoming stricter, that is more demand for this product. mined in south africa and russia. brent crude up a little bit, a little stabilization as the announcement of saudi production cuts continues to play out on the supply side of things. 619, down 2%. metals a short while ago and talking to the ceo. -- we've still got many people in the $100 a time level for the rmb price we are talking about. david: weak dollar, also helping the commodity prices. these trade talks that resumed in washington and the news out said tois the u.s. is be asking china to keep its currency stable, which would neutralize any effort by beijing to devalue its currency to support

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. >>> hiring boom. 300,000 jobs created. 100 straight months of gains, extending what has become the longest job creation streak in modern u.s. history. in> fueling ga exxon and chevron both posted some of their biggest annual profits inears action even as oil prices swooned. >>> from far to fido. a fast-growing startup is bringing healthy food to your four-legged friends. to's tonight's bright idea. those ses and much more tonight on "ghtly business port" for friday, fe >>> we do bid you a good evening, everyone, and welcome. the american jobs engine is still clearly firing on all sill ir cylinders. nonfarm payrolls were up 304,00, in janu the most in nearly a year. that blew away expectationsf 170,000. the unemployment rate did rise slightly to 4%, but that is still an historically low number. average hourlynings were higher. they have now risen more than 3% in the past year and tha is something that the fed watches very carefully. but what's interesting is this report shows that most private sector businesses shrugged off any economic uncertainty thatt mive been created by the par

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gaining ground.ons players, seeing a bevy of earnings that are moving stocks the like of web jet jumping. let's switch out the board to check in on samsung which is under pressure. we have samsung losing .6% in the wake of its product launch, the company revamped 5g and low-cost options. haidi: thank you. let's get to first word news now. economic china's top aid joins the talks as the march 1 deadline looms. there have been talks progress, the president saying he would extend if there was an agreement that was close. but he could also ramp off -- ramp up tariffs if china does that give with -- give what the u.s. wants. negotiations are continuing with the e.u. and the u.k. the president is weighing a commerce department report on tariffs impose a threat to u.s. security. findings have not been made public. theresa may facing a threat to her authority with some considering voting against her strategy and challenging her to factor area up to 15 ministers are involved, part of a cross party effort to p

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oil making gains. picture out of china fairly mixed.europe suggest we will see a little bit more strength at the start of the trading day. .7% higher. the ftse 100 a little more muted in the gains we expect to see. if we open up the markets, 8:00 in london for 9:00 for matt miller in berlin. let's have a look at the european markets, a lot of earnings to factor in. the banking sector very important, numbers out of agricole and credit suisse. we also keep an eye on what is going on in airbus, we have announced they are going to after much deliberation, a long-running painful start. they will start production, so we will wait to see how that opens. this is the puncture -- picture on the ftse. i mentioned some highlights, but there are plenty more beyond. the sector picture as a way for opening prices in paris and frankfurt. energy is a weak spot, but despite the fact we see oil , sorry,oming down despite the fact that oil prices weakness onave the the stock. health care is an underperforming sector. utilities not doing too badly. screen,

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or avoiding cap gains. if you look at the income, wouldn't this lead to a situation where the 10 millionth dollar, i'm not going to pay 70% of it to the state, i think i'll get a bigger office. i will have a nicer car to deduct. you'll expense more stuff and not pay it anyway. >> i've never known the businessman who would rather own zero than 30%. >> i agree. when you make the choice i'm going to earn and keep half of it, why don't i do more deductions. there was so many deductions you just took. are you going to hire somebody or just basically spend it on -- i'm going to fly first class more, get a jet, that's dedistrictable. everything is deductible. >> so is hiring people. that's deductible people. business people spend the money they want to spend to make money. if business people can make money by spending money, they eldo that. if they can make more money by keeping the money, they'll do that. >> that's true. why are companies right now hiring people when they'll do a stock buyback, they'll borrow mon

come in the u.s., comparing some gains, so another day of gains this week but not by as much.hose stories are worth looking at. the top performer of hilton worldwide. the dollar index is stronger by a quarter of percent. the euro giving back a quarter of the gains. the 10-year yield is still in that range. crude oil futures are gaining after inventories. a double whammy, the market was looking for about half of the builds that we actually got. japan isee, obviously up 1.3% on a stronger yen. the euro being weak or a stronger dollar index. weaker and a stronger dollar index. >> let's talk about spain. it could be heading for an early election. the budget did not go through today which is somewhat of an issue. parliament rejecting of 2019 budget of prime minister sanchez. abandoning the minority government. that is due to the ongoing trial which started yesterday of the independence bid. with control of less than a quarter of mp's, convention dictates, they now call a general election. sanchez will decide on friday whether or not you'll make the decision. let's go to maria to ge

now, three years later he wants a 40% tax rate on capital gains? he needs to do a better job of explaining the shift from then until now and there is a problem there. >> excuse me. he only wants it on those that derive from stock buybacks. if that is a a important distinction. >> i'm not sure about that. let's be clear. republicans have a problem that tax cuts were not acting the way they were supposed to. we have higher interest rates which have impacted the influence of the tax cut and a deficit demand tax cut stimulus may have played a roll in the higher rates and we have a trade war creating a lot of uncertainty for business. maybe republicans should focus on those two things rather than creating a democratic idea which is very little basis in the economic theater. >> james, we are learning consumers have the strongest ways wage growth since 2005. cap next and the u.s. and the s&p and according to gallup as written in the new york times, americans are thrilled about their finances. 69% expect to be better off this time and it's below the 71% of

days ofo gains -- two gains and that might not continue today.oes it will be in a muted fashion. all pretty much flat. manus: let's talk about the trade tensions. u.s.en europe and the that is what i am referring to. the eu has promised to retaliate to any tariffs imposed by the u.s.. onssels has prepared duties 20 billion euros worth of u.s. bids should trump pull the autos levy.he here to discuss what would it mean for the global economy. joining us now from geneva, the global head of fx strategy. always good to get your opinion on these markets. our last guest said europe has a bigger bat than the u.s. when it comes to tariffs, would you agree? guest: indeed i would. their own.pose that is something that is underestimated by the u.s. administration. certainly if trump waits his finger and threatens the position of tariffs, they can respond in kind and pretty swiftly as well. to you.reat to speak would you be hesitant to be a euro bull at the moment with the risks of that trade dispute between the u.s. and eu but if you look at economic surpris

the smallest gain.n terms of home appreciation, that is continuing to decelerate as buyers balk at purchases amid still elevated costs for homes and a falling stock market. that get into the snapshot. we did -- let's get into the snapshot. weak asfutures a little we look into the trade for wednesday. let's take a look at some of the big movers. a lot of them have to do with earnings. home depot naturally came out with a disappointing forecast. sales growth will start to slow. that is casting doubt on the growth story. we notice the stock was down almost 4%. well was almost down 4% as on concerns the ftc has on the ceo's twitter story. the company keeping watch on what he does. they believe he did not violate any water, but of course, the court is looking to hold tesla's ceo in contempt. j.m. smucker and manifest, positive earnings stories. what a story for oil futures as well. we saw both brent and wti hold steady after falling the most in a month on president trump's monday tweet. what is the story? su

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so modest gains at this hour.its megamerger with aetna in november, there's a new cvs and it is set to report its earnings tomorrow as the company looks to become a big player in the health care industry. let's go downtown. deirdre bolton live on the floor of the new york stock exchange with what we can expect tomorrow. reporter: cvs going to be posting earnings tomorrow. if we look at the company's track record, last quarter it exceeded on the top and the bottom line. if you look at the previous two quarters earnings, it has exceeded expectations by around 3% on average. so most analysts seem to be expecting the same thing. and you said it, after that megamerger, $69 billion, you sort of got a pharmacy benefits company, you got a retail company, you got an insurance company or health care services, i guess is the broader term, all wrapped into one. cvs has the minute clinic and a lot of analysts saying that is driving a lot of foot traffic so they are looking to see some pretty positive signs as far as the pharma

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modest gains each doubt in australia, given we had positive -- modest gains eked out in australia. 0.1%t we managed to end in positive territory in the u.s. taiwan futures feeling pressure, down 0.5%. chinese futures were higher 0.1% when they closed for hours ago. the chinese offshore yuan holding steady. lots of macro factors playing into the market, not to mention upcoming china data. that is it from daybreak asia. china open is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ this is bloomberg. ♪ this isn't just any moving day. this is moving day with the best in-home wifi experience and millions of wifi hotspots to help you stay connected. and this is moving day with reliable service appointments in a two-hour window so you're up and running in no time. show me decorating shows. this is staying connected with xfinity to make moving... simple. easy. awesome. stay connected while you move with the best wifi experience and two-hour appointment windows. click, call or visit a store today. >> 9:00 a.m. in hong kong. this is "bloomberg markets: china open." >> top stories, chinese stocks drifting on a wait-an

i think we probably ending the yearr from here but the gains won't be in a straight line. so my expectati will be we'll consolidate these gains or retrace them in february. >> what about the data we've been getting recently that shows that the economy is with the exception of p and a couple of other sectors, we're doing okay. that doesn't encourage you in terms of continued stock performance to the >> yeah, i think the economy is doing okay, but it's clearly slowing. we're basicallyoing fro double-digit year-over-year earnings growth to low to mid-single digits as we work our way into the middle of 2019.'v got slowing growth and rising interest rates, tends to make a pretty environment for stocks. >> now, with the expecfotion yesterday that the fed was going to be raising rates a couple times this year, there were plenty of money managers out there whoanereng their hat on the financials feeling that they would benefit from higher rates and it would hurt the housing market, just to name two industries. now that th s fedms to be on hold for the foreseeable future, do you rev

yuan giving back gains.futures suggesting a positive start for u.k. stocks. also, we are awaiting earnings coming through, honda certainly in focus, shares down .5%. bloomberg intelligence says third-quarter profit could plunge due to the mexico holds. they think the decline will fall short, 70% drop the consensus market has. yvonne: yep. and of course, we're looking at earnings, want to watch out of europe is the big one, deutsche bank. the question analysts are asking, how bad is it going to be after several attempts at a turnaround? they still have not found solid footing. take a look at this chart. revenue growth is a distant memory. the latest turnaround plan under the new ceo is going to be about cost cuts and the efforts to stabilize market share. of course, that police raid we saw in november really made things worse for the lender, really threatening to undermine this return to growth for the bank. david: going to be a big story for europe, for markets. just a recession in italy. same time, we will

for any month since january 2017, when the gain was 1.3 percent.ovember 2018 median rose 3.8 percent year over year. on a year-over-year basis, the median sale price has risen for 81 consecutive months (since april 2012). those gains have been in the single digits each month since september 2018. june 2018 had the highest ever median sale price: $875,000."the nine-county region's overall median sale price in december 2018 was the lowest since last february but still 5 percent higher than a year earlier," lepage said. "at the county level last month napa and sonoma counties logged small annual declines in their overall median sale prices for the second month in a row - declines likely related at least in part to the wildfires those counties suffered in the fall of 2017. the median price paid for resale detached houses, specifically, last month fell year over year in those two counties as well as in two others - san mateo and santa clara. such declines can indicate a ratcheting down or leveling off of price appreciation, if lawrence lawrence karnow:

stoxx 600 gaining.s like we will see another risk on day, a second day of gains, ftse futures higher by .2 of 1%, futures outperformed .7 of web percent. you and weres up for saw a little bit of a lackluster session yesterday, the s&p 500 ended flat that u.s. futures pointing higher. optimism coming into these markets perhaps ahead of the u.s.-china trade talks but progress being made on a tentative deal on the u.s. shut down. andave seen dollar strength there is questions over whether that could hurt the big u.s. corporate's. nine days of gain for the rest dollar basically reversed, the losses we saw in 2019 on a dovish fed. saying.here is a have a look at the bond market. they are nervous. you have a drop in prices, equities are bid. we had mufg where they are saying the worst is past for europe and as a result of that, they would be a seller of bunds, they say they could trade up to 60 basis points. keep an eye across the u.s. bond market. showdown has been trumped. a deal has tentatively been done.

stocks gain for six session in seven.he key index is about 500 level that some have pointed to work struggle to hold above at least return since october. again .2% in the s&p 500 yesterday, largely lifted by consumer stocks after walmart earnings. the biggest drop this month, and some of that is to do with what we are seeing in dollar yuan. this is against the g10 but i have the em currencies up there as well. we've seen a number of asian currencies gaining. the yuan leading the gains among asian currencies on this scoop that bloomberg has had. whether the yuan has been more stable recently is another question that we will get into. is it about the u.s. pursuing a weaker dollar policy? let's check on the markets from asia. david inglis in hong kong has more. you do see you. how is it looking? also the u.s.'s basic -- way of using the most effective shock absorber to support its economy, which is cooling? this is the picture across the region. anytime you get a down day on the dollar, typically this is what you get. we are

if we look at asia more broadly, we are seeing some gains there.t else is driving global markets? >> we are seeing some gains across asia, up for the second time in eight days. i want to pop -- one out what is going on in china, we're seeing a little bit of weakness in the indian market as well as the indian rupee doing -- due to escalation between what's going on between india and pakistan. and the bloomberg dollar index of it higher, w g.i. is also higher today. i want to look at what's going on, the market impact between the summit happening in vietnam between president trump and north korean leader kim jong-il and today. the lowest levels you can see sense 2007, an 11 year low. the last time we saw this level, the leaders of the two koreas met and nuclear facilities were shut down. the big question is what comes out of the summit and what could it mean for the market impact. south korea is one to watch. great work, team. let's stay with the political risk. u.s. president donald trump is in hanoi the second summit with kim jong-un and is plannin

in in the next spanish elections which could come as early as april may now are books gaining gaining access plan is it are now are now on the political science political sphere however at i believe that they have really show are still in scenes there were fires before and liked several months ago. so the main problem that we have here is that there is a coalition of this three. a right wing during those who had to decide we will be his position in the in the next in the next government because there is a balance between know it right when i left we are is right now the owners can be like the existing which they can and make the division and win one way or another i mean if they doing the same qualities in other they had been doing it in and i will send a regional government in another. then we probably will have a right wing government in the state of course it depends also on how much the left electorate is going to be mobilized by dispersal is very ample them or however they must and is now in a very deep crisis political crisis inside a party so probably this also is very real har

i think saying gainful for all is a great bumper sticker. i like it, but what senator alexander has proposed does not actually do the same level of accountability that the current gainful does now. i think you're going to see democrats saying, listen, we are not about to create a new pot of money for for-profit in a short-term pell that has no guard rails around it and get rid of gainful. that is not a deal democrats are willing to make, regardless whether certain democrats support each of those kinds of bills as a separate measure. so, i do think that this kind of the other piece that you have to think about. we got a democratic house. we got a lot of democrats in the senate that are going to need to vote for this. you just simply say i wrote this bill with senator jones so we are all good. that is not how we will get a bill to trump's desk. >> i rented it gainful for all. he did not. [laughter] >> sorry, next question. >> i like gainful for all. i am just not forgetting it and then getting it. >> good afternoon, kimberly jones. really appr

we do have this company gaining ground as well.company says it does not see any material impact from the senate report released on friday on the financial sector in australia. this company gaining ground, climbs to the highest level in 12 years after first-half income came in at $7.1 million australia. bluescope steel rising for a third straight day, climbing to the highest level we have seen since november 2018. haidi: let's get more on bluescope steel. it has announced record first-half profit of $624 million australian. the question is, what happens from here? is it sustainable? ramy: bluescope warning the second half is likely to be weaker. but it still sees the full-year up over 10% year-on-year. very strong numbers, up 42%, best half on record. bluescope says it is driven by strong demand. a handy tailwind as well from the weaker aussie dollar. looking forward, healthy cash flow means the $250 million share buyback announced in december is going to continue. the company looking for growth opportunities in north america and at

we are seeing the asx 200 gaining pray third consecutive -- gaining for a third consecutive session.lso ground, .3%. -- keeley stocks are also -- kiwi stocks are also gaining ground, .2%. -- .3%. ♪ >> this is "daybreak: asia." president trump walking out of the summit with kim jong-un. no tong on both sides say a nuclear deal. the complete lifting of sanctions. deal that weith a have never offered in the past. the american government does not want to lift the sanctions. cannot assure that this chance will come again for the american government. administration -- the farm subsidies breach international commitment. it forced china to reduce subsidies making american farmers more competitive. china is considering making an appeal on the ruling. indian growth slowed in the fourth quarter with conditions worsening. 6.6%.xpanded slightly below estimates and down from 7% in the september period. accounts wereing two thirds of gdp. to beairman is said replacing two members of the board amid the shakeup in the government. we are told the wife of former prime minister not be returning. say she

we have gains on futures of .4%, gains of ftse futures about the same, and cac features up almost .5%they looks like we could see a positive open to the start of trading as german ten-year yields come down the slope. what do you see on the tiananmen -- on the gmm? anna: u.s. futures point weaker. we'll see how long gains last four. we're getting mixed in the asia session, china back from the new year holiday, but japan is out so you're not getting a complete picture. stocks were weak, and yet chinese equity markets go higher. they are telling the equity markets, a more positive story for the week ahead. let's have a look at the other side of the gmm because i want to show you what's going on in iron ore. trading and we have gains on the chinese markets. interesting to see that. sovereign bonds are a mixed bag but interesting what matt was saying about weakness in the bund yield. let's talk about what is going the market.in mark cudmore is our strategist and he joins us from singapore. good to have you with us. let's talk about china coming back from the new year holiday and we see gai

stocks are gaining ground, led higher by japan.while the yen is little changed are the recent bond buying not proving positive for the yen as they had hoped. the kospi is rising on trade optimism. the korean won is up .1%. aussie shares are being led higher by resource players, asx 200 up half a percent. looking at movers in sydney, we have big decliners this morning out of australia. bingo industries falling the most on record after cutting its forecast on a faster than expected slowdown in construction activity. the bank of queensland sinking the most since november 2017 after they flagged first-half profit less than expected. -- profits that were less than expected. share buybacks the ceo said even with buybacks and the position -- the acquisition, bridgestone will maintains sound finances. shery: now u.s. politics because andrew mccabe said the agency has reason to investigate president trump's ties to russia. it is astounding the president preferred to believe vladimir putin over american intelligence aides. let's bring in jos

eight days of gains. take a look at this chart.t has actually gained every day since the end of january's statement of the fed on rate hikes. is that a bit counterintuitive that the fed turns dovish and we have a complete turnaround in expectations for what the dollar does this year? how does that inform or change a view you might have held at the start of the year as how emerging markets have done this year? chris: it is something we did not expect to see. the interest rate expectations, the differential, certainly supports currency. going into this year, with the fed pulling back on their interest rate policy and looking to pause, we thought it would weigh on the u.s. dollar. we have seen a little bit of a reversal. we have seen some dollar strength recently but over the course of the year, we are confident in the emerging markets. we think the developed markets are going to struggle to see real growth, but the opportunities we feel are still on the emerging markets. we do think that the dollar in particular will drift lower. it

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and small caps alsoaw big gains. that group represented by the russell 2000 is now up 10% from its most recent low. d for the week, all of the major averages had very good gains. dominic chu witnessed all today at the new oa>> stocksd higher fueled by high hopes for u.s./china trade talks that are now scheduled to take place again in washington, d.c., next week. both the dow and the nasdaq are riding impressive eight-week winning streaks for the first time since november of 2017. also worthha notingthe dow is now less than 5% away from record highs that i hit back on october 3rd. traders continue to talk about thiss a headline-driven market so the optimism is cautious. trame sensitive were all firmly in the green with boeing hitting another all-time high during the trading session. bank stocks alsoo getting a from news that warren buffer it's berkshire hathaway added tk in big names like jpmorgan and bank of america during the market downturn last one stock sitting out the rally, notably apple. redlow dow component i

oil gaining for a third day. we did see an export drop, in some sense outweighing gains.inally, just showing the euro there. and have that fourth-quarter data from germany showing static. let's get bloomberg first word news, here's viviana rotondaro. days, the day president trump is willing to push back the deadline for adding new tariffs. he has already indicated his willingness for letting the date flip if the countries are close to a deal. this as top-level trade talks resume. president trump has indicated he will need to meet president xi before agreeing to a deal. china's export growth unexpectedly rebounding engendering. the results were likely boosted by companies trying to ship ahead of the lunar new year holiday. outbound shipments rising over 9% while inbound deliveries slipped 1.5% and left china with a trade surplus of $39.2 billion. patrick harker is adding to the voices calling for patients on the rate path. he said that one in 2019 and another in 2020 is appropriate. he adds that on balance, risks are slightly tilted to the downside. harper is a full voting

it has been gaining, of course, it is the world's worst performer. what are the gains down to? since is low in january. now investors see an opportunity. has also said the stock market is going to keep up the gains if the president wins the election. tokaythank you very much run up toake with the the election set to take place weekend.this we got inflation data earlier on. let's see what is happening in our stock of the hour. 24, but agreed to an improved bid from a number of parties. let's look at where we are trading, share prices down 24, up by 12.2%. been a very volatile stock, we often see it at the top of the bottom of the stoxx 600, and now we see it taken out in this process. we have been looking at the details and we are in frankfurt. it just helps show some of the metrics or the recent moves around this company. give us the latest on what has been agreed to hear. >> the consortium made an offer last month for 30.5 euros less share and was rejected, saying is too low. they have raise the offer, making the total offer 4.9 billion euros. as a here from the company, they'

wirecard also gains on the regulatory news.may heads to the mainland to seek concessions from the eu. tory ministers revolt over the process -- over the prospect of a no deal brexit. this is bloomberg. ♪ welcome back to the european open. 19 minutes into your trading day. the session looks less than positive. we will dive into brexit and just a moment. ireland,aking in saying everyone is working hard to avoid the no deal brexit, reiterating the irish position, the eu position, that there will be no reopening of the withdrawal agreement. also saying that this will be another difficult week in brexit. theresa may is pleading with conservative party colleagues to unite behind her brexit deal as she prepares to return to brussels for yet more talks. the prime minister is dispatching ministers across europe to try to get the eu to make concessions ahead of another parliamentary vote on february 27. danielassell with -- russell with hsbc is still with us. what you think about gilts very much depends if you are looking at things from

. >> there were some memorable moments when the president touted gains for women, job gains for women in the booming economy. he seemed to be taking credit for the job gains by woman. he got an interesting reaction from congress, many dressed in white, a tribute to the suffrage decades ago. >> no one has benefited more than from a thriving economy than women who have filled 58% of the newly created jobs last year. [ applause ] you weren't supposed to do that. >> we also have more women serving in congress than at anytime before. >> but most of the women went to the other party, not his party. but he is right on that. >> that was an interesting moment. certainly the optical moment of the night. the president also paid tribute to judeh sumet, a holocaust survivor who was at the massacre in pittsburgh. he turned 81 and ended up being serenaded. ♪ happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday judeh happy birthday to you ♪ >> happy birthday outside of the capitol. president trump earned positive response from 6 in 10 viewers on the poll. >> the democratic response to the pre

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markets have seen the gains fade. they opened higher. dollar, eight straight days of gains.he longest stretch in three years. caroline: it really does seem that the dollar is king. todayother g10 currencies under. scarlet: morgan stanley down for a fifth day. this is that the company buy a stock plan administration company at a 43% premium, which is why you see it in canada move up. caroline: let's check in on other key movers. first, tesla. a $450 price target. . more stable 2019 next up, nvidia. the price target was cut to $175 a share. rising in the wake of the company lowering fourth-quarter average. finally, electronic arts. it was upgraded to buy from neutral with a $110 price target. the potential of a newly released video game say it could be competitive to "fortnite." red.p 5%, now in the scarlet: "fortnite" raines once again. walmart has over 4000 stores, 1.5 million employees, and $380 billion in revenues, and that is just in the u.s. alone. but the retailer has a tiny problem, its ad business. here with more is matthew boyle. we had no idea it had an ad business.

saying gainful for all is a great bumper sticker. i like it. but what senator alexander has proposed does not actually do the same level of accountability that the current gainful does now. you will see democrats saying, listen, we are not about to create a new pot of money for for-profit in a short-term pell that has no guard rails around it and get rid of gainful. that is not a deal democrats are willing to make, regardless whether certain democrats support each of those kinds of bills as a separate measure. i do think that this kind of the other piece that you have to think about.we got a democratic house . we got a lot of democrats in the senate that are going to need to vote for this. you just of the cannot say, ok, i will this bill with senator jones so we are all good. that is not how we will get a bill to try' -- trump's desk. >> i rented it gainful for all. he did not. [laughter] >> sorry. next question. >> i like gainful for all. >> i am just not forgetting it and then getting it. >> good afternoon. kimberly jones. really appreciate t

the markets there soared, and many of the markets in asia gaining 2% and 3%. bonds, meantime, here continue to also get bought the bench mark ten-year yield at 2.66%. despite all of those numbers, your single best performing asset class, if you want to call it that, of the year is crude oil. that is right. crude oil is now up 24% this year, and we are seeing wti traded crude up .1%. brent crude is down .25% we are seeing natural gas up .5% as well. crude oil continuing its march higher opec production cuts and the venezuela news, we'll get to that in just a second. powering oil higher. >>> as we do to start your week every week here on worldwide exchange, here are the big money event that is you want to pay attention to over the next four trading days today we get earnings from wal-mart wal-mart will have its first live earnings call in years. we may get some clues on the fed's plan for its balance sheet. watch friday as well well, let's discuss the keys for what you will be watching and what you need to watch not just this week, but going forward as well dani

rishaad: indeed a big gain.was the rbis they have been a la carte in terms of the issue, extension winning the positives and negatives. he much unchanged. just up three basis points. a great day for casinos after a torrid time on friday. the losses we saw were far too overblown for the stocks last week. mgm china, up 6% at the moment. 7.2% atau was off by the end of last week. predicated oneen what was happening in terms of visitor numbers which were positive and we were suggesting they were not spending as much. a look at what else is going on. chinese lending's guy rocketing. that data coming out later in the day. will it translate into higher earnings? that is the question i am asking. we are howf course sustainable will this bike up in credit. of course we're talking trade talks as well. looking pretty positive. u.s. china trade deal appears closer after positive comments from both sides. president trump described the talks as positive. david: tom mackenzie is with us out of beijing. there is optimism but al