tom: karen leigh, thank you so much for the brief.hong kong, karen leigh, are china hong kong editor. certainly advancing stocks get your attention after the nice lift yesterday, up 21. let me give you those levels on spx -- 3.203. vicks does not catch up yet. 28.80 nine. we will see how that sets as we get closer to the opening. it has been a challenging -- challenge to spend from a challenge a scandal, criminal challenges to say the least. we will talk to the seb chief executive officer about the challenges forward and not messing it up in the baltic states. this is bloomberg. good morning. ♪ w?w?uhió'ñó >> this is "bloomberg surveillance." i am ritika gupta. let's get the first word news. a big victory for apple at the european union general court. apple won its battle over an order to pay ireland a billion-dollar tax bill. the court ruled that apples and ireland's a richmond to pay less tax were not illegal. we will be live in brussels at this hour with more. china is warning the u.s. to stay out of hong kong affairs, after presid

bloomberg china government reporter karen leigh.g up, we will get into some consumer confidence trends with fresh ideas. this is bloomberg. ♪ g. ♪ yousef: economics, finance, politics. this is "bloomberg surveillance." time to do first word news with leigh-ann gerrans. leigh-ann: italy has set a course to nationalize controversial operator autostrade after all my talks on the politically charged issue. the proposer could see a state lender take control of the company from atlantia, owned by the billionaire benetton family. the collapse of the bridge in genoa remains a national tragedy. however, the company maintains safety checks triggered no alarms. president trump has ordered an end to hong kong's special status with the u.s. the move and the wave of a sweeping national security law in hong kong. uncertainty to business in the financial help. trump signed legislation sanctioning chinese officials responsible for cracking down on dissent in the city. a covid-19 vaccine by u.s. drug company mike darda produced antibodies -- drug com