Stepping down after arguments over strategy, the bank prepares its search for his successor. Morning, under one hour until the start of cash equity trading. Equity markets under pressure. The futures picture shows relief. Ftse futures up 0. 4 . U. S. Futures point to the upside, up 0. 8 . Global stocks up 12 in november, the biggest monthly gain on record. Lets not forget that will me think about the losses yesterday and the rally he will maybe see today. Greens what we see now, a picture and it comes to the asian stock markets. Data from to take asia whether chinese or korean on the factory side. Be taking aems to turn for the better. In china a decade high for chinese manufacturing. Up on thed enthusiasm, and commodities in focus. Oil prices moving to the downside for a third day. No deal yet on opec and opecplus, and their plans for january. That will be a focus on thursday. Lets get a first word news of eight. Laura president elect joe biden has chosen janet yellen as his treasury
The bloomberg. Back to school. Boris johnson appeals to parents to send children back to class even as a resurgence in the virus in europe hits hard. Saysu trade commissioner he is profoundly sorry for attending a golf dinner in the midst of the pandemic. Of as push higher on hopes thaw in u. S. China trade relations area and markets turn their attention to this weeks virtual jackson hole and the fed fighting crisis measures. Trump and powell both on thursday. More than 100,000 people protest against the fellow russian president in rainy minsk the belarusian president in rainy minsk. We are just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading across europe and in the u. K. Lets take a look at futures this morning. We have some decent green a percentre than half gains across the indexes. One of the reasons is optimism that the u. S. And china are going to get along a little bit better amid reports administration is telling Tech Companies they can keep working with tencent. Take
Global deaths from the coronavirus reach 300,000. While cases continue to fall in europe and the u. S. , alarm is growing in asia over a potential second wave of infection. Stocks and futures gain even as data from china shows a slower return to normal than hoped. Focus turns to german gdp numbers. In just two hours. Looking for a drop of 3 in the first quarter. Sanofil macrons berates for suggesting the u. S. May have hurt access to a vaccine. The frenchetween president and the drugmakers ceo is scheduled for next week. Just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading in europe, lets take a look at futures. Gains of 1 acrosstheboard. A rough dayhave yesterday in european stocks. Closing down 2 . Then a turnaround in u. S. Stocks. That has now rolled around in asia and that market optimism is prevalent in european futures. Not been u. S. Futures. Little change. Anna . Anna a little bit of breaking news. In london, this would be of some relevance. System, aand transit fundi
Manus a warm welcome to daybreak europe. The numbers have dropped on hsbc. Job cuts. Share buybacks have been abandoned. A hugest impression is restructuring with a kitchen over 7 billion. That is a reality check on growth. Cost cuts are aggressive. And the reaction in hong kong not great, dropping as much as 3. 2 . The buyback and the plan to suspend those could be part of that. You talked about the 7. 3 billion charge and the bank still looking for a permanent ceo. That was Something Else we were looking out for. There were some changes in personnel but not at the very top. And cost cuts. Says it has hsbc yet to factor in the impact of that virus. Manus the fact that they have ripped the heart out of the Share Buyback which is one of the reasons why you believe that quinn can turn the business around. He has not been anointed or appointed. They are prevaricating. The goodwill impairment comes down to 4 billion in the investment essentially, they want to reallocate some of the freed u
Nejra welcome to daybreak europe. If you are getting ready to kick off new years eve celebrations, were not seeing a lot of that in risk assets today. Quite a number of markets, bear in mind, are close today, including japan. We dont have the cash treasury trade either. A little bit of red on the screen. U. S. Futures perhaps pointing to a stronger open. A stellar year for Global Equities in general, the best year since 2009 the best year since. Fx, a fourth down day for the bloomberg dollar index, all the g10 currencies gaining against the greenback. Dollaryen, seeing yen strength at 108. 69. Euro near a 12month high. Butslipping a little today oil is heading for its best year since 2016. In china, a little optimism, even though it may not lift the market. The gauge of chinas Manufacturing Sector held steady in december, evidence the worlds secondlargest economy is stabilizing. The outlook for new export orders expanded for the First Time Since may 2018. On the trade front, deleting w