Something a little askew with the data. Consumer confidence coming in a little shy of expectations at 86. 6, down from 86. 9 in april, and a little lower than economists were looking for at 87. We will get to that data and what it all means for the economy. This is all still coronavirus data, and how much you can read into it is still in question. The first trading day in the united states, the s p up 1. 8 . Doing and leisure stocks well. The dollar index just a little like today a little light today. Crudee strong dollar, and oil is up 3 . Matt i almost want to ask how many years it took you to say leisure rather than leisure, but we will save that for later. Today. Big rally the dax adding another 100 points after a 370 point addition yesterday. To 11,500 as the stoxx 600, the broader european benchmark, get back to levels we havent seen since the very beginning of march. I think both of these indexes are back to levels we last saw march 6. In the pound, big rally against the dollar
Continent, really. Only the u. K. Was closed for their bank holiday. We had a massive rally yesterday, so the dax was up 300 17 points yesterday, up another 143 points today. Stocks overr german the past couple of trading sessions. The cable rate also shooting higher. Pounddollar right now at 1. 2358. Even with those gains in the currency, i will just tell you you still see the ftse up more than 1 . Typically they move in different directions. That shows you the power of this rally. Finally, a stock trading in shares. Tui they have one issue trading in frankfurt and another in london. A big tour guide and airline operator. They had been absolutely crushed in the pandemic, but over the last couple of days, a massive rally. Today they are up 56 as germany says it is going to reopen International Travel and prepare for something of a vacation season. Over 1 billion in market cap in this one trading session. Vonnie really pretty phenomenal. Lets bring in our next guest. Frances president E
Q were relatively flat up slightly, up about 2. 5 points in europe we saw the active trading taking place all of this ahead of the fed meeting starting today the cac is the biggest gainer of the three major averages its up by q . You see gains of a half percent across the board and then if you want to seee1 whats happening in the treasur market here in the United States o0. 042 theres no way bad news is good Morgan Stanley is soenearish yesterday was the mostx boring day i watched ine the markets seeing the bug here and there at thee1 gym or whatever. I would look up. I have to check. E 46 i have to check. Up 46. Is it dog days yet it may be market breaking news. Facebook officially unveiling its cryptocurrency currency plans. Julia boorstin has more on that. Facebook announcing its new Digital Currency called libra. It will make it easy to send money around the world the currency is set to launch the first half of next year. It will be run by a nonprofit in switzerland up like
hello. welcome to bbc news. we start in northern italy and dramatic scenes after severe flooding has killed at least eight people with thousands being evacuated from their homes. this weekend s formula one, grand prix at imola has also now been cancelled. it comes, as a new report by the world meteorological organisation warned that global temperatures will reach record levels in the next five years. we ll have more on that in a moment. first let s get more on the situation in itlay. it s one of the european countries most affected by extreme weather in recent years the extreme flooding is in the emillia romana region. this is forli near bologna the mayor has said the city is on its knees devastated and in pain . divers have been recovering bodies hundreds of people have been trapped or stranded as rivers burst their banks. in towns nearby people are being rescued from their homes by helicopter. plucked from rooftops or the waters. in this area around hal
Soon. In the fast lane, aston martin plans a fiveyear trade and investment drive in china worth over 600 Million Pounds. We will speak to the ceo, next. We are less than a halfhour from the start of european trading. Take a look at futures right now. We are seeing gains across the board on the major indexes with the exception of the ibex sorry, the ftse mib and stockholm. Here on the board, ftse futures gaining 0. 4 , dax futures up 0. 5 . Lets start with some of the earnings this morning. Roche expects sales growth to slow this year. It is counting on new drugs in the pipeline to offset revenue losses in its oncology medicine. Joining us from switzerland, the ceo of roche. Welcome to the program. Thanks for joining us. About 2018 as kind of the year of the cliff edge for drugmakers, for roche especially. How well do you think these new drugs in things like hemophilia are going to offset the loss of your cancer drugs . Im very confident. If you look at the growth in 2017, the vast majo