They call the process excruciating. Good morning, everyone. Happy friday. We have made it to friday. It has been quite a week. Welcome to bloomberg surveillance. I am Francine Lacqua here in london. The markets are focused on brexit, oil because of opec, and focus on u. S. Stimulus in the u. S. Stocks are holding gains, key data of course out of the u. S. , it is the u. S. Labor market. It is going to give us an indication of whether the economy needs support or not, and Oil Extending Gains after ninemonth high after this opecplus deal. I am looking at the dollar, treasuries pretty much nudging higher. A lot ofve a prett volatility because of brexit do we have a deal, do we not have a deal, have they walked out . It has been pretty unclear so far, talking about lastminute ships come up the british saying it is because of eu demands at the last moment, but it seems like it could be up in the air. Now lets get to the bloomberg first word news. Here is leighann gerrans. Hi, leighann. Leig
Good morning, everyone. Welcome to bloomberg surveillance. I am Francine Lacqua here in london. A lot going on, because we have Christine Lagarde testifying in parliament. We will bring you anything that comes out of it. The markets focusing on infections rising around the world. They are focusing around the fact that we could see a stimulus. Lets get to the markets. I dont know if we have them. If we do, it could be great, and it would be a good time to look at them. Overall,ok at stocks they are falling along u. S. Futures, tougher restrictions, progress toward a vaccine. We have plenty more of course on that. Astrazeneca at rising amidst positive news on its coronavirus vaccine. We are hearing from Christine Lagarde. We had an exclusive conversation days ago. The focus is on the need for a stimulus. The focus is also on the need for markets to do a little bit more. She said basically the ecb delivered in the first wave. She is talking about the physical packages, on course for a fis
Away. Knife edge. Brexit talks near a compromise on fishing, leaving the level Playing Field the biggest obstacle. Can the side to get a deal through today . Sanctions hit sentiment. Stocks and futures flip as the u. S. Is said to add more chinese officials to a blacklist and the rollout begins. Coronavirus vaccines start in the u. K. Tomorrow. The u. S. May follow suit by the end of the week if the fda gives emergency and approval emergency approval. I have been away for six weeks on paternity leave. It has been fantastic. Not much seems to have changed in terms of markets. We are still in crunch time. We are still looking at covid infections rising to alltime highs. We are still looking at u. S. Stocks rising as well. I guess the vaccines is the hopeful sign. Maybe this week, the good change we have all been waiting for in 2020. On return, everything has changed and yet nothing has changed. Certainly new information. That has been a real game changer. But we are still as you say at c
More times cheaper than foreign vaccines based on m r n a technology with similar, similar efficacy rates for russian citizens vaccination with clinic we will be free of charge. Now for comparison sake, pfizer and bio intakes vaccine is expected to cost around 20. 00 per dose. The c. E. O. Of modernity said this week its drug will cost between 25 and 37. 00 per dose. And the astra zeneca vaccine being developed with Oxford University is estimated at around 3. 00 to 4. 00 per dose, all 3 of which will require 2 doses. On tuesday, the 2nd interim analysis of trial data for russian sputnik back b was really showing the vaccine had a 91. 4 percent efficacy in preventing a Coronavirus Infection after 28 days and was more than 95 percent effective after 42 days. Meanwhile, hungarys foreign minister of on monday said the country will be the 1st in europe to begin testing. Sputnik be adults our last weekend windows, i guess because the next one arrived in hungary and arrived together with the
Making an informed, rational decision. A very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in moscow. Thanks for joining us this hour. We start with germany where at least 4 people have been killed and a car ramming. A driver has been arrested after crashing into pedestrians at high speed in the western city of tree, or the fatalities include one child and more than a dozen other people are injured. Are just there all over has story. On tuesday afternoon, a silver gray s. U. V. Plowing through people out in a pedestrian area of the southwestern city of trivia, some absolute Horror Stories from eyewitnesses being recounted to local media, talk of a one kilometer long trail of destruction through this part of central tria. Were hearing of people being thrown into the air after having been struck by an s. U. V. That was accelerating into crowds of people. Theres even stories of a baby carriage being amongst those people that were thrown off after being struck by the by the c