Billion outflows were posted for last month. Announcer youre watching Worldwide Exchange, bringing you Business News from around the globe. Hello and welcome to todays edition of Worldwide Exchange. Its hump day. Were going to be halfway through the trading week during the program. As for where we stand right now in europe, one hour into todays session, advancers just about outpacing decliners, the Dow Jones Stoxx 600 by 5 1 2 4. Some kind of ratio like that. The ftse 100 yesterday was up, what, 0. 8 . Were up at a threeweek high on the ftse. Today, about 0. 1 lower. The xetra dax is up 0. 2 . The cac 40 is flat as is the the ftse mib, as well. We take a look at bond yields. The 30year up the yield at 3. 62 . The tenyear, 2. 76 . Auto sales surging from march a year ago, the ism factory, just shy of what we were looking for. And well keep our eye on gilts, as well. The construction pmi is coming out around 28 minutes time. On the currency markets, the yen has been down to a oneweek low
uk. our road map begins with the job market. the report missed expectations and is that a bad sign for friday s number from the labor department. we have the media world out this morning. comcast, time warner and via com. we ll break down the numbers for you. the new safe haven and investors piling into the $17 billion debt offering. apple is sitting on a lot of cash, but is that a guarantee the company will even be around in 30 years? pharma troubles. merck sales coming up short after pfizer s disappointing announcement yesterday. we ll begin with the markets which exited april like a bull. the s&p 500 at a new all-time high. $1587 and the nasdaq closing up six consecutive months and the dow posting a fifth straight monthly gain and as you saw, futures are under pressure after adp did add 119,000 jobs and the estimate was 165, this as the fed gets ready to wrap up the two-day policy meeting. in that month, it is past few years, it was down 6.2 and 1.9 and the numbers are