Its a busy morning for marks. Heres the bloomberg of carolyn hyde. 30 a barrel. The shanghai composite closed 6. 4 . Theyre not the highest of 2013. Some Bank Officials are said to have been anticipating a close all thats whether to expand records. They dim the ranch. The governor used to dabble to play down the impact of lisas turbulence on the economy. Meanwhile the federal economy says its meeting to decide whether they will pro side as planned today and tomorrow. The participants are unable to a tend in person but they can take part in a video conference. In washington as well as the federal government following a severe winter storm. Guy, back to you. Were less than and its having an impact. Let me show you what the live look likes. Ook at by 1. 4. 1. 3 for the company. It followed righty aggressive hang high. A quick look at oil. Friday, down 5 . This morning 29. 56 the shanghai id composite down by 6. 42 . I think this is fascinating. The e. C. B. Will do even more. Scentst. Eig
You are looking at 120, possibly 125 on dollaryen over the next 18 months. That is a pretty big call by rbc, but it is not that outlandish. Markets are rebounded from two days of losses. Republicans take the senate. Lame duck president is what you hear a lot about. Will there be a contest against mariota Draghi Mario Draghi . The a look at some of equity markets in the u. K. Us go for oil. Gold is declining this morning. Down by more than 3. 35 . Marks and spencers, this is an interesting report in that general merchandise decline. Nonfood sales dropped by 4 . Rse than the market estimate. Pretext profitability is up. 260 million pounds. That beat analyst estimates because they are not discounting. Margin is king in retail. You saw supergroup and next warning in terms of profitability. Marks and spencer said our margins are intact. Our Gross Margins will be the basis points, 150200, or 1. 5 2 . That is almost double the original guidance. Stocks falling. 404. 7. It could be a moment of
Good morning. You are watching the polls. Pulse. We begin in belarus. To have a and failed resolution to the conflict. Joining us on the phone is alexander. So, is there any good news here . Was any good news made . Indeed. President of the ukraine and Vladimir Putin are talking to each other. That is a good sign. A long conversation yesterday that took place behind closed doors. The conversation did not yield a major break. conversations will be with the military of the ukraine and russia that will aim to organize a more effective Border Control on the ukraine border. That is important because they allow weapons and fighters to flow across into ukraine territory. Lets talk more about that. What can you bring us with the situation on the ground. Ground . We hear about a buildup of military equipment that could be supplied to the rebels. What are we seeing . Yes, indeed. Poroshenko said that he did not mean that war had stopped. This is still very troubling and, perhaps, the most Danger
Won reelection. The labour party not. They likely will have to form some sort of Coalition Government with the Scottish National party. There he is. Arriving at 10 downing street as i mentioned, with his wife. He will be making further remarks on the future of the u. K. We will be hearing you any of his comments bring you any of his comments as soon as they cross. In the meantime mcdonalds april Sales Numbers back in the u. S. , just crossing. I want to get straight to the breaking desk with julie hyman for details. Julie these number are not as bad as analysts estimated, but the beat is coming from outside the United States. The company has not yet seen progress here in the u. S. Overall, the global samestore sales number was down half what analysts estimated. A drop of zero point 6 . In the u. S. , the decline was deeper down 2. 3 , exactly in line with what analysts predicted. Looking at the beach, it is coming from outside beat it is coming outside. Exley rising 1 . The estimate wa
9 00 in london. Good morning. You are watching the pulse. Im guy johnson. Francine lacqua is not here today. She will be back on monday. We are speaking on ifo, but right now im going to bring you the numbers. Hans will be able to break them down. Ifo confidence may number at 108. 5. Median forecast 108. 3. The Current Assessment index 114 point i think we are seeing a slight dip. Essentially, fairly stable numbers being generated. At the moment, what youre seeing is while you are seeing a reduction in things like pmi and maybe headline gdp numbers what you are starting to see is a pickup in investment again. We will break that down further in a moment. Lets talk about greece. Lets talk about what has been happening over the last 24 hours. Speaking in riga, Angela Merkel has reiterated their is still a lot to do regarding talks with greece. I will have some bilateral talks and have already spoken last night with the french president and the greek Prime Minister. It was a very friendly