welcome to cnbc s worldwide exchange. we re about to get to the latest snapshot of the business sentiment in germany. we expect a slight tickup in the headline sentiment index to 92.5. the index has risen in november. 93.9, better than the consensus of 92.5. so that is a little bit better. the current conditions index, 89.1, better than the consensus of 88. through has been kicking up against the pound. this might be a slightly stronger than expected number and indeed it s rallying off its lows against the dollar. 1.4925. so the euro is rallying a little bit on that. let s get some snans instant reaction to that. christian is not with us is christian with us snch i d like to get some reaction if christian was with us, but obviously he s not available particularly at the moment. anyway, so the business climate index rises from 87.4 from 87.3. as far as stocks are concerned at the moment, we are weaker today, as you heard christine say in asia. and that floats through to th
i m christine tan. in asia, prima financial and its partners win the auction for aig s taiwan unit in a bid for a deal over $2 billion. and i m ross westgate. an opel deal at last. some finalzation may come this week. we ll believe that when we see it. i m brian shactman here in the u.s. investors look into intel while the senator votes on a major health care reform. hello and welcome to today s program, cnbc s worldwide exchange. it feels like old times with christine and brian. i ll get on to them in just a second. right now, global equities just dipping down in the european session. the ftse cnbc global 300 just down 6 points. we re off nearly 0.25% for the ftse 100 and nearly 0.5% for the cac 40. we have uk inflation coming out in a little while and we re looking ahead to the intel numbers, as well. on the currency markets, the dollar has been under pressure against the aussie again today, but just the fact that stocks have just turned slightly in the last hour or
exporter stocks rebound in tokyo as the yen pulls back from an eight-month high against the dollar. hello, everybody. i m louisa bojesen. financials are failing to lift european stock markets despite a capital hike by bnp paribas. and i m julia boorstin in the u.s. the fdic plans to ask banks to pay three years of as banks are dwindling deposit funds. hello, everyone. welcome back. very glad that you re with us still on the channel watching now cnbc s worldwide exchange. we re with you for a full two hours. let s take a look at our cnbc ftse 300. very flat right now. it s not often oouz that. open on a slightly weaker footing for some of them. the ftse 100 flat to a little lower. the likes of compass group, for example, the world s largest indicate caterer come out with a higher market, but the understandsy is still on the lighter side of things. the currency rate in the current session, we re looking at these crosses at the moment, sterling/dollar lower by a tad. a
love stinks! i m maura fogarty. here in asia, china hits back at the u.s. saying the tire trar yifs are against wto rules. i m ross westgate. here in britain, alistair darling plans to force back to drop living wills in the event of another financial crisis. and president obama calls for sweeping financial reforms to prevent a financial crisis from ever happening again. hello and welcome to worldwide exchange. the cnbc ftse 300 just dipped down 2 points. the ftse 100 had mild gains yesterday, xetra dax down 0.2%, cac 40 up 0.25%. a lot of people have been questioning how long the rally we had going could keep going. on the currency markets, most people say it s short covering. 91.10 is where we stand with dollar/yen. we re trying to see whether we can maintain a move above that level and sterling/dollar, 1.66 at the moment. got some breaking news out on jal, maura, so i ll hand it over to you. yeah, that s right. ja l is certainly in the news today. we didn t s