California and new york become the latest states to backtrack on plans to return to normal as daily virus cases in the u. S. Top 50,000 for the first time. Optimism takes hold of markets again. Asian equities and futures gain after positive vaccine developments and strong u. S. Manufacturing data. The u. K. Offers a home to hong kong citizens after chinas crackdown on prodemocracy protesters. The u. S. House of representatives passes of fresh sanctions bill against china. We are under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading in europe. Lets take a look at futures right now. We see gains across the board after the drops in the cash trade we saw yesterday. A mixed picture in the u. S. But the futures up two thirds of 1 . Dax futures gaining 8 10 of 1 . U. S. Futures are little changed right now. You will see a screen full of green arrows as they are mostly marginally, with the exception of nasdaq futures. It looks like a risk on thursday. What do you see on the dmm . Anna weve
Recovery fund today. France and germany push for an agreement by next month. Its cio. Suspended coo. The stock plummets 67 after a false delay to the report. Good morning, everybody. We are just under one hour away from the start of the cash equity trading day. The final day of this week. It is friday. Thats have a look at the futures and what they tell us right now. We dont see a great deal of movement in any of these markets. European futures suggest a little bit of movement to the upside. U. S. Futures suggesting some movement in an upward direction,. 5 . They do seem to be improving as we go through the last hour or so of the trading session in asia. If we put up the gmm, you can see we are up we are up by. 2 on the msci asiapacific. Making some modest gains. It does seem the risk rally has come to some kind of a pause. Fatigue. Maybe that was the best way to sum up what was going on. Said, it does seem as if Global Equities are oncall to make some global gains, at least for the we
Bloomberg surveillance. Im Francine Lacqua in london. This is the market. The market focusing on the number of infections. The news that we had from a lot of the corporates. U. S. Equity futures, treasuries edging higher every is there have been more and more coronavirus cases in america and countries also means that markets are basically sapping some of the appetite for riskier assets read the dollar heading for a second day of gains. I want to show you wti falling below 30 get dollars a barrel while gold continues to push toward 1800 announced. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news with dani burger. Dani good morning. The pentagon has named 20 chinese firms it says are confirmed by the desk controlled by the chinese military. It opens the companies up to the potential of more u. S. Sanction and that includes huawei. This comes as relations between the chinese the two superpowers deteriorated. China is likely to be a Campaign Issue in the 2020 election. Canada is the firs
On a couple of data out of the euro zone. Markets also moving on the number of infections rising. Overall, the markets and european stocks edging up as the new quarter starts. Bonds are dipping. I am looking at European Equity futures. The one thing i wanted to show you was a golden earring nearing per ounce. Showed confidence amongst large manufacturers in japan. We will have plenty more on some of this data out in the euro zone. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. The u. S. Is going in the wrong direction when it comes to the coronavirus. Thats a warning of Infectious Disease expert Anthony Fauci. He says daily case counts could more than double to 100,000 if behaviors dont change. He added clearly, we are not in total control right now. He declined to estimate the number of potential virus deaths, but said the total would be very disturbing. And the u. K. , Prime Minister Boris Johnson has unveiled his plan for the u. K. To build its way back to prosperity. The packa
Americas grim reality, new virus cases hit daily records in florida, california, and texas. The imf sees a deeper global recession than it predicted two months ago. Lufthansa biggest shareholder says he will back a 9 billion euro government bailout, getting the rescue plan a shot of momentum ahead of a crunch about later today. A bid for closure, the chemical giant spent more than 12 billion to settle thousands of roundup cases and other u. S. Losses. A significant number of cancer cases claims remains unresolved. Just enter an hour from cash equity trading in europe, and we have a mixed picture. But the futures are trading 0. 2 . Down dax futures are trading higher in frankfurt. We are looking at Different Directions depending on the regional indexes. What you see on the gmm . Anna i will get to that in a moment. Picture around the spread of the virus in the United States, capturing the markets attention, and sending Risk Appetite lower. Getting numbers at of royal mail, this is inter