This is the view news live from berlin the Spanish Government rejects the latest moves by catalan leaders in their bid for independence after they signed a declaration to break away from spain only to suspend it calling instead for talks with madrid will get the very latest from our correspondent on the ground also coming up. Because to istanbul to discuss the case of the turkish german journalist michel othello shes going on trial on terrorism related charges her supporters say are baseless. And as part of our series on being gay in todays russia we meet boris an activist campaigning to raise awareness about the situation for gay men suffering persecution in chechnya. Im brian thomas thanks for joining us we begin in spain where the government has rejected catalonia a statement on independence the cattle on president used a much anticipated address last night to sign a declaration of independence only to suspend it and call for negotiations with madrid a disappointing night for the pr
We are one hour from the close of trading, and lets head to the markets desk. We have seen a midday reversal today, and stocks not able to gain much traction. Shery we are still in the red, not able to turn into the green right now. We are seeing that investors are just looking ahead to the jobs report, the very important monthly report coming out tomorrow for us. We have the dow jones down 0. 5 . The nasdaq unchanged at the moment. The s p 500 down 0. 4 . If you take a look at the imap function on the bloomberg, you can see that all factors on the sectors on the s p 500 are in the negative. Utilities leading the decline, down 1. 9 . Financials reversing yesterdays gains, falling about 0. 5 . We are seeing financials now are at their lowest level since june 28, and of Course Energy following today, as we see crude trade around 45 a barrel right now, reversing previous gains. If you look at the s p 500, the intraday chart right their, you can right there, you can see we saw this reversa
Stock performance and Revenue Growth. Vonnie markets close in two hours, so lets go straight to the market desk. Vonnie we are still in the red shery we are still in the red right now. We are plunging into the red. The dow jones down 0. 4 , s p down zero point 25 . The nasdaq, though, seeing gains come up 0. 1 . Lot to do with what is happening in oil. Function on the bloomberg and you can see the energy sector, one of those leading the declines, down 1. 2 . Crude right now trading at 45 a barrel. If you take a look at the s p 500 intraday, you can see that we started declining as soon as crude started falling in todays session, so we are now down 0. 2 . Take a look at what crude has been doing. We have Government Data now, showing u. S. Crude inventories dropped less than expected. Inde down 4. 5 , a big plunge trading, at around 45 a barrel. That report from the Energy Administration showing crude stockpiles declined by 2. 2 million barrels, not as much as expected. Vonnie so what ar
Ecb holds rates steady saying the risk of deflation have not decreased. The markets set to edge lower after a jump in claims. Plus, more trouble for citigroup as u. S. Authorities open a criminal inquiry into the banks mexican unit, so should you be worried about the companys stock price . A long legal battle starting up between tesla and the state of new jersey, well tell you how the hek carmaker is fighting back against the garden state. A lot for the markets to digest ahead of the jobs friday after the s p closes for a record high for a second consecutive session. The jobless claims are up to 326,000 and as we said the ecb does keep its key Interest Rate unchanged at a quarter percent despite all the concerns about deflation rinks. In a News Conference mario draghi said the drcentral bank will use all methods needed. They say if a 0. 5 cpi doesnt get your attention, what does . This guy is really on a mission to get that economy restarted. I think hes managed to be able to dodge the
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