Routes in the u. K. Is incredibly difficult. As a result of which, to be in a for Francine Lacqua this morning. Lets have a look at the markets honest, this is something that then. Was probably always going to happen. Tom as an american, i would the stoxx 600 is down by. 2 . Suggest that may be possibly we opened in positive territory because the Railroad System is lifted with talk to come. So darned better than ours. Flybe we will talk much more about that today. That puts the virus front and sentiment from center. Its get to first word news with the trading day. Viviana hurtado. Countries are ongoing headlines are weighing on things at u. S. Futures are pointing negative. Tightening travel restrictions to contain coronavirus. There are reports japan will quarantine all people arriving this is the picture on oil markets. From china and south korea. Focusedthe brent price, australia has also added south korea to its band list. On the opec plus meeting in declaring a state of vienna. I
Im Francine Lacqua in london. These are your markets. 0. 4 . An markets down a lot of the market put a position that the economy and a lot of the earnings would go through the coronavirus. Not so after the apple news yesterday. There is more concern about the deadly coronavirus trade looking at treasuries, they are rising. Americans reopening after a holiday. Yesterday was president s day. Jumping as much as 24 after unsuccessful bid for the small arrival. This may be the kickoff of banking consolidation in italy and then further into europe. Coming up on bloomberg surveillance, our exclusive conversation with the hsbc Financial Officer on the banks job cuts. First word news. Viviana hsbc is set to slash 80 of its workforce. The lender taking more than 7 billion of charges and suspending buybacks as part of a restructuring plan. Plans to exit some businesses and cut costs. Hsbc still hunting for a permanent chief executive. We also spoke to the lender cfo about the coronavirus outbreak