The bill awaits signoff from the president. Akron turns up the heat. France threatens to veto a brexit deal if it does not like the terms, piling pressure on the e. U. Not to make further concessions. Welcome to the program, everybody. 7 00 in london. 8 00 in paris. Lets look at the futures. We are fairly flat on futures. The young stock x50 futures flat. Yesterday, we saw some decent gains for the ftse, up by more than 1 and that was a standout compared to the rest of europe which was more mixed. It was mixed in the u. S. Session as well. We did actually see a bit of a late rally in u. S. Equity trading, up to some of those new highs we were talking about in headlines. All of that in the context of the hopes and dreams around u. S. Stimulus. The concern about what can legitimately be done in the shortterm and a lot of hope around vaccines. Perhaps oncent day some parts of the equities space and a late rally in the u. S. Yesterday and we are now pausing. We are pausing somewhat here. W
Of a tough winter ahead for the u. K. Lets check the markets. Weve got bonds on offer, equities crashing a bit catching a bit. The s p up by 1. 33 . Lookuro is catching a bit, at what is happening with brent. Bumpy all across the products. Trading,where we are on the upside. Alix, i got the time right eventually. Alix good thing you caught it. Cases on the rise over in europe. You wound up having a paris looking at restrictions on bars. It all depends on government. Boris johnson expect a very tough winter ahead. The chancellor did warn the country. Have a sacred responsibility to future we need the public finances strong. Through careful management of our economy, this conservative government will always balance the books. Ive never pretended there is an easy cost free answer. Hard choices are everywhere. Alix joining us now from copenhagen, is the saxo bank cio. A democratic sweep, a blue wave. You want to buy value, so you will rotate out of the u. S. And by europe and buy europe. D
Treasuries and the dollar gain as donald trump valves to disentangle the u. S. From china. The president also suggests heavy taxes for American Companies that create jobs overseas. Of realism. The pound slides as Boris Johnson says he is prepared to walk away from the eu without a brexit deal. The you the u. K. Top negotiator meets Michel Barnier today. And Angela Merkels team refuses to rule out linking the state of novalnyeam 2 to the investigation. An hour away from the start of cash trading. At what futures are showing in europe. Gains of about 0. 4 across the board this morning on the euro stock my widely traded contracts as well as ftse and dax futures. We see u. S. Futures showing a mixed picture with nasdaq futures lower and dow futures higher. You can see nasdaq insurers have leapt up. It looks like we may not have the tech the continuation of the tech slump we saw thursday and friday. Remember, the u. S. Yesterday was lows for labor day closed for labor day. What do you see .
Upheaval in the u. S. Tom the markets really are a separate discussion. Just as we went to eric, i could hear not one that just as we went to air, francine, i could but maybene, not two, three sirens. This is on the Upper Eastside at the edge of harlem at mount sinai hotel. Those are sirens of the new york city in protest overnight, including the mayors daughter being arrested by, according to news reports. It has been an extraordinary 12 hours in washington. Francine and it shook many people to the core. Lets get to first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika there were more violent protests across the u. S. And thousands took to the streets in Peaceful Demonstrations against Police Killings of black people. That was overshadowed by violence from new york to minneapolis to los angeles. In more than 20 cities, several National Guard troops have been deployed to help local police. Another sign of a trade deal between the u. S. And china is in jeopardy. The u. S. Governmen
And here are your top headlines. Angela merkel and president Emmanuel Macron back a 500 billion Euro Recovery Fund for the European Union. The deal needs the support of all 27 eu members, but the two countries of the biggest payers. President trump called the World Health Organization a puppet of china and promise to pull u. S. Funding. Stocks and futures shake off tensions and push higher. After eights potential vaccine for coronavirus. It is raising 1. 3 billion to fund the development. Just under one hour from the start of cash equity trading in europe. We kick off this program with a relatively dire number, european car sales are down 78 in april as demand evaporates. You expect that if you cannot leave the house. Stock futures are barely higher now. Just above unchanged. Dax and ftse futures up about 0. 1 . We have breaking news from the u. K. In terms of the regime that will apply from january 1. Earlier this place year, but we are in this transition phase until the end of decemb