Still waiting for the French Market and the German Market to really get into their stride perhaps this morning. he british pound up around 0. 3 as we hone in on december 12. The Options Market is currently adjusting itself around that kind of timing. The dollar index is down by around 01 . 1 . s look at 0. Lets get a look at the sector perspective. And the outer space, what is good for one company doing m a might be bad for another. Financials looks to be an area of red, as does health care. A couple of areas of green coming through their but essentially read in both of those, as is staples. Utilities and staples looks to be fairly green. That looks a bit defensive on of what we are seeing here from sectors. One of the sectors we have focused in on a lot is the auto sector of course. The vw share price is trading higher, up by 1. 9 . There was no change in revenue on margin guidance from vw. Weve been speaking to the vw ceo, that is frank witter, about the cut to the forecast. Frank ma
Francine lacqua is at the london event. We will join her later in the show. Lets get you through some of the Wild Movement in Global Markets. It was risk on. Believe that the chinese delegation was looking at a broad area of subjects, but now the latest lines coming through around basketball broadcasts. Now a warning from the chinese side. China sang stay tuned for a retaliation when it comes to the blacklisting of Chinese Companies by the u. S. Government. The market in the last five to 10 minutes is clearly turning. U. S. Equity futures 0. 1 lower. Gold, same story, flipping around, now higher. Trepidation percolating throughout the classes. The aussie dollar coming off the highs of the session. Other surveillance points to look out for. Francine. K. Time will be speaking to the chief executive of Fidelity International. Dodds half past 9 00 london time. Chinese state tv halting broadcasts of the National Basketball association games, saying the backlash intensifies over a tweet expr
Map. Taking a look at the overall view of the bay. Mostly green and a little bit of orange and some of the usual spots this morning. Let them into one of the trouble spots we have eastbound 80 right at jerry glenn road. There is one lane closed as a result of a crash. The good news is that it is in the opposite of the commute directions. Looking pretty good around the area. This construction will be ineffective northbound 680. Opposite of the commute, but something to be aware of. Concord avenue and highway 4 approaching the interest a little bit flow heading northbound on tulsa a. M. The Altamont Pass, right from 205 from 680 taking out about 24 minutes. The speed is not bad down to about 70 miles per hour. Went to get pat through the path your backup to a regular running speed getting closer to the dublin interchange this morning. Everything there looks good. Off to the san mateo bridge, or you have quite a bit of company out there, but not bad at all. Im kate nielsen at the live new
On the blocks future relationship with the u. K. We go to brussels and london also on the show. Host of user potentially a step closer to reconciliation after a decade long split between bitter rivals hamas and fattah say they have reached an agreement on key points where in jerusalem and germanys a Biggest Airline move tons it is getting ready to buy a large parts of bankrupt carrier air berlin snapping up dozens of its planes and power lines of its staff. So great to have you locked we want to start in brussels where the e. U. Is briggs a negotiator Michel Barnier said hes disturbed by the lack of progress in this weeks talks with the u. K. Says theres deadlock over how much britain would pay when it leaves the e. U. And that it will be recommending next week session a move on. On to another topic like trade heres a bit of what he had to say lets watch. I dont have a common goal were determined to reach an agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom an orderly withdrawal. And w
Negative after accounting changes. We speak first to stephan engles. Digital dismay. Publicis is the biggest faller in europe as the ad firm books a 1. 4 billion euro writedown on its Digital Business with underlying sales falling 2. 5 in the Fourth Quarter. A holiday nightmare for thomas cook. Shares sink as the Tour Operator reports a big quarterly loss and issues a cautious outlook for the year ahead. Welcome. Lets look at some of the Market Action across europe. Its fair to say some of the early confidence has started to cool on the markets. Only just holding on to the green for the ftse mib in italy. The French Market moving as big name caps are reporting there in the French Market, were ahead 0. 4 . The german stock market up about a third. And about 0. 10 added to the ftse 100. Lets look at the banks. Among those reporting today, socgen has been out with numbers today. Still trading positive. Up 2. 5 . Commerzbank initially positive, now trading weaker. It is a split picture for