The u. K. Government sets up discussions with industry as brexit disruption closes in. Negotiations with the eu are set to crash through an informal deadline this weekend. Good morning. Just over an hour to go until the start of cash equity trading. Let have a look at where we are on the futures picture. Futures in europe looked to be a little bit to the downside. Lets break into the futures to talk about whats going on with the u. K. Economy growing in the Third Quarter from the previous quarter. Growing by 1. 1 in the month of september. The estimate was 1. 5. We were hearing that from our colleagues moments ago. They were talking about the estimates for september and the First Quarter. The number i have penciled in from them was 1. 5 gain in gdp for september. It is a little bit below that. The broad theme is the same. That 1. 1 in september adding to strong rebound numbers earlier on in the Third Quarter. The Third Quarter comes up by 15. 5 . That could be a smashing of a record in
Italy lays out fresh plans to halt the spread. Angela merkel urges people to follow the rules. Benefits from volatility, joining european peers posting lowerthanexpected bad loan provisions. A bullish tone with the numbers. Bottomshould look at the line. It stands at 2 versus a year ago. Look at nine months. It basically is ahead of the target we gave for the full year 2020. Headline. The red the savior, guess what it is . Ficc. Fixed income commodity and currency. 36 . Ng rises by it has beaten the estimates out there. Looks like ann marie, lets provision, very much less provisions. 1. 2 billion euros over what we had anticipated. What else have we got . You have the net numbers. That thirdquarter revenue surpassing the one billion euro estimate. Quite a beat. They are bouncing back more quickly than a lot of french peers on equity derivatives. The equity trading revenue rose more than 21 . That beach the highest estimate. Some good numbers coming through. The other big story, we have
Recovery strengthening, thanks in part to a pickup in Consumer Spending. Has fresh hotp bind moves against beijing in the final weeks of his term. Eu are inks with the a crucial week. The u. K. Prime minister will have to amend his busy schedule. He is not isolated he is now isolating from coming into contact with a lawmaker who tested positive for covid19. Are at a juxtaposed moment. I concede nothing. There were many tweets, but that was the conclusion. The president concedes nothing versus the virus raging in the United States of america. But the president elect has a message for now. Lockdown, and thats critically important to sentiment. You look at michigan going into a partial lockdown. To that agenda . I will turn to the right camera. Trust thenley says recovery. Thats what they want you to do. Sell the dollar. Get all in. They want you to be overweight equity, corporate bond. The message is there, you should read the Bloomberg Intelligence narrative, it is not a v it is far fro
Astrazeneca is to resume vaccine trials amid questions about initial claims and the level protection with Global Buyers numbers on the up. But thanksgiving travelers defy warnings to stay at home. New data shows china is likely to miss targets this year. Imports were slow last month after septembers high, leaving the full year targets out of reach. We are seeing australian stocks starting off on the back after snapping three days of gains yesterday, just falling short of being able to erase those 2020 losses. But we are still on track for the best monthly gain on record, about 13 on november. Further positive news for the country when it comes to 28 consecutive days of no coronavirus cases from victoria. Looking at u. S. Futures right now, initial jab, if you will, cash markets were shot overnight. Not a lot of price action. Down about six points on your s p futures. Dollaryen, 104. 24. Limits to the upside. New york crude below 45. We will talk about opecplus later on. The outlook for
Bidens agenda. He may have a different tone toward china but there may not be substance. Kiwi rise ind the early asia trading. At some ofke a look these early market reactions. Sophie kamaruddin in hong kong. Sophie we are seeing some risk on tone in australia. The aussie is extending last weeks gain as the greenback has stayed structurally quicker. Weaker. They could test that 650 level this week. The yen, the best week for the currency since midseptember. Softbank results are due this monday. We have nikkei futures in chicago moving to the upside. This after the benchmark rose to a november 1991 hi on friday. That was 37 off the alltime high that was back in 1989. New york crude is gaining ground but still staying under 38 per barrel there. Some pressure may come through in the oil. Is very much in focus after the chaotic week we saw in turkey. That is the Central Bank Governor fired there. Racing for more voluntary they are embracing more volatility there. Joe biden is projected to