The ceo of sanofi says they are ready to produce a billion doses of its vaccine available next year. Making a vax on on a platform year in and year out. We are doing it in partnership and other Global Companies defend or delay the u. S. Government gets an ultimative President Trump says safety is his main concern they are working to see if they can make a deal if they make a deal, theyll need to bring it to me safety is the predominant factor a warm welcome to street signs. Lets look into the final markets. It is a mixed picture. The ftse 100 up a little higher. Yesterday, we did see that uk benchmark underperform falling 1. 3 overall the stoxx 600 fell by about 1 wall street plunged to the close on wednesday a bit of a catch up trade on wednesday to put these resent moves into context youve got the stoxx 600 trading slightly higher on the week. Down 3. 5 . On pace to win a resent win streak it has been a strong period on pace to break a twoday win streak looking at the process, weve s
U. K. Sounds a note of optimism. Make my day. Tough words from saudi arabias oil minister. Whoever gambles on this market will be quote ouching like hell. The under an hour away from start of cash Equities Trading in europe. Lets look what we have. Futures not all that convinced in any direction. Weakness in markets yesterday and equity markets, and nasdaq. Ar in u. S. Futures flat and mixed. We do see nasdaq futures heading to the upside. Because ofnificant the selling we have seen. Concerns about concentration and previous gains in the tech sector. We are digesting what we have heard from the fed. In assessments of weaknesses the u. S. Economy. The fiscal boost that will be needed. Lots of questions over the fiscal side of things. Modest gains coming through in asia. Asian stocks of around 0. 4 . The south korean market up a fraction of a percent. Elsewhere, fairly flat markets. Won up to anean eight month high. Dollar weakness part of the story. Keep an eye in oil prices. We mention
Against former National Security advisor john bolton over his book, the room where it happened. Decided to accuse bolden of breaking contract with the government for disclosing classified information. The government sued in june to prevent the release but the book was published and scheduled. Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny blames president of Vladimir Putin for poisoning him. He told a german magazine that the russian leader is behind the crime and, i dont have any other version of events. The kremlin has denied responsibility. It said navalny is taking orders from the cia. Former president jimmy carter marks his 96th birthday. It is the latest milestone for mr. Carter who has lived longer than any other former american president. A spokesperson for mr. Carter says he plans to celebrate at his home in georgia with his wife of 74 years, former first lady carter. He was in office from 1977 until 1981. He has largely receded from public view but this summer he recorded an addres
211,000 cases and 5400 deaths. It is Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing a battle in the house of lords over his controversial plan to break International Law over brexit. Prime minister johnson has agreed to give the house of commons a veto over whether the government can exercise its proposed powers to override parts of the brexit agreement. He made a after meeting conservative mps who were threatening to rebel against him. The house of lords is expected to reject a bill by a large margin. Global news 24 hours a day, onair, and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. Im Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. Vonnie it is 1 00 p. M. In new york, 6 00 p. M. In london, and 1 00 a. M. In hong kong. Im vonnie quinn. Welcome to bloomberg markets. Here are the top stories from around the world we are following. Investors reacting to the feds signal it will leave rates near zero through at least 2023. Chairman powell striking a cauti
Little bit of buying pressure, 1. 61 . The s p is up by 6 10 of 1 . If you take a look at the sector breakdown, it will be a little more defensive than the headline numbers will indicate. , talking about the fact that the ecb is taking the currencies single level into account. Alsolso ha watching what is happening with the pound as well, and the russian ruble, because we have seen the ruble coming under pressure as a result of what is going on with the navalny poisoning, germany confirming unequivocally that as a result of recent tests, they are now able to confirm that he was wasd with not a poisoned. Will that result in sanctions . A big move, big move against the ruble. We will come back and talk about that later in the program, alex. Alix Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Opposition Leader are facing off today in the house of commons for the First Time Since july, and that comes as johnsons government announced another uturn and policy, as you were just saying, keeping local lockdow