Plunge half their val ru a positive surprise from china where exports and imports were much less than expected in march. U. S. Bank stocks mark their first negative session in five as jp morgan kicks off earnings season with investors anxious to find out exactly how these banks have been impacted by coronavirus. This is a look at european stock markets are trading. Dont forget theyve been closed for the long easter weekend. We saw the look out of china export and import numbers. Expecting a plunge of 14 only down 6. 6 . Still a steel fall but much better than anticipated. Thats been paused for the reopening of european markets. Talk about when well start to see the easing of lockdowns. Europe starting to layout plans. That is really starting to help out. We are still witnessing a little red ink at this stage. The other big catalyst is landmark and the Production Cut of oil it has been a slight increase this morning it certainly didnt move the needle on the spot as anticipated. These ma
This on top of slight gains yesterday at 4 00 oclock. Markets were up. As you see dow industrials up 33 points and nasdaq up 139. Getting america working once again. President trump announcing plans to reopen the economy in phases. The president went through it yesterday. The Small Business aid program has run dry on capitol hill. The battle is waging on how much money, how much to add to funds to help business and American Workers now. Coronavirus is taking a toll on the chinese economy. It has contracted 6. 8 in the First Quarter. First ever quarterly contraction and wuhans death toll revised up 50 adding fuel to questions of beijings actual reporting on the virus. Secretary of state mike pompeo live at 8 30 a. M. Eastern on the possible origins of the virus as more people focus on the lab in wuhan, something that ive been putting the spotlight for months. What actions can be taken to china for lack of transparency. Mornings with maria begins now. Positive news on gilead. You saw the
Joint action. Saudi arabia wants producers to agree on additional cuts of one Million Barrels per day. Nejra what a wipe out on wall street. We will get to that in a moment, but first, breaking headlines coming through. We are still in earnings season. Basf sees significant first half Coronavirus Impacts on the Global Economy, and it sees 2020 point 2 ebit of four billion euros to 4. 8 billion euros versus 4. 5 billion euros in 2018. Those are the two red headlines. They are saying they do not expect the virus effect to be fully offset over the years, so some important headlines coming through on the impact of coronavirus. Elsewhere in the numbers, it is proposing a full year Dividend Per Share meeting the highest estimate, but it sees a significant first half Coronavirus Impact on the Global Economy, bracing for a possible profit drop on coronavirus but also the slump in autos. That is the main takeaway here, adding to industrial gloom by adding to the profit drop due to the impact of
We start with gender equality and the rising number of women at the top levels of business and finance. Today Christine Lagarde oversees her first policy meeting at the head of the European Central bank. Shell be named later as one of the worlds most powerful women by Forbes Magazine alongside the bosses of general motors, ibm and banco sa ntander. Lets put this in context though. This year the number of women running americas Top Companies hit a record high of 33. But thats still only around 6 . The number of female Board Members of companies around the world has almost doubled in the last decade but still, on average just 20 of Board Directors are women. According to research by the Bank Credit Suisse gender diversity is good for business with companies with both male and female directors outperforming male only run companies. Also figuring on the forbes list today will be ursula von der leyen as of this month the first woman to head up the european commission. As the first woman to
We hear exclusively from eric rosengren. China is accused of using social media to undermine the protest in hong kong. Twitter and facebook delete a string of fake accounts. Shery how markets closed. It was another day of strong rally with the s p 500 gaining more than 1 . Every sector was in the green. Energy amtech led the gains. Lead the and tech gains. A positive sentiment with trade. That was reflected with the u. S. Dollar. It rallied to this years high. Gain 250 points. The nasdaq up 1. 4 . Doing much butt lets see how things will be shaping up in asia. Conviction investors will be tested with futures looking at a mixed session. Kiwi stops adding. 6 . We have the strong dollar to contend with which may put a damper on Risk Appetite for emerging markets today. We are on tech watch. We have xiaomis earnings on the lineup after baidus results came out overnight. Onay, were keeping an eye the rba meeting minutes. Trade data from taiwan and today rate the pbocs loan prime. A key mile