Reactions from what we saw from pyongyang. You, thest i can give equity market, the stoxx 600 was down earlier. Down by 4 10 of 1 . Assetst sets haven after the testing. North korea is continuing to prepare for a possible intercontinental listed Missile Launch, reddening to raise tensions further. The stock is down. A Good Opportunity to look at the fear gauge. Europes fear index. , now it is up a mere 7 . The 12 gained it was the highest since august 18. Last tuesday when north korea fired the missile over japan, higher index closed 9 after rising an intraday 15 . Trumps fire and fury comment in early august prompted it to rise to 19. 3 on august 11. That was the highest since april. We were nowhere to the levels we were in april before the French Election and the levels we reached before the u. S. Election last november. Those are the brexit levels we saw in june last year. That puts it in perspective. Europes fear gauge. Index, given what is happening with the north korea story. Thi
A look look at the european Equities Trading and were 30 minutes away from the end of the monday session. Stocks are holding on. Look whats happening in spain, no big impacts on equities from the governments plan to take over the administration of catalonia, the best up 2. 8 and sterling up ahead of the b. O. E. Meeting this week when its widely expected to raise Interest Rates for the first time in a deak. Bond yield are falling commodities and your final two columns today, i want to get to novartis shares who agreed to buy advance accelerator applications, 3. 5 billion in cash, forming up a Pharmaceutical Company whose drugs are used to diagnose and treat diseases such as cancer and novartis head Joseph Jimenez is stepping down after eight years at the helm and announced 30 billion in deals the last four years, the Company Hunting for assets to bolster its business in areas away from cancer, cardiovascular disease, and more m a is considering a merger with u. S. Rival exeltor Coating
Immediately. A lot of moving parts here. It is completely overhauling and remaking this company. It just depends on which businesses fit in with the ones you have and how you want to position yourself for the future. Were talking to lickliter, arent we . We are. From eli lilly. Novartis is up 1. 25 in reaction to the news, Glaxo Smithkline is up by more than 4. 5 and eli lilly up by 0. 5 . A couple programming notes for glaxos ceo, sir andrew witty will be here. At 7 15 eastern time as joe just mentioned, we have an exclusive interview with eli lillys chief John Lechleiter. When there were rumors about more consolidation, theyre all looking for ways to go into a somewhat uncertain future by a promising future as well. Animal health, thats a big business. I was thinking about it upstairs. We love our pets. Well pay anything for them. Whats the worst thats going to happen . Im sorry. Its heart breaking but you lose a patient, its not quite the same thing. Not quite the same thing. My unc
Affecting our business. Europe is, i think, fully bottomed out. Easing from chinas central bank, the pboc saying it will cut the requirement for rural areas on friday in order to bolster the agricultural sector. He was described as the chosen one. Manchester united have sacked their manager, david moise. Youre watching worldwide exchange, bringing you Business News from around the globe. Hi, everybody, welcome. Yes, youre watching worldwide exchange, after a long easter weekend for many of you, now back at work in full in europe, coming on to speed after we saw a thinner trade in the u. S. Compared to whats normal given the european holiday yesterday and the stock is higher, just shy of 1 . Were still early days, right . Our main european markets looking like this. The ftse a big higher, the xetra dax shy and the ftse is a couple of points lower. Its been about m a, its also about worries and ukraine and whats taking place there. Back to whats going on in m a, astrazeneca shares soarin