The cac is up by three quarters of a percentage point. Italian stocks up by 1 . The dax and ftse both up by a third of a percentage point. If you look at crude oil prices, there was some additional pressure that came into this on some libyan output recovering from a technical issue at an oil field that has concerns about whether opec and all of the production halts that the production cuts they continued will really be that effective. Things are picking thank you morning. Starting at the base of 48. 61. Breaking news for you. U. S. Paints maker Ppg Industries will not make a bid for akzo nobel after several informal offers have been rejected. Under dutch law ppg cannot approach akzo nobel for another six months. A check on shares of both of those companies. Akzo nobel down by a point and a half. Ppg unchanged at the moment. Thats the one to watch later today. On todays agenda, Dollar General reporting before the open. Broadcom and lululemon are out after the close. A ton of data throug
Eu Foreign Ministers have wrapped up a meeting in lithuania to discuss possible intervention in syria. Evidence does appear to show that the government was behind the Chemical Attacks that killed hundreds two weeks ago. Washingtonis asking to hold off military action for now until the u. N. Has presented results from its chemical weapons investigation. A day after barack obama failed to find backing at the g20 was rallying kerry support. A grand setting for an informal meeting. John kerry was in damage control mode. After a welcome from lithuanias president , he made his case for u. S. Intervention. The u. S. Nisters push to wait until you when weapons inspectors have published their report before deciding on a military strike. But a source said that kerry would not commit to waiting. Finding a collective agreement has been difficult, but a draft statement says that ministers have no serious doubts over who is possible for the recent chemical attack. The draft also says that any breach
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