Those arrive in london today, and the pound appears to gain after jumping to a sixweek high. This is surveillance. Eldinusef gamal in dubai. Toew fiscal stimulus impact mitigate the impact of the coronavirus. Reflecting that degree of caution, a little bit lower at the moment for the s p 500. At the same time, european stocks are falling for a fourth straight day. What is happening in the states is the bund rally is likely to pick up momentum again as the focus shifts away from global input to some of the deteriorating domestic fundamentals. Think along the lines of the german confidence data we got, the yields near the sevenmonth lows we had. Benefiting from the larger dollar risk aversion. It is very much strengthening over the past month, and at the goldt, the philadelphia and silver index up about 1. 4 . Lets check in on the first word headlines for you and toss it out to leighann gerrans. Hi, leighann. Leighann good morning, yousef. Growing signs an agreement is insight. Negotiati
Iran and russia are attempting to interfere with the president ial election. They say theres no hacking involved. There are 12 days left until the vote. Spain is the first nation in western europe with one million virus cases. Rome considers implementing a nightly curfew. It comes as u. S. Hospitalizations reach a two month high. German cases jump to a new daily record of more than 12,000. The pound surges the most in six months as the u. K. And European Union resume talks over post trex it trade deal a week after Boris Johnson threatens to walk away. Negotiators arrive in london today. Anna lets get to some breaking news. Corporate reporting. Lets talk about some numbers from unilever. Third quarter underlying sales up by 4. 4 . Increase of 1. 8 . That looks to be better than in then has been anticipated. An estimate of an increase of over one. On pricing, things are weaker. The pricing comes in below estimates. Topline takeaway, sales have been beaten estimates. They are talking abou
That really has been down to currencies. The dollar index is up at the moment, but if you look at it over 24 hours, actually, its down by. 3 ,. 4 percent. One of the main beneficiaries of crown weakness has been strength. Sterling has been propelled about 1. 5 in the last day or thereabouts. The dollar weakness has been felt with the yen also moving to the upside. Theres another reason we are seeing upside on equities in japan. Gold not a major beneficiary, though it was at oneweek highs at one stage after the dollar was sagging earlier on. Thats a look at markets. Lets head over to tom. Tom lets get you up to speed with some of the other first word headlines. The Trump Administration is ramping up tensions with china once again, designating six asnland Media Outlets foreign which it says are controlled by beijing. They include the economic daily, which provides a look at beijing economic news. The Administration Says all six are substantially owned or by atively controlled foreign gov
Ben platt. Musical guest brittany howard, and the legendary roots crew its the tonight show at home edition. Steve and now, heres jimmy. Jimmy hi, everybody. Thank you so much for watching our show im jimmy fallon, welcome to the tonight show. Here we go time to get some news, and it isnt good the daily number of new coronavirus cases in the u. S. Is at its highest level since the peak in april. Yup, apparently the rising numbers in america have forced other countries to make a tough decision the European Union is considering a ban on travelers from the u. S. Over the coronavirus failures jimmy yeah, the european leaders disapprove of trumps handling of the virus. Right now, the only ones who approves of trumps handling of the virus is the virus thats right europe is banning americans from entering. Even worse, europe was like, how do we put this . Um, this has nothing to do with the pandemic we just hate americans okay byebye. When europe said theyd block americans from entering trump
Drillers to leave oil in the ground. Good morning, this is bloomberg surveillance. I am Francine Lacqua. Lets check in on the markets. We have a lot of news, but we are used to it. Terms of european stocks, u. S. Futures, and everything in between, the big story is oil. We had the iaea report yesterday, production cuts on sunday did not seem to be enough. Stocks rising, u. S. Futures rising. Investors are trying to gauge the damage caused by coronavirus, and awaiting the next corporate earnings. The dollar also extending gains. Lets get the first word news from new york city. Milestone, with a global infections topping 2 million. In the u. K. They will extend the nationwide lockdown as Officials Say there are signs britain may be passed the worst of the pandemic. In theh korea, and election, the Democratic Party in the 300places seat national assembly, that is the largest elementary victory in more than 30 years. The result as a show of support handling of the coronavirus outbreak. Fiv