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Which most ceos sounded positive in some aspect of the business. Is where we are on the s p 500. Some Tech Companies leading that higher. We had alphabet coming out, very positive for the markets today. Some conflicting headlines on gilead right now, though i will say, different tests for different things. Some tests prove some things, other tests fail. That doesnt mean it wont be a tool in the fight against covid19. Thats for sure. The 10 year yield at 59 basis points. We saw a little bit of buying after the gdp data. We were obviously expecting a terrible number. Crude is trading a bit higher, but at 15. 46, nothing to write home about. A slightly comber vix today. A slightly comber vix today. Guy guy the Banking Sector one of the bestperforming here in europe today as we continue with the European Bank reporting season. Deutsche, standard chartered, butlays all trading higher, still bracing for the full impact of the virus pandemic. Heres what some of the executives at some of those
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Tolls. President trump team preps plans to reopen the u. S. Economy. Boris johnson remains in intensive care. The single currency wobbles as she euro area finance minister struggle to come to an agreement on a Recovery Plan as the joint debt issue is a sticking point. A joint press conference expected at 9 00 a. M. London time. Oil moves higher on reports saudi arabia and russia could stop this comes as the u. S. Cuts its Production Forecast ahead of tomorrows opecplus meeting. As i said, just under one hour away from the start of cash trading in europe. Take a look at futures this morning. It is a bit of a flat trade. As we said, you have euro stoxx 50 futures down 1 as well as ftse futures. If you take a look at u. S. Futures this morning, you see a higher picture so they balance each other out. S p, dow jones, and nasdaq futures all of although you did have u. S. Stocks ending the day slightly down yesterday, whereas european stocks of course ended the day in the green. Anna. Anna l
This is bloomberg surveillance. I am Francine Lacqua in london. Markets, thet the volatility swings we saw is moving to currencies. European stocks have been fluctuating, they are flat right now. They were higher a couple minutes ago. Oil is higher today after china unveiled plans to boost its reserves. If you look at brent, they were 12 higher, now they are 9 higher. Treasuries slipping along with the dollar. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news. China says it acted in an open and transparent manner when it comes to the coronavirus, after u. S. Intelligence reports said beijing concealed the extent of the outbreak. Two sources say chinese numbers were fake, that includes underreporting total cases and deaths. The pentagon is looking to provide as many as 100,000 military body bags for potential civilian use, as the u. S. Warns deaths could soar in the coming weeks. To a dealon is close with a contractor. It will send it to fema. Now to eu nations, they are setting out competing v