Maria we want to get a check on Global Markets this morning. A lot of action, rally in europe as well as the u. S. Right now. Take a look at european indices, cac quarante up 72 and dax up 147 points. Euro zone purchasing managing index better than expected. The spread of the coronavirus is expected to cause weakness going forward. Remember, the outlook thats materially changing right now. We continue to see the numbers today pretty strong. In asian overnight markets are mostly higher. Take a look, the weak spot was hong kong. The others fractionally moving although korea was up 2 and a quarter percent. We do have more bad Economic News out of china. The service purchasing manager index slide to go record low overnight. February car sales plummeting 80 year over year. South korea announcing stimulus package to fight coronavirus. People are saying if he has to cut 50 basis points before meeting, what does he know that we dont know. Maybe its a lot worse that we thought, as a result the
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