Halston, 12. 5 . San miguel withdrew its tender officer for the company as the timeline ran out. Ayala down. 31 . The overall composite half a percent higher. Lets move things along and get to new york and look at some of the first word news. Global Coronavirus Infections continue to rise and now top 4 million with jess at about 280,000. The u. S. Has by far the most cases and fatalities with 1. 3 Million People infected and almost 79,000 having died. The virus was first reported in china and beijing has confirmed about 83,000 cases with just over 4600 fatalities. Saudi arabia says it is planning to cut spending and triple vat to 15 as it looks to offset the impact of the virus. The finance minister says the pandemic combined with Falling Oil Prices has cut revenue input and president and pressure on the public purse. The kingdom reported its biggest surge of new cases sunday, rising to almost 39,000 confirmed infections. To apply more powerful stimulus. The pboc were released a quarte
From the bloomberg terminal. Most improved player. President trump softens his criticism of Jerome Powell but the two disagree when it comes to negative rates. Traders price the fed going subzero early next yeek. Italy doubles down the government passes a much delayed 55 billion euro stem luis package but is it enough . Watch the b. P. Trade today. And america first. Or is it Americans First . Sanofi says the u. S. Will be first to get its Coronavirus Vaccine. It took the most risks in terms of investments. Well speak with germanys merck at 8 30 u. K. Too many. Were just an hour away from the start of cash trading in europe. Futures are pointing lower. 1 drops on the major equity indexes. Here you can see ftse futures a little bit worse than the continental indexes. Take a look also at the half percent or last drops that we see in u. S. Futures after big losses yesterday. U. S. Markets fell to a threeweek low and now were looking at a possible riskoff thursday as well. Anna . Actually
Virgin australia tracks interest from indias largest by just budget carrier. Shery lets get you started with a quick check of how the markets are trading. We are seeing u. S. Futures under pressure, this after the regular session ended mixed. Markets pretty optimistic about reopening some parts of the u. S. Economy, but also a bit more cautious given that we have seen flareups around the world. The s p 500 finished unchanged. Health care led the gains, but financials weighed on the index. The nasdaq composite getting for the sixth consecutive session, outperforming again. The longest winning streak this year. Take a look at what oil is doing. Wti gaining ground, above 24 a barrel. This after it fell and erased earlier gains in the new york session. Tohave saudi arabias plan output, providing a boost but that was not sustained. We have opec given its Monthly Oil Market report on wednesday. Haidi in the u. S. , President Trump has responded to reports china is considering scrapping the p
And bank ofs, citi, america all reporting today after j. P. Morgan and wells fargo yesterday. The pboc cuts mediumterm borrowing costs again amid expectations of further easing, after the imf warns this years downturn could match that of the Great Depression. We are just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading across europe. Lets take a look at how futures are trading. We had gains in the cash trade yesterday in europe, with the exception of the ftse, and big gains in the u. S. To close the session last night. Mixed trade in asia as the earnings season began to kind of way on some investors sentiment. As a result, we see european futures down this morning. Nasdaq, u. S. Futures down as well, about two thirds of 1 . Lets get you the bloomberg first word news from the terminal. President trump says he is suspending u. S. Funding for the World Health Organization while his administration reviews its response to the coronavirus. He says the who was slow to share informatio
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