Still waiting for the French Market and the German Market to really get into their stride perhaps this morning. he british pound up around 0. 3 as we hone in on december 12. The Options Market is currently adjusting itself around that kind of timing. The dollar index is down by around 01 . 1 . s look at 0. Lets get a look at the sector perspective. And the outer space, what is good for one company doing m a might be bad for another. Financials looks to be an area of red, as does health care. A couple of areas of green coming through their but essentially read in both of those, as is staples. Utilities and staples looks to be fairly green. That looks a bit defensive on of what we are seeing here from sectors. One of the sectors we have focused in on a lot is the auto sector of course. The vw share price is trading higher, up by 1. 9 . There was no change in revenue on margin guidance from vw. Weve been speaking to the vw ceo, that is frank witter, about the cut to the forecast. Frank ma
What is happening in the World Economy. Working off a couple signs that the Global Economy is losing momentum. We are also getting october area manufacturing pmi instead of the forecast of 46 pounds. Its all to do with the extension. Were hoping and waiting to hear from the eu. We are getting a couple of key decisions and we have the ecb a little bit later today. All eyes on mario draghi for his last News Conference. Bank norges bank leaving its key rate unchanged. Shares are down 22. 5 and we will have a full roundup of all of your stocks. Coming up, we speak to the acting chief executive of air shuttle in about 10 minutes. But first, lets get straight to first word news in your city. Agree theysadors should accept the eus request for a third extension of the brexit process. Splitey are reportedly over how long to grant the extension. The french are pushing for a tight deadline but many other countries want to permit the three months officially asked for. Johnson was forced to ask for
Ceo from november 1, becoming the first female head of one of the u. K. s top lenders. Sterling on the up. The pound jumps after Jeanclaude Juncker says a brexit deal can be reached. The feds funding problem. As callsbank mount for a permanent fix. Good morning, matt. Matt lets take a look first off at the 10 year yield coming down a little bit, but still a 1. 76 . A lot of choppy trading over the last couple days in this week of huge centralbank announcements. It has left us pretty close to where we started. 1. 8 . We did spike to 1. 9. At least we are below that. Take a look at the equity indexes here this morning. I wonder how the pound moves are going to affect the ftse trading this morning. Dax and cac futures are down 0. 1 . Ftse futures down two thirds of 1 as the pound jumps up against not only the dollar, but the euro as well. What else do you see in the gmm . Anna really interesting on that point. At four 30 yesterday afternoon, as equity markets were closing up, we saw that
Treasuries are up in the pound is strengthening. Eurodollar, you can see 1. 10 52. As the focus shifts to Central Banks, a lot is coming up with news this week. We also have to look at renminbi. At seven. 08 7. 08. Some breaking news, a new chief executive at the royal bank of scotland. Alison rose will start at the position from november 1. And makes her the first woman to become one of the big for the over to hong kong, thats where Amnesty International is alleging the police beat be prodemocracy protesters. They also accuse the police of committing acts that amount to torture they would not comment, but say they respect the rights of people in custody. This weekend, demonstrations are expected to continue. And allout war in the case of iran in the country, thats according to the foreign minister speaking to cnn. She denies irans involvement and says he hopes to avoid a conflict and adds iran is serious about defending itself. Benjamin netanyahus days as Prime Minister may be numbere
Rates are the second time this year, but Jerome Powell says only moderate policy moves are needed from here. Down, a more turn extensive sequence of rate cuts could be appropriate. We do not see that, it is not what we expect, but we would follow that path if it became appropriate. Anna the fed also plans a cash injection to tame the repo markets. Sticking to its guns, the boj calls for an october review after leaving policy unchanged. Investors look to the bank of england for their Interest Rate decisions later this morning. A halfhour from the european open. Treasuries, let me trim this chart down. We have come back down from the fridayike we shot up to my currently trading at 1. 70 after Jerome Powells press conference. We see futures pointing to a negative open in europe. On the s p more tellingly. French futures flashing a little green. Off almostures are 0. 25 . What do you also see . Anna u. S. Futures do not will bethe late rally sustained into todays session. We see negative r