Under 30 minutes away from the end of the thursday session. Look at the rebound we are witnessing. Increase first increase in european stocks for eight days. The swedish krona, sterling rising today. We had inflation data out of the eurozone today. A final estimate at 1. 4 headline year on year. September, logged in core inflation,. 9 percent, same as the early estimate, below the previous months. The green dotted line is the. Cbs target, just below 2 both measures are still a far cry from that measure, which is why the ecb continues to pump money into the economy. Lets get to some corporate data. A french carrier founded by a a 3. 5 billionaire had increase in thirdquarter sales after luring subscribers in the fiercely competitive wireless market. Its debut in 2012 intensified this price wall which has resulted in sluggish sales. Ltsperformance prompted to report a profit warning. Iliad gains 250,000 subscribers, wireless, 24 7 7000 broadband users during the quarter, bringing the tot
Surveillance. He was the two mario monti later. We are seeing that reverses to the earlier losses we saw. If you look at german stocks, they seem to be remaining lower. The dollar is little changed. Treasuries nudging higher. Lets get to the first world news. Here is sebastian salek. Mugabe failed to announce his resignation. The twist means he may face immediate impeachment hearings. He was expected to announce he was stepping down. Todays meeting with a command element has underscored collectivelyus to start processes that return our nation to normalcy. U. S. Senator Susan Collins has said the republican tax plan passed by the Senate Finance committee needs work. Thed if she can vote for measure as written, she said, quote, i have not reached that conclusion left. Republicans can afford to lose only two votes and still pass the bill. Ron johnson has artie said he cannot back the bill as written. Japans recovery remains on track with exports growing by double digits for four straight
Brief you all you need to know in Global Business and sport. Wed like you to be a part of the conversation and as the un warns that plastic in our oceans presents a planetary crisis, we are asking have you changed your plastic consumption . I have, but there is always more to do. Send us your comments to bbcthebriefing. We begina we begin a programme with the brexit challenge. The programme. British Prime Minister theresa may will update her cabinet this morning after she and the European Union failed, for now at least, to Reach Agreement enabling all parties to move on to the second phase of brexit talks. Negotiations came to a halt after the Democratic Unionist Party who prop up the conservative government, rejected a solution to an intractable problem. What to do with the shared border between Northern Ireland and the irish republic when the uk leaves the eu. Andrew plant has the latest. As the british Prime Minister arrived in brussels on monday morning, there was hope that a deal
Its education business continues to struggle in north america. And asml is among the hottest stocks in europe this morning hitting a record high as Fourth Quarter profits beat expectations good morning were about an hour into the european trading session wild swings in the u. S. Equity session. Well get into that. The handover from asia was mixed. The nikkei was down about 0. 4 overnight. Hang seng stood out there, ending up about a quarter of a percentage point the mood music in europe is grim this morning it points to a weak start for the stoxx 600. We recovered a bit, but for the day the index is trading down. Lets look at european markets and see what the picture is like there the only one in the green, is ftse mib. The italian index, but ftse 100 is lagging in the uk, the focus is on the voting of the uk withdrawal bill later in the lower house of the Parliament Today xetra dax is also struggling, down 0. 2 . We get eurozone Inflation Numbers in about a half hours time we should g
Im sam is a dam this is a live from also coming up italys Prime Minister condemns the shooting rampage by a far right supporter who wounded six african immigrants. Questions about who shot down a russian a fighter jet in syria as turkish troops offer their worst day for casualties. Last waltz in the name of thousands of people protesting in greece after a decades long dispute with their neighbor macedonia. Political turmoil in the maldives as ram top in the past few hours the oppositions decided to file a motion to impeach several senior government figures including the defense minister and the tourney general also seeking a no confidence vote against the parliamentary speaker. Troops have surrounded the Parliament Building after days of Unrest Police fault with crowds who are rallying in support of the Supreme Courts order to release Political Prisoners judges reinstated twelve m. P. s who were expelled for siding with the opposition if they return to parliament the ruling party will