Earnings from continuing operations was just 0. 10. Terrible numbers from certain sectors. Iously, retail search obviously, retail front and center. Market, kind of a mixed bag. Terrible data, yet equities tried to stage a rally earlier. Now futures flipping into more negative territory. Definitely the eurodollar and dollaryen are two to watch today. The yen was significantly higher thats butt all dies all eyes really on retail data later. Lets get some more market moving news from our new york and brussels teams. We want to start in the u. S. , where we are expecting more of that dire economic data. Many nonessential stores are closed. We also get Industrial Production. Michael mckee, International Policy and economics correspondent, joins us now. Michael i will give you guidance for the year, dismal. It is only a question of how bad they are going to be. Retail shrank by 8. 7 in march, when things were just getting started. In april, americans spent all of the time at home, not going
Commitment to reviving inflation after yesterdays landmark German Court Ruling. Disney takes a 1. 4 billion hit. Bmw joins Fiat Chrysler and vw on warning for the Second Quarter. Unicredit set aside 900 Million Euros. We break the full forced quarter members. Firstquarter numbers. Have we have manus we those firstquarter numbers, a loss of 2. 71 billion for the First Quarter. The market penciled in a number of 1. 95 billion. You are bang on the money. They were one of the first to come out with 900 million set aside for covid19. Italy will contract by 13 . This is the challenge for they were one of the lead nonperforming loans. Unicredit, the stoxx 600 banks index still underperforming. The exposure is a critical issue for all of the banks. We do not seem to have broken that symbiotic relationship between banks and the sovereign. First quarter loss, 2. 71 billion. Net profit a year ago. This is a bank influx at the moment. In flux at the moment. We are waiting for numbers to come throu
That plays how throughout the afternoon, but it is certainly cassidy a pallor certainly casting a pallor over these markets. The stoxx 600 down more than 3 . All of the major indices, from the docks to the ftse 100 to the 3 . 40 down more than group just one stock 3i group just one of the stocks bucking the trend, up more than 5 . Prudential, the insurer, down 8 . It says it will be a difficult Second Quarter. We will speak with another insurer headquartered out of london little later on, the lloyds of london Ceo John Neal about difficulties for ensuring markets in this environment. That is all to come in the next two hours. Lets get back now to the u. S. Initial jobless claims coming in at 2. 9 8 million last week, topping initial estimates. That brings the total now to 36. 5 million since the coronavirus pandemic began shutting down businesses midmarch. Lets get to our guest, who also has a focus on latin america. We are speaking with catherine rivera, bulltick with kathryn ofney ver
The u. S. Wrapping up pressure on beijing and it will be interesting what happens tomorrow, when the pboc reopens trade markets reopen trade and that pbo css the daily effects. Take a look at currency. It has been a mixed bag and we are watching the aussie dollar with the bank meeting today. Bank negara could be interesting expecting a 50 basis point cut later today. Are watching dollaryen summit strength low 107 now. Take a look at your commodities markets, brent crude and wti on a rebound today, gaining 6. 5 for wti. On the longest winning streak in 10 days, up for a fifth straight day and u. S. Futures also positive now. We are watching palm oil, back. We will talk about where prices go next. Lets get more analysis on these markets with our Cross Asset Team in singapore. U. S. China tensions again boiling over, keeping a lid on the markets peered what is your take on the applications . The u. S. Will often come out and say things, especially the Trump Administration, and sometimes t
Today. And south korea, the Ruling Party Wins the election. Oil sits near an 80 year low amid a record collapsing u. S. Fuel demand. The trump is said to consider paying them to leave oil in the ground. We start this morning with a little bit of shaky ground. A reality check. For me, its about the bond market. You saw that drop in yields yesterday by 13 basis points. Its crazy to hold bonds. I turned to blackrock. I like what rick writer is saying. Basically, we will follow the fed. By bonds, etfs. What caught my eye, blackrock is getting ready to sell Interest Rates long. Nejra very interesting. A lot of people have been saying that in terms of buying what the fed is buying. If we get another initial jobless claims print above 5. 5 million which is the consensus, that would take the gains over four weeks in those initial jobless claims about 20 to you 22 million. One of the eight of the workforce out of work, wiping out the job gains since the last recession. Staggering numbers you ar