Receiving a 750 million takeover offer from a japanese conglomerate. Buying back shares in spreadbetter ig after changes to cfds. Can you do the banana song . I only know that one part. Gwen stefani does it a billion times better. European equity markets opening up on a relative flat note. Thats what were seeing at the moment. Slightly mixed markets for the european boerse. We have the ecb out of the way yesterday. We were doing the Rate Decision yesterday, looking at the markets afterwards, not holding ton that positive reaction today. And people probably repositioning now or thinking heading into the weekend that we have less than a week to go before the fed is upon us. The ftse mib and xetra dax off by a bit. The mib being dragged down by some banking stocks in italy. Lets recap the ecb, lower for longer. Thats the new asset purchase policy that the ecb introduced at the december meeting. The central bank trimmed its Bond Buying Program from 80 billion euros to 60 billion euros per
Italys leader is handed a new list of things to do. And tracing the dots. Sent. S. 10 year yield is to its highest level in more than two years. What does this mean for the other Asset Classes . We will ask aberdeens head of commercial property. Matt we are less than 30 minutes away from the european open and you can expect to see a lot of action this morning because of that oil srurge. Futures are trading up across the board. We are looking at gains for the ftse, 1 . For the cac, almost. 3 . The dax is gaining as well. Pointing to a positive this morning as oil is expected to produce. They are big heavy components of these indexes. Guy lets see how london opens on the back of what you are talking about. This is the gmm function. Wti crude, it is a big and aggressive move in the commodity space. Brent is up by 4. 45 . We can see some decent sized moves coming through into the energy staes. We are seeing what is going on in the bond market. Look at what is happening with the french 30 y
Dont think that theyre going to be highly impacted by what mr. Trump may say. What theyll be impacted by is how much of the market movements they internalize in their own projections. Vivendi turns up to the pressure on mediaset, sending the shares to the top of the stoxx 600. But a media battle could be brewing as fininvest, mediasets biggest shareholder, warns against a hostile takeover attempt. Healthy discussions . Actelion shares slide after the Swiss Biotech Company says it is in strategic talks with an undisclosed suitor, as Johnson Johnson drops out and a report suggests sanofi could be the winning bidder. Good morning. Welcome to street signs. About an hour into the european trading session, a decent amount of red across the european map with the italian ftse mib outperforming, but investors in wait and see mode ahead of the big fed decision where many people will be looking not just to the decision that many are thing will be the first rate hike this year but also Janet Yelle
Group, 275 bi 275 bilper share. The Italian Government is reportedly ready to inject 15 billion euros into monte dei paschi giving the shares a a boost, after the ailing lender reopens its debt swap offer to investors. Lufthansa agrees to mediated talks with the german pilots union, telling investors its confident it can find a solution to the longrunning pay dispute dating back to 2012. Goldman sachs raises its Oil Price Outlook for the Second Quarter of 2017, but warns Dollar Strength could limit the nearterm upside for oil prices. With markets i up and trading this morning, its a mixed bag. We are struggling for escape velocity in either direction. Pretty much flat line on the stoxx 600. The individual indices are really not showing a great deal of conviction at this stage. The cac is flat. The ftse flat. The ftse mib in italy doing a little better, i guess, than the average here. Even so, thats a modest gain as far as europe is concerned. I suspect just a bit of pause for thought a
Israel is standing in the way of peace, so said john kerry. We recruited nobody. Those four countries that ultimately brought it to the floor did so absolutely on their own. Good morning. Welcome to street signs. Well, an hour into the trading session here in europe, we do have a fair amount of red across the board. Overall the stoxx 600 is lower by just a quarter percent. Thats slightly better than what some opening calls predicted. If we can give you a shot of the individual boards, lets hone in on the ftse 100. The uk hit a fresh record high yesterday in large part due to strength in basic resources. A lot of miners topping the charts. The uk market was playing catch up with previous gains because they had a longer christmas holiday. Youre looking at that index off by 0. 2 . The german main market is off 0. 3 . Woe have seen weakness in the auto sector. French cac 40, lower by 0. 2 . The ftse mib outperforming, but just positive ever so slightly at this stage. Giving you a closer lo