Future signals against are set to continue. Commerce bank swings to a loss in the Third Quarter as the pandemic and restructuring charge hits revenues. We speak with the cfo shortly. Good morning. Plenty to talk about on the u. S. Election front. Breaking news on the bank of england. Maintaining its benchmark Interest Rate at 0. 1 , entirely expected. The bank of england saying that was the news amount around maintaining its Interest Rate. They are raising the total bond target. Unanimousf englands on this Interest Rate and bond purchasing story. We will speak to the governor of the bank of england at 11 00 this morning london time. Stay tuned for that interview. Pound toor a in the this announcement. A pairing of losses coming through. Get some analysis. Dani burger is outside the bank of them went for us. There had been an expectation that as lockdown measures are extended, implemented in england, even if it is less strict than march, we would see more coming through from the bank of
Trade after huge gains yesterday. Lets get your top headlines today. The grand reopening. Italy removes most restrictions on life after months of coronavirus lockdown. International visitors will not be subject to quarantine. European futures gain across the merkelespite a delay in s stimulus plan. Lufthansa commits to a deep Restructuring Plan after seeing a firstquarter net loss of more than 2 billion. Plus, thousands deny curfews in the United States but clashes with police are limited. The pentagon sent activeduty army units into d. C. , calling it a planning measure. Just under an hour away from the cash trading in europe. Any of those negative headlines dont look set to deter this rally. We are looking at big gains in futures. The futures up 1. 5 after germany future index put up a points more than 430 yesterday, powering about 12,000, looking set to open very risk on. Today you can see ftse futures up more than 1 . U. S. Futures are gaining as well. Dow jones futures are up more
Brent crude hits its lowest price this century as the demand crash hits the Global Benchmark. An impromptu opecplus call reaffirms commitment to cuts but no action. Repeat,see brent, brent. The u. S. Senate passes new Pandemic Relief Funds totaling 500 billion. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin says it is likely to be the last roche sees a bump as they work on developing tests for covid19. We will speak with the ceo of roche at 8 00 a. M. U. K. Time, 9 00 a. M. On the continent. Just one hour away from the start of cash equity trading throughout europe. Lets take a look at what futures are doing this morning after that drop in u. S. Stocks yesterday. Euro stocks futures, the benchmark European Index futures. 7 5 . Ts trading at ftse futures up just over. 5 right now. Take a look at what is going on in u. S. Futures. Also seeing green arrows they are. A little bit of a bounce to be expected for sure but we see s p futures up. 5 , nasdaq futures . 6 these are the top stories from the bloo
We will hear from the erickson ceo. Manus very warm welcome. There is a nonveteran. Is a bond there veteran. Says, we are in for a rough slowdown in the u. S. Andof his fund is in cash his buyers are getting worried. The beige book tells me there is only a slight modest pace of growth. Good morning. Not fixedsaid it is income investment, it is fixed lawson testing. He does expect a recession in europe and a slowdown in the u. S. Some signs ofaybe concern with the retail sales but lets get back to erickson. In earnings season in europe. Ericsson is telling us, six. 5 billion swedish krona. Net sales, a eight on the estimate of a beat on the estimate. The third adjusted gross margin also beat with 36. 6. We have some guidance as well. 2020. 240 billion for the numbersg like are beating and so is the guidance. A boost from 5g upgrades among other things. Manus on the commercial side, the troubled asset manager in switzerland, they are saying they will reiterate the 2019 guidance. Net outf
Welcome to daybreak europe. Political risk is pushing its way to the front in the u. S. , donald trump is to face a formal impeachment inquiry. Says he has violated his oath of office. Trump calls it witch hunt. After yesterdays defeat, Boris Johnson has restated his vow to complete brexit, defined calls to resign. He says he disagrees with the Supreme Court and will comply with its ruling. Lets get the latest with jody. Chneider who is live great to have you on the show. What are the chances the impeachment inquiry will lead to charges against the president . It is unclear whether there will be charges. What nancy pelosi has done is ask six committees to look into investigate the president and his actions to see if he has violated the oath of office and report back. There will be an umbrella inquiry and there could be charges. This is a significant escalation with the democrats before the house had been reluctant to move forward on impeachment. Even if they were to bring charges, it i