Concerns about harsh factory conditions. Yvonne, we know equity markets here in the u. S. Were lower but what has been rising and rising quickly has been s p estimates by analysts. See so many upgrades because of how high the markets have passed the markets have run. I have a chart view that shows this g btv 8902 here is the yellow line here for s p earnings estimates this year. But how they are accelerating and rising given that the bull run, the record bull run we have seen so far, much faster than the s p estimates for 2019 and 2020. It looks behind the curve, perhaps wall street has been to how much tax reform seems to be propelling these markets higher. It is quite rare to actually see these earnings upgrades in the months of january so i guess they are starting to see this windfall when it comes to tax reform. But it was a wall street overnight. First you had down a 26000 and then you had down and you get back to flat and a lot of russians on whether this is a onetime affair or i
Luxembourg, greece, norway, spain and ireland. Ascento continuing its to the highest level since 2014. Sovereign bond yields, commodities, ubs your final three columns. Best annual results since 2011. The election of Emmanuel Macron combining with that global it is in confidence being bolstered by macrons Economic Reforms and tax cuts implemented by the previous administration. Growth at 1. 9 . Far above the. 8 average through in the 10 years 2016. We have some stories to tell you about today. In 9 increase in fourthquarter adjusted profit, narrowly missing estimates. Orders were stronger in china and north america, particularly its diagnostic equipment business. They missed on Health Care Equipment and services while exiting from manufacture products the Amsterdam Company is aiming for more totnerships with hospitals sell xray and diagnostics machines. Today,up almost 5 reporting its first gain in annual profit for four years. The watchmaker boosting its share of the lowend timepiece
Designing also, caution is in the air as President Donald Trump prepares to address the nation and the world. He will call for unity after a deeply divisive year. Yvonne just starting things off with breaking news out of south korea, Industrial Production numbers missing by a longshot here, here are your numbers, falling 6 for the month of december. We were expecting that we would see a bit of a rebound here of a contraction of 1. 5 . We were expecting in october 6 soe saw that plunge in we have not seen the momentum yet when it comes to these numbers even though export growth still remains quite strong. There is a lot going on with the south korean economy in general. Something to watch here, the month over month numbers not looking good as well. The territories down half of 1 . In the meantime, we have been talking about the red across the screen for the last 24 hours. We are expecting day three of decline here in the asiapacific. As we mentioned, we saw a Global Equity in general. S
Where theres you know, theyre used to a lot of cold weather. Theres a lot of soul searching going on inside the ioc. We have curling we have curling i watched that in person. It was very tense really tense once it was the eighth frame, they went up five points you sort of knew what was going on we had a guy sitting next to us doing his own play by play which helped in terms of some of the rules. Did you edit the Cross Country tape were you okay on this . I didnt fall so its like downhill kind of did you go up any hills its more like ice skating. All right welcome back. Lets check the markets after yesterdays 400point rally for the dow. The blue chips are up 10 since the lows of february 9th the nasdaq up more, its recovered all of its losses. Nasdaq 1 from its high that it hit back on january 29th the dow is still off by 3. 5 from the january 26th highs. Look at whats been happening this morning in the u. S. Equity futures. At this point, you can see where we are the nasdaq off by 1 th
Known about it and followed up by expelling 35 Russian Diplomats suspected of being Intelligence Officers peered theresa may said her country is appalled by the ongoing violence in the Eastern Region of syria. Stop to the a Syrian Government attacks on civilians and called out Bashar Alassads biggest supporters. Not just about the Syrian Government but his backers and we call on all of the backers, including russia, to make sure stopsiolent violence and people in need of help are given help. She says the u. K. Is working with the United Nations to help get humanitarian aid to the area and that president charles on is preventing many of the Bashar Alassad is preventing many from leaving to get medical help. Global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalist and analysts in more than 120 countries. I am mark crumpton. This is bloomberg. In new yorks noon at 5 00 p. M. In london and 1 00 a. M. In hong kong. I am vonnie quinn. Shery i am shery ahn. Welcome to bloomberg market