Deutsche telekom adds more than 1 million customers in the latest quarter weve been fortunate in the First Quarter again following a good streak of acquisitions last year we extend with a disciplined approach our portfolio weve seen a broader and higher open in europe with the stoxx 600 up over a third of a percent. Taking its lead from more record closes in the u. S. Overnight and a raft of Earnings Results are out today. On the whole broadly positive which has signaled the market opening higher you can see that reflected in the key movers in the markets today. Lets look and see how the individual bourses are shaping up the xetra dax is in the lead, up 0. 75 cac 40 up over a half percent. The ftse 100 up over 0. 40 negative statements out of easyjet, yes, it managed to deliver higher unit revenue, but the issue is that there is overcapacity in the sector and it gave a bearish outlook for whats ahead lets look at which are moving better we have construction and material up around 1 . C
Today. Thank god youre here. We have some news comcast is reporting and when you report on a company like comcast, there are many Different Things that people watch. Not necessarily the bottom line number but let me give that to you any way. Earnings per share, 52 cents that was up almost 27 year over year it was 3 cents ahead of expectations consolidated revenue grew 10 . 9. 8 to 21 21. 2 billion. That is above expectations of 20. 855 consolidateded revenue was one of the things that people might look at, but maybe more so is ebita growth Strong Revenue and ebita growth increasing by 10 . First half ebita growth the best in six years a lot of this, sorkin you see the main cylinder . Squawk box. Part of it. Film revenue up crazy Nbc Universal, outstanding quarter according to the company, grew ebita by 20 Comcast Cable delivered what the company is calling a great quarter is a strong balance between financial growth and solid subscriber metrics you watched this over the years. What do
Violence in charlottesville in an erratic News Conference prompting more criticism and departures by key Business Leaders. I think theres blame on both sides. I have no doubt about it you dont have any doubt about it either. Only and if you reported it accurately, you would say it good morning its wednesday welcome to another episode of street signs. Want to kick things off with comments coming from the ecb saying that the ecbs president mario draghi will not deliver fresh policy messages at the jackson hole symposium which usually takes place the end of august in wyoming, in the u. S. He wants to hold off on that debate until the autumn. Thats according to sources familiar with the discussion once again, reuters reporting this morning that the ecb president , mario draghi, will not deliver a fresh policy steer at jackson hole. We know jackson hole is usually known forbig policy announcements, whether it comes from the fed or the ecb. A lot of people were expecting for fresh commentary
Illegal moves as he is forced out of another top position. It is 12 00 p. M. In hong kong and 4 30 a. M. In london, i am angie lau. I am in riyadh in saudi arabia, it is 7 00 a. M. This is day two, lets talk about the middle east closing. Closing. 9 . Equity markets just a little lower. Up by an eighth in dubai. We dropped by 4 yesterday morning, all on the back. That looks as though it has been denied. A 13 day winning streak, that is off the agenda. Market,. 5 . The currency strengthens at 15. 8 against the dollar. Those are your closes, angie. I think the day will be important in how we open up because you have that nice oil price up by 6 . All hands on deck. We are going around the opec countries. Russians are having conversations with opec. Deck, they hands on are set to talk in london. To get a deal for the 30th of this month. But look at the market positioning. The short positions are rising, 2012. They are roaring higher. The net positions have dropped by 23 . The biggest slump
Sue herera is off tonight. Well, door busters for stocks on this black friday, consumer were out shopping for bargains while investors returned from thanksgiving to buy up equities. The dow, the s p 500, the nasdaq and even the small cap russell 2000 all closed at records. Extending the rally seen since election day. Stocks have risen sharply on expectations that the president elect will cut taxes, redu reduce regulations and spend heavily on infrastructure. Today, the dow industrial average rose to 19,152. The index closed at a record every trading day this week. The nasdaq added 18. S p 500 was up eight. And the major indexes saw their Third Straight week of gains. About 1 57b9. 5 . The old cliche is that the markets hate uncertain thety. Trumps election removed some of that, but the markets power fu raply since november th is built on a lot of promises and campaign intentions often improve hard to achieve, so, our stock, pricing in too much anticipation right now. Here to discuss is