Earnings. We will speak in the 1 00 hour with the citizens ceo, so make sure everyone tunes and for that. Boeing up as well after its factory will get up and running again. Then theres a few more regional banks doing ever so well. Gilead had been one of the top performers, up 8 . But Morgan Stanley and a couple the 15 houses saying billion Additional Market cap may be just a little exaggerated. We dont know anything about the drug trials yet. Not enough, anyway, but it does look promising for covid19 patients. That is the story and the stock market. The 10 year yield at 60 basis points. New york crude continues to plummet, down at 18. 40 a barrel. The dollar continuing to rise broadly, although we are soft on the day. There you have the u. S. Data check. Guy it is interesting, that gilead study. Very small at the moment. It will be interesting to see what happens in phase three. Lets get more with what is happening in markets and the economy. Joining us over the phone is Chris Watling
Imagine. It is wonderful to have you all here with us this evening at the museum and also to all of you at home who are watching via cspan. We have this evening a wonderful presentation by john browne and then followed by a discussion with professor daniel of rice university. Without further ado i will hand it over to john browne. Help me welcome mr. Browne to houston. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, i want to thank the Houston Museum of Natural Science for inviting me. As someone who served on the boards of several museums and galleries i have a deep appreciation for the role that institutions like this play in the local community and indeed in society more generally. As a window on the path and an explainer of the present and as a guide to the future they are indispensable resources which go above and beyond what you can read in books. Houston is fortunate to have this place and it is a great pleasure to be here. As a natural scientist and subsequently an engineer ive always sought
Discussion with professor from Rice University welcome to houston. [applause] ladies and gentlemen thank you for the Houston Museum of Natural Science for inviting me to someone who sits on the board of several museums i have a deep appreciation for the role of institutions that play in the local community as a window of the past and a guide to the future the indispensable resources i go above and beyond what you read in books. Houston is fortunate enough to have this place its a great pleasure to be here. As a natural scientist i have always sought to maintain to be involved in cultural organizations and when i applied for scholarship at the university of cambridge i had to submit an essay about was completely different to my main area of study. And a piece about the architectures i can explain later to anyone who is interested what that actually means that my first bonus check and the more Senior Executive such as the Folger Shakespeare library in washington dc the British Museum tod
Bring a malaria drug to u. S. Patients. Global equities make gains amidst tentative signs of Risk Appetite. Surges as President Trump says he may intervene in the price war. Welcome to a daybreak europe. We have seen 30 Central Banks cutting rates this week. 1. 5 trillion dollars of fiscal stimulus pledged worldwide. We have started to see stability in the market. Asian equities, excluding japan. Yesterday, we did not see limit up, limit down circuit breakers. In fact, we saw a little green on the screen, futures are dead flat. We have not yet broken the christmas low. European futures are firmly in the green and darl are dollar weakness is the focus. The fed starts dollar swap lines with nine more Central Banks and concerns around the lockdown pushed the dollar lower. Most beaten up currencies are catching a little bit of a bid. Oil record search yesterday as President Trump says he may intervene. Gold is higher and catching a bid, heading for its first backtoback weekly loss since se
Italy overtakes china as the country with the most coronavirus deaths in the world. Gains in france and spain. Removing the red tape in america. President trump says he is working to speed up approval for treatments as teva rushes to bring a malaria drug to patients. California orders its residents to stay home. Rush hour refuses to submit to saudi arabias Oil Production plan. The kremlin sees riyadhs move as blackmail. Is there more turmoil ahead . Just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading across europe and in the u. K. Lets take a look at futures. We are seeing some decent gains in european futures, Even Stronger than what we see in the u. S. You can see euro stoxx 50 futures up 50 , as of the futures for dax. Take a look at u. S. Futures. More than 2 gains with nasdaq futures up 3 . If you take a look at the big drops during the recent crisis, the nasdaq has fared far better than the s p and the dow jones. Today looks like it will do better in terms of gains as w