Hsbcs turnaround picks up speed. The bank surges in hong kong as speculation grows around a return to Dividend Payments. Good morning, everybody. It is wednesday morning, just over an hour away from the start of cash equity trading. Lets look at futures. European equity markets, u. S. Equity markets of by more than 1 . And, of course, we have touched the levels key levels. The dow at 30,000, and the s p touching an alltime high at the close as well. Real strength coming into today, in futures suggest we have some upside to play for. Futures all point higher. European futures also to the upside. Ftse futures up by about 0. 3 . Broadly speaking, it is the same as the last couple of days. We are talking about vaccine optimism. The news about janet yellen picked up the appetite. It is into just stocks. We can look at what has happened through the asia session. Some of the markets in asia have turned increasingly negative as we have gone through the session. Parts of asia now retreating. Th
Europe, as you can see, down by 0. 2 . Not getting back ground within the markets. The oil sector has done very well of late. The Banking Sector has done very well of late. Just beginning to fade down today. The s p is down by 0. 3 percent, but it is a similar story. This value cyclical story, the rotation that has pushed money into those spaces, just fading a little bit. We are going into the ,hanksgiving Holiday Weekend basically four days youve got to hold these positions for, and i think a lot of people have decided they just dont want to do that. Eurodollar going a little lower in the last 10 minutes or so, basically back to flat. As the push higher has started to gain attention, there has been some concern that this is going to become an issue. Ive yet to hear it, but watch out for that story. Brent crude, 48. 16. Brent is still higher despite some profittaking elsewhere. I would have thought the best way of describing it, muted markets not getting back much ground, and certainly
On englands toughest lockdown level. Stocks higher on signs of a stimulus bill before the u. S. Possible. S still nancy pelosi tells bloomberg an agreement is urgently needed, by the white house warns there is still a ways to go. Shill. Etflix shares they miss estimates for subscribers. The forecast suggests the pandemic boom is starting to fade. You can see how the shares have fallen 6 . We are under one hour away from the start of cash trading in europe. Lets take a look at what futures are indicating this morning. Kind of a mixed picture and not a lot of size, no direction or size. Ftse futures are down 0. 10 . 0. 10 . Ures are up take a look at what u. S. Futures this morning after the netflix , ahead of thee tesla results, you can see gains here. 0. 5 . Tures of about nasdaq futures gaining 0. 3 . Anna lets get to the breaking news. We have data coming from the u. K. Inflation numbers first. The cpi number, month on month is a 0. 4 . Survey. St under the that seems to be the theme
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Course in america we go into the jobs report next thursday because of independence day, a week from today. Is viruserica, it front and center. I would agree with you, europe is a different tapestry this morning. Francine it certainly is. Watch out for germany because it seems the overall number of infections rose, but there are pockets where it is researching. Lets get to first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika good morning. The u. S. Has not seen a day like this since the coronavirus pandemic hit. The country registered its biggest ever jump in cases, and that is leading some governors to reopen their states. To pause reopening their states. Texas has suspended elective surgeries in big cities. Businesses that are already open and operate. There are reduced occupancy limits. The administration has asked filed a brief with the Court Last Night that urges the entire Affordable Care act must fall, including its protections for people with preexisting conditions. The Su