Warning from russian president Vladimir Putin to north korea as he uses his speech at the become r ishgbric summit good morning we have a lot to get through lets kick things off with a look at the markets. The stoxx 600 is up by 0. 3 , recovering from yesterdays small losses to the tune of 0. 5 yesterday we were under the spell of the latest aggression coming out of north korea, but it seems like were moving on today. When it comes to the insdices on by one, when it comes to the ftse, dax and cac, theyre all in the green the xetra dax is eking out a gain of respectable 0. 6 merck is one of the top performers there the ftse 100 up by 0. 3 . We have that big m a deal this morning which is pushing the mid cap index higher aveva jumping nicely there, up by more than 20 schneider doing well on the french market. When it comes to the sectors, this is the picture autos, foods, beverages, basic resources among the best f performers quick look at the latest data out of the eurozone eurozone aug
Across the south east, but a soggy note. 13 celsius in london with some heavy rain. Also stretching into east anglia and lincolnshire. Out west, very different weather. Spells of sunshine. Showers pushing into the coast. At chilly start in eastern scotland. Six celsius in aberdeen at 9am and some showers getting going. The show was perhaps wintry over the high ground of scotland. As we go on through the day, it will take awhile to clear the string away from the south east. Parts of east anglia stay in grey and down for a good part of the day. Elsewhere, we will see some sunshine. Showers blowing in in areas exposed to the westerly winds and temperatures just eight celsius in belfast. And as we through tomorrow evening, plenty of fireworks displays, of course. It will turn quite chilly. Dry weather ina will turn quite chilly. Dry weather in a major towns and cities but Western Areas could see some passing showers on saturday night. Sunday probably more politely dry, but also a little bi
Account is closed for 11 minutes by a member of staff on their last day. Hello, a very good morning to you. Its friday the 3rd of november. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The storm over allegations of Sexual Harassment labour has suspended an mp. He has yet to comment on the claims. His promotion to the shadow cabinet last year after the complaint was first made and he was reprimanded by the party has been criticised. Labours Leaderjeremy Corbyn refused to comment when approach this morning. Good morning mr corbyn. Goodbye. Did you know about mr hopkinss behaviour . Are you aware of the allegations against him, mr corbyn before you promoted into the shadow cabinet . Were you aware of the allegations against mr hopkins, sir . Goodbye. Meanwhile the former defence secretary Michael Fallon says he categorically denies the claim he made inappropriate comments to Andrea Leadsom. She herself is yet to respond. Well, we have been speaking to our correspondence in westminster very soon. But a l
Good morning very warm welcome to Worldwide Exchange. Im wilfred frost. Im Courtney Reagan in for sara eisen thanks for having me no shortage of news today. We have a lot to talk about. And its friday what more could we want . Great to have you with us. Lets check in on the market picture. We got a laterally yesterday, pretty much in line with when President Trump announced jay powell as his pick for the fed we saw markets rally up towards the close. Not a huge rally but the nasdaq ended essentially flat the dow up 0. 35 the s p was up fractionally. Banks rallied a bit as well. Jay powell in a short speech had time to say he felt the banks were safer than they used to be. That was encouraging in terms of the deregulatory outlook this morning were pointing higher the dow up by 17 points. Nasdaq by 19 s p by 1 tenyear treasury note has seen yields slip significantly over the past week or so. Down to the mid 2. 3 level. 2. 35 . Looking at the action around the world starting with asia we
Net income as the recovery in the crude price helps oil major boost profits ahead of expectations, while refining margins improve. The u. S. And brazil give ab inbev a headache as earnings slip the brewers two largest markets, despite the tieup with sabmiller progressing well. Front France Equities hitting a high as emanuel macron tears into Marine Le Pen plans before the final election calling her plans nonsensical. To make this happen, we have to leave a system that coproduced you. You are living thanks to it. You are its parasite. Good morning. Glad youre with us once again. Straight to breaking news in the form of central bank decision, this time from oslo. As expected, norways bank leaving the key rate unchanged. The key policy rate will most likely remain at 0. 5 in the period ahead. There is no statement coming along with that decision today. No rate path forecast. It says the 12month rise in the cpi rate was approximately as expe expected. So no major surprised from the norges