Talks continue into today. The s p global is in advanced talks to buy ihs mobile markets in what would be one of the biggest deals of the year. A very warm welcome to the program, everybody. Just under one hour away from the start of cash equity trading for European Equity markets. Good to be back in the studio. Thats have a look at the future is and what they tell us about where we are headed this monday morning. Futures dont look great. European features move to the downside. The Asian Session has been fairly negative. These have been record months for global stocks. Rebalancing at the end of the month perhaps is part of the story here. We will talk to the market live team about this shortly. Lets take a look at what is going on on the gmm. Some of the weakest in the weakness in the Asian Session, down one point 3 on the msci asia pacific. Indonesia under pressure. A host of emerging markets under pressure. China outperforming a little today. The Manufacturing Activity we referenced
Remind you, a lot goes into this kind of an event and many people have worked very, very hard, harder than ive worked, to put all of this together. One of the people who could not be here was frank cogliano, because he got stuck in newark. Hell be here later this evening. His cochair is here and shes going to say a few words. Thank you. [applause] welcome. Im sorry that frank isnt here to join me for this further welcome. Just to say how wonderful it is to see everyone here and to work with such an Amazing Group of people. I especially want to thank annette and frank, my cochair, robin, without whom we would sees to function, and also to the Wonderful Program committee, one of whose members is sitting there many are in the audience tonight and they generously of time an talent to put this program together to go through the many proposals that we had. Weir looking forward to what is an exciting, interesting, varied diverse sheer with a lot of different panels and topics. Its a pleasure
Prime minister the Prime Minister has signed up to the backstopping cabinet and he voted for the Withdrawal Agreement in as a backbencher his letter to the president of the commission yesterday claims both and now unacceptable perhaps he can tell us. What is change why did he support it then but oppose it now the letter makes his intentions clear it rejects any form it rejects any form of Customs Union something demanded by every business and industry body in britain and every trade union they want to ditch a use standards on workers rights environmental regulations and consumer standards and engage in a race to the bottom deal or no tail deal or no deal mr speaker this governments agenda is clear they want a trump to yell brakes it. From to your brakes it would crash our. Calame and ripple way the standards that put a flaw and up peoples rights at work to protect our environment and protect our consumers no labor m. P. Could support such a reckless steal will be used as a springboard.
Nobodys going to be able to and with that well leave it there Lawrence Leigh live for us in front of downing street lets go to westminster thats where john hall is standing by live for us john or as lawrence is speaking we saw Jeremy Corbyn making some comments we can quite hear but obviously grilling a terrorism a. It makes us wonder what kind of a Parliament Boris johnson will be walking into and what challenges he will be facing as he puts together his own cabinet and the run up to. What youre looking at at parliament will be unchanged when Boris Johnson takes to that dispatch box as Prime Minister and indeed thats part of the problem the problem that he faces will be much the same problem that the reason may has faced in a rather ignominious relationship with out of commons over the last 3 years trying to get her deal through failing successively including suffering the biggest defeat of any government in known history let me talk to my guest now in detail hes here with us once aga