Russian tax fraud. Europes top table. Eu parliament votes to confirm new commission has today. We will be live from strassburg all morning and we will be speaking with the Incoming Commission president , ursula van der leyen. Lets look at those futures. We have quite a positive picture coming through in the futures right now. European markets expected to go in little bit higher at the start of trade. Fresh alltimed highs on the s p 500, the dow jones, and the nasdaq in yesterdays session. It is easy to see why stockmarkets are going to head upwards from here. These are the futures as per europe. Lets show you what the u. S. Story is. We have had these lines from President Trump saying a trade deal is in its final throes. We continue to see upside for u. S. Stocks but not perhaps by as much as the european futures are suggesting. You see quite a broad picture of green coming through on the equity page here. We have money going into equities and sovereign bonds. It seems this rising tide
Leading losses. One thing not on sale this black friday is apparently health care. Boris johnson says he would walk away from a u. S. Trade deal if it included the nhs. We are 30 minutes away from the start of the european trading day. Welcome to the program. It is 7 31 here in london. This is what the futures look like at this hour. They look weaker. We are expecting the fall of the Asian Session into negative territory. It has been light in volumes. The markets were closed yesterday. Today, we see a shorter trading session as a result. Do not expect to see the volumes that are normal. U. S. Futures also pointing downward. Clutching our ongoing concerns around trade, so lets think about where we have been in the Asian Session. Lots of interesting theories as to what is going on. There is a narrative around trade. We talked about how trade tensions, and particularly President Trump signing that bill around hong kong, how that threatens to weigh on the conversation. That was an issue ye
To u. S. Drug companies. Reinvention as a business overhaul aimed at raising over 2 billion a year through 2022 sent shares higher. And a bitter taste as the hong kong protests hit congac sales and damage first half results. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to street signs. Happy thanksgiving for those of you who are celebrating. Were obviously not celebrating because were here in the studio bringing you the latest on the market action. To recap wall street yesterday we saw record highs for the major eking out gains despite a holiday weekend. We had u. S. Data yesterday, higher gdp numbers coming in at 2. 1 versus 4. 9 also improvement in chicago pmi. So all in all the picture was a little bit better for the data yesterday coming out of the u. S. But one of the major developments overnight was the news that President Trump has indeed signed legislation that passes into law u. S. Support for hong kong protesters that has not been well received by china. And, in fact, the tit for tat sho
Shoot another protester. Turned negative. Saudi aramcos ipo inspectors as oil demand could top out in 2035. The document leaves a lot of questions unanswered. Spains socialists falls short. Sanchez election backfires. Less than a halfhour until the start of the european trading day. Lets have a look at whats going on in the markets, futures in particular. Spain, also the latest in the uptick in violence in hong kong. We will get to the markets to show you what impact that is having. It is having an impact in europe as well. We see expectations coming down for the start of the european trading day. Futures suggest weakness at the start of the trading day. Last week was marked by optimism building around what could be achieved from trade talks. Optimism had to be dismissed by friday, didnt it . We saw President Trump weighing in on where we had got to, or not, on tariffs and rollbacks. That is part of the narrative we are dealing with this week once again. Lets have a look at what is goi
The uks Terror Threat level is downgraded, from severe to substantial, but it still means an attack could happen without further warning. A Public Health emergency in delhi, indias top court announces measures intended to address the toxic smog, engulfing the city. And, well speak to andrew strauss, the former england cricket captain, about the charity hes set up in his late wifes name, to raise awareness of a rare form of cancer. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that that Health Service leaders in england, are warning against the use of the nhs as a political weapon, in the general Election Campaign. The head of nhs providers says that over dramatising nhs difficulties, or making disingenuous claims about funding, is doing the nhs no favours. Nhs difficulties, or making disingenuous claims about funding, is doing the nhs no favours. Both conservatives and labour are pledging to spend billions more, to improve nhs care. The long term future of the nhs and social care is likely to be a k