Couple of things. They are looking at numbers of infected across the world, but also the fed decision. Stocks are struggling for direction. Treasuries pretty steady. It is all about the fed, the policy meeting, and what they will give us in indications. In asia, modest gains in hong kong and south korea. They outperformed in china but low volumes. 1957. 157 lets get straight to the first word news in london with laura wright. James the uks looking at ways to loosen its coronavirus quarantine rules after restrictions on trips prompted backlash. One possibility is abandoning blanket restrictions in favor of regional bands and another is reducing the time passengers arriving in britain need to stay in quarantine. The u. K. And u. S. Voiced concern about hong kongs election after a flurry of media reports the government is considering postponing the vote maybe for a whole year. Hong kongs opposition argues the coronavirus outbreak is being used as an excuse to push off the pivotal election
Bank of greece governor. And a Swiss Company a Johnson Johnson takeover target. In athens guy lets talk about why we are here. Be speaking tos the governor of the bank of greece. He sits in the ecb as well. We need to have a conversation about what is happening on the ground in greece, which talking to ceos, they sound positive. A big rally in greek assets. Then we come to the ecb. Thinking about the big questions. The meeting on the eight. What is it ultimately going to deliver. That is what we are building up to. The ecb, a lot to think about at the moment. Anna a lot to talk about. Lets have a look at where we are expecting to open. Half an hour until the start of the European Equity trading. Asian session has been decent. Indian equities up. Movement,ting contrary to the direction of travel. Since the victory of donald trump, the story has been of the strong dollar. The euro, up 0. 4 . The ecb story factoring in. With this story, we are watching what is happening on the bond market
Packed day. This is the show today. Political risk in europe with less than 10 days until italys referendum. France chooses candidates for its president ial elections. We bring our exclusive interviews with yannis stournaras, governor of the bank of greece. The latest news on the brexit debate. Our guests will break down what elections in europe and the trunk content white house will mean for the u. K. As it negotiates to leave the e. U. First, lets get straight to the first world news. Here is never change. Cheich. Nejra nejra cpi excluding fresh food dropped 0. 4 in october from a year earlier. It underlines how different have distant the economy is from achieving its 2 inflation target. The ceo of fiat said donald trump could affect his strategy in north america. Mainly, i think there are a number of conditions in the u. S. That are not yet settled. I heard him during his campaign, and the president elect made some statements about how he sees trade. That is a big issue, because of