Its education business continues to struggle in north america. And asml is among the hottest stocks in europe this morning hitting a record high as Fourth Quarter profits beat expectations good morning were about an hour into the european trading session wild swings in the u. S. Equity session. Well get into that. The handover from asia was mixed. The nikkei was down about 0. 4 overnight. Hang seng stood out there, ending up about a quarter of a percentage point the mood music in europe is grim this morning it points to a weak start for the stoxx 600. We recovered a bit, but for the day the index is trading down. Lets look at european markets and see what the picture is like there the only one in the green, is ftse mib. The italian index, but ftse 100 is lagging in the uk, the focus is on the voting of the uk withdrawal bill later in the lower house of the Parliament Today xetra dax is also struggling, down 0. 2 . We get eurozone Inflation Numbers in about a half hours time we should g
Argos delivers fo sainsburys as the uk retailer reports like for like sales ahead of forecasts, while cost cutting improves its bottom line good morning happy Independence Day to those celebrating it today volumes will be lower across europe as a result of that lets look at the ftse 100, off by 0. 3 . The cac 40 off by 0. 2. The xetra daxtrending lower. Oil prices reversing recent gains. Weve seen eight days of gains lets show you the sectors one by one autos, insurance and banks higher technology, telecoms a touch lower. I wanted to come back to some big stories. German generic drug company stada is trading higher as bain capital and cinven may seek approval from regulators to submit a revised bid to the group. And now lets talk about clariant a group of shareholders urged others to rejected the proposed merger with huntsman corvex says the deal wont unlock value and we saw some big moves in the u. S. Dollar yesterday and the u. S. Twoyear yields they closed at the highest level since
Snap sevenday winning streaks. Allianz launches a 3 billion euro Share Buyback after posting bumper profits for the fourth quarter. The cfo outlined the Insurance Firms m a plans earlier on the show. If an acquisition fits our business and our future strategy and we ca can do it, we certain look at it. It is not a must for us. Its a further opportunistic thing. Samsung heir jay y. Lee is arrested as part of a corruption probe, sending political shockwaves through south korea and sending shares in the smartphone maker lower. Good morning, everybody. Welcome back. Good morning. Traveling, that beautiful shot in switzerland yesterday. I did bring back chocolate, i think its gone now. I brought it in at 6 00 this morning, gone at 6 05. Trump getting everybody up and going. The dotcom people cant keep up. Being a journalist on trump these days, effectively youre on 24 hours. You get maybe five hours. Head online and look at the key points from this speech, if you havent already. Well talk m
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