Away. Knife edge. Brexit talks near a compromise on fishing, leaving the level Playing Field the biggest obstacle. Can the side to get a deal through today . Sanctions hit sentiment. Stocks and futures flip as the u. S. Is said to add more chinese officials to a blacklist and the rollout begins. Coronavirus vaccines start in the u. K. Tomorrow. The u. S. May follow suit by the end of the week if the fda gives emergency and approval emergency approval. I have been away for six weeks on paternity leave. It has been fantastic. Not much seems to have changed in terms of markets. We are still in crunch time. We are still looking at covid infections rising to alltime highs. We are still looking at u. S. Stocks rising as well. I guess the vaccines is the hopeful sign. Maybe this week, the good change we have all been waiting for in 2020. On return, everything has changed and yet nothing has changed. Certainly new information. That has been a real game changer. But we are still as you say at c
News of the father of the Pfizer Vaccine shou. Our conversation with jeremy stopple min later this hour. Tiktoks Parent Company is asking a u. S. Court to intervene in President Trumps attempt to thwart the sale. We will have the latest from beijing. First, a comeback for big tech in the stock market. For more on the trade, we are joined by Sarah Ponczek in new york. Walk us through the day and how tech drove market action. Sarah we did have a tech turnaround today. After two days when the nasdaq fell. You see the nasdaq 100 back on top. You look at your other major benchmarks not staging as much of a rally. So what changed . Not too much. You could say its just a comeback. At the same time, there were headlines being here in new york city, headlines about further restrictions in the city. It begs the question about whether or not people will be working from home, stuck at home with restrictions longer than previously thought, especially with the positive news on the vaccine. With that
The u. K. Government sets up discussions with industry as brexit disruption closes in. Negotiations with the eu are set to crash through an informal deadline this weekend. Good morning. Just over an hour to go until the start of cash equity trading. Let have a look at where we are on the futures picture. Futures in europe looked to be a little bit to the downside. Lets break into the futures to talk about whats going on with the u. K. Economy growing in the Third Quarter from the previous quarter. Growing by 1. 1 in the month of september. The estimate was 1. 5. We were hearing that from our colleagues moments ago. They were talking about the estimates for september and the First Quarter. The number i have penciled in from them was 1. 5 gain in gdp for september. It is a little bit below that. The broad theme is the same. That 1. 1 in september adding to strong rebound numbers earlier on in the Third Quarter. The Third Quarter comes up by 15. 5 . That could be a smashing of a record in
Been working hard on cost has been creating this leverage. It the perfect storm of volatility that helped you in the Third Quarter . Sergio it has been coming down to a more normalized level that may be sought before 2018 and 2019. I think it is a combination is a more stable market environment, but the effect of all the new initiatives that we could set for growing, and which are starting to pay off. Manus youve got a strong message in the dividend. There has been an accrual of cash and buy back. When can we realistically expect the regulator to let you and ubs pay those dividends in 2021 . Sergio what it seems for investors is, basically, our message that we are very determined and committed in implementing our capital return policy. We are flashing our intentions to have a good solid Cash Dividend, but also complemented with share buybacks, and the fact that we are highlighting what we have done so far this year by creating this 1. 5 billion reserve is a testament to our commitments
Iran and russia are attempting to interfere with the president ial election. They say theres no hacking involved. There are 12 days left until the vote. Spain is the first nation in western europe with one million virus cases. Rome considers implementing a nightly curfew. It comes as u. S. Hospitalizations reach a two month high. German cases jump to a new daily record of more than 12,000. The pound surges the most in six months as the u. K. And European Union resume talks over post trex it trade deal a week after Boris Johnson threatens to walk away. Negotiators arrive in london today. Anna lets get to some breaking news. Corporate reporting. Lets talk about some numbers from unilever. Third quarter underlying sales up by 4. 4 . Increase of 1. 8 . That looks to be better than in then has been anticipated. An estimate of an increase of over one. On pricing, things are weaker. The pricing comes in below estimates. Topline takeaway, sales have been beaten estimates. They are talking abou