Earnings Angela Merkel says another election would be better than a minority government. The fdp tells cnbc that the political deadlock is due to the chancellors unwillingness to compromise. Robert mugabe faces impeachment as zimbabwes political crisis stretches on. The countrys ousted Vice President hails a new era for wh the area good morning one hour into the trading session. We had a strong session overnight. Nikkei up 0. 7 another strong session for hang seng led by tencent. Things in europe are looking soggy this morning a bit more sea of reds than yesterday. That points to the soggy open for the euro stocks index, almost down 0. 2 this is in contrast to the price reaction we saw in stocks indices yesterday, despite the breakdown of German Coalition talks. Ftse a lager down 0. 1 of course all eyes on the budget tomorrow, and what mr. Hammond has to offer there today a couple members do speak at the treasury select committee. Dax, soggy day, almost down 0. 2 reacting to some of th
Drop in order for drop in order for for its typhon business jet. And opec secretarygeneral hopes to get the americans on his side saying the Oil Organization will meet with the u. S. To help support their production deal. Good morning glad youre with us once again for spain it may be the day of reckoning as the Catalan Leader, Carles Puigdemont, will be speaking to the Catalan Parliament later today he may or may not declare independence well have to wait and see until 6 00 p. M. Local time a quick look at the stoxx 600, one hour into the trading session. We are pretty much flat, even stevens when it comes to gainers and losers german exports were strong in august, up 3. 1 . Brushing off concerns of the stronger euro given that were seeing stronger demand in the eurozone lets look at the indices one by one. The dax hit record highs in yesterdays trading session. Its just close to those levels, still 12,977 points. The ibex 35 on this crucial day for spain is off by 0. 4 continues to un
Hello, this is todays worldwide exchange, im ross westgate. Im kelly evans. These are your headlines from around the world. Shares of stocks fall after the french bank swings to an alltime low. The ceo says hes optimistic. Im confident we will show a further market share gain. Heineken shares pop after the giant raises its outlook. And peugeot rolls out its recovery plan. And the first 30year bond in years. The test of Market Sentiment ahead of the election. And president obama uses his state of the union speech to urge congress to end the battle over the budget and Work Together to boost the u. S. Economy and help the middle class. Together we have cleared away the rubble of crisis. We can say with renewed confidence that the state of our union is strong. There we go. Who doesnt love to kick off a wednesday morning with the iea Monthly Oil Report . They have lowered their Oil Demand Growth expectations on weaker gdp forecasts. Demand growth, 840,000 barrels a day in 2013. Theyve cut t
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