Im on Francine Lacqua. Weve had quite interesting and big political news in the u. S. That started late last night, overnight and first we know that transition is more on its way than was 24 hours ago. Global stocks advancing on the back of that. If you look at what stock markets are taking a positive, the general source of administration acknowledged joe biden was the apparent winner of the election and the move reduced Political Uncertainty in the u. S. , giving biden access to Current Agency officials, briefing books, 6 million in funding and the market. Energy stocks leading the stoxx 600. Travel companies. Banks also notching gains. Haven assets weaker. We are getting some eco figures. Looking forward to speaking to the president of the Ifo Institute shortly. The estimater than of 87. 5. Ifo coming up in 15 minutes. Here is leighann gerrans. Englands National Lockdown ends next week but Prime Minister Boris Johnson says it will be replaced by a tougher threetier system of regional
Infections rising not only in europe, but also in specific European Countries. Lets get to the markets. The focus is also another currencies. Eurodollar on the back of what we heard from Christine Lagarde. Investors toward u. S. Fiscal stimulus. The bloomberg first word news. Here in london with me is leighann gerrans. Is considering fresh sanctions on iran. They may target more than a dozen banks and label the entire finance industry offlimits. The move would effectively leave iran isolated from the global economy. A wrong has already been crushed by the loss of oil sales thanks to american restrictions. French president Emmanuel Macron says he has agreed to meet the Opposition Leader of belarus, as he looks to persuade his eu colleagues that he is serious about confronting russia. The eu is holding a summit later this week to discuss potential sanctions against moscow for not cooperating on belarus. Fears the u. K. Could be facing a longterm increase in the size of the state as well
Suddenly very risk off, with the s p 500 and dow down. The nasdaq is down one point 25 for the worst performance. , dow jones news reporting it is facing criminal and civil scrutiny into years of 77 max Quality Control lapses. Once again, reporting that boeing is facing criminal and civil scrutiny into years of 737 max Quality Control lapses. As we know, boeing plays a part in many of these indices, so it is definitely weighing on those in the last few minutes, erasing most, if not all of its gains. In numbers tomorrow, which is worth bearing in mind. Inopean banks are firmly focus. Loan loss provisions a big part of what we are seeing here today. , one of which is results out today. What thee a listen to banking ceos we have been talking have had to say about the economy. Greatres obviously a degree of uncertainty around that range. We saw 3 billion of expected credit losses in the first quarter, up fourfold on the charge from q4 of last year. 7 billion to 11 billion range is an estim
Front. Showing millions of jobs lost. Well see more with the jobless claim number and tomorrow with the number from the government dow looks to be up 260 s p up by 34 and nasdaq up by 118. We are getting competing views jobless numbers we know are bad. Then you see oil prices that tell you where things may be headed prices may be up again gain of 7. 3 this shows you maybe things are starting to pick up around the globe. Maybe that demand is coming back that may be something to hang your hat on. Andrew thank you we have a huge lineup of guests. Secretary of state mike pompeo will join us to discuss relations with china former ceo of Goldman Sachs about the outlook of the economy and the ceo of paypal and also talking to the ceo of hilton and aflac ceo will join us and our media guru from lion tree hard to think we are going to pack it all in in three tiny hours. That means no screwing around at all today is what i think go for it then. Three hours time for everything. With err going to
The dow futures down 448 points. Down almost 2 . S p better than 2 , nasdaq lower by 225. 2 and a half percent there as well. Strong showing in april despite losses yesterday, the dow, s p 500 posting largest monthly gain in 33 years for month of april. Oil prices are still down this morning sliding again, take a look, this morning more on the impact, low prices and decline in demand are having on big energy. Oil now 39 cents, better than 2 . I will be speaking this morning exxon mobile and chevron will be reporting and we will speak with the ceo of chevy robe coming up. Amazon with jump in sales but seeing profits fall as cost of doing business of the pandemic rises. Could post First Quarterly loss in 25 years. More bombshells, more unsealed documents reveal the fbi was moving to close the investigation of Michael Flynn back in january of 17 before agent peter strzok stepped in to say keep the case open. Flynns Attorney Sidney Powell will join me powell at 8 10 a. M. Eastern on the ef