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
Deadlocked on stimulus we know the economy needs more stimulus, certainly pockets of it do. Does the stock market, though . What is if it doesnt happen im not sure if the stock market is pricing it in, happening right now. I mean, theres no scoreboard that i can tell you definitively its being priced in, but i dont think its in there. So if you do get something, i think it will be good for sentiment and it will probably lead to new highs, but if you dont, independent nm not sure as wbig of a disappointment as i would have thought six months ago. A lot of works continues to work, ive been talking about the housing stocks all year. Lows in particular in that index, low looks prime for a mega breakout, about to take out previous resistance, put that one on your radar. And then theres leadership from energy today, which is kind of weird. We were looking at some of these names and exxon could double from where its trading right now and still be negative on the year thats how beaten up this
Surveillance. A bit of a different bloomberg surveillance. It has been 10 days that we have foroadcasting from all of our technical operators around the world. Arefocus is on what we seeing in terms of data. Is the euro area. It will give us an indication of exactly what the economy is facing. Euro area preliminary actually, its not preliminary. Anything below 50 indicates a contraction. Lets get onto your markets quickly. Thee is a lot of focus on banks after regulators have pushed a lot of u. K. Banks. European stocks are down. Im also looking at treasuries. Lets get straight to Bloomberg News in new york city. Died from coronavirus. Fatalities top 1000 confirmed cases in new york state. They have surpassed those in chinas Hubei Province sticking with President Trump, he said to announce the deferral of some payments. Bloomberg has learned he has announced a proposal to the late some levees for six months. This would not apply to tariffs the white house has imposed as a result of act
Good evening everyone. Im Francine Lacqua in london. Thoseof the focus on deaths and infection. It seems europe may be stabilizing, i spoke to a number ,f experts think its too soon if you look at the curve of the seems its getting worse and we are also hearing did may get worse before it gets better. This is what your markets are telling you. I know weve been talking about the dollar almost day in and day out. A lot of the focus is on whats going on. Lets have a at what equities are doing, gaining 2 . Gaining, u. S. Futures, dollar strengthening a touch. A debate over whether theres ground for a rally given the continued spread of the coronavirus but today they are focusing on betterthanexpected in the u. S. Treasuries also advancing. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news in new york city. We begin in italy. Be approaching a peak according to the World Health Organization. Numbersees the smallest of new cases in almost two weeks. The nation setting to extend its current c
Go higher. The crash stride an hour away. Lets get your top headlines off the bloomberg terminal. China p. M. I. Data Beat Estimates but it is a mixed picture for asian stocks and u. S. Futures turned in the case negative. The w. H. O. Said the coronavirus outbreak in europe may be approaching its peak but across the atlantic new york city reports a 16 increase in deaths in just six hours. Plus lenders from howards bank to unicredit halts dividends at the request of the b. B. C. Well speak with the chair to have Advisory Board in just over an hour. We do see futures positive here. Certainly in germany. 3 4 of a percent. Up on the dax futures. U. S. Futures we pointed out are down right now. Of course that can change. Volatility is the name of the game these days but we see a little bit of a split in terms over the risk indicators. Anna, what do you see from your g. M. M. . Anna before get to that, lets get to breaking news. We have numbers coming through from shell. They are talking oo