Steve mnuchin says he sees a bounceback last year. Angela merkel vows to defend the euro. The bank of england governor hints more qe could be on the way. We still have breaking news that we are waiting for, looking at merck, First Quarter net sales at 4. 7 billion euros, the 4. 1mate was 4. 9 billion 9 billion. , 1. 1 billionda euros for the First Quarter, estimate was 1. 0 8 billion. That number coming in a little bit stronger in terms of the adjusted ebitda. Manus, what have you got . You think about pharmaceuticals and telecoms, they are two of the most robust sectors in this whole covid challenge. A limitedas had impact. They are confirming guidance. Using the word limited virus , they are using more broadband. Up by 10 ,er ebitda as are a lot of recovery markets in recovery mode. Deutsche telekoms down on the year. Much will theyow be rewarded for that sticking to guidance. Good morning. Glasses on, glasses off, i dont know. We will talk about risk on or risk off in a moment. Gold
From the bloomberg terminal. Most improved player. President trump softens his criticism of Jerome Powell but the two disagree when it comes to negative rates. Traders price the fed going subzero early next yeek. Italy doubles down the government passes a much delayed 55 billion euro stem luis package but is it enough . Watch the b. P. Trade today. And america first. Or is it Americans First . Sanofi says the u. S. Will be first to get its Coronavirus Vaccine. It took the most risks in terms of investments. Well speak with germanys merck at 8 30 u. K. Too many. Were just an hour away from the start of cash trading in europe. Futures are pointing lower. 1 drops on the major equity indexes. Here you can see ftse futures a little bit worse than the continental indexes. Take a look also at the half percent or last drops that we see in u. S. Futures after big losses yesterday. U. S. Markets fell to a threeweek low and now were looking at a possible riskoff thursday as well. Anna . Actually
Whether we are any closer to a phase one deal between the u. S. And china. The s p 500 hitting another reluctant record, i would call it, and u. S. Futures on the front foot. The euro study. We sought strengthen steady. We saw it strengthen against the dollar yesterday. 1070 right now. General concern about growth in u. S. Stockpiles, meaning it is trading at 56. 96. Coming up, we speak to the managing director of the fund,ational monetary Kristalina Georgieva. Dont miss that. Markets pushing down the 10 year treasury yield last week. Lets get the bloomberg first word news. Today, the public hearings of the impeachment inquiry start again. The u. S. House Intelligence Committee plans to hear from 8 witnesses this week. They are examining if the president lied to special counsel robert mueller. This comes as President Trump says he is strongly considering testifying in the investigation. The u. S. Reversing its stance that Israels West Bank settlements are illegal. The move is a big pol
Left in asias once a dominant commodities trade off. Kong markets are getting set to come back online after the Lunar New Year long weekend. Chinese markets are still away until thursday. We take a look at what is going on in the hong kong stock exchange. In terms of a handover, not much of one after that stellar performance by asia shares on a monday driven largely by Japanese Equities that had their second best day of the year. We saw a little bit of a failure to extend those gains in the european session. We are also seeing u. S. Futures trading down as well. Lets take a look at where we are moving in terms of markets. A big week when it comes to markets. It over to sophie for a look at how things are going. Ie as you pointed out, u. S. Futures are declining. Taiwan and a vietnam also closed for the extended holiday. The nikkei and topics snap a topix snap amb threeday climb. Seoul, and for decline. In kuala lumpur, stocks are sliding after a fiveday bend. We will see whether or not
Julie . Julie we havent seen as much swinging around and eason days for the mazer averages. We have seen stocks lower, remaining there, with modest losses for the moment. Continuing that selling momentum that we saw yesterday. If you take a look at the groups on the move in the s p 500, financials are the biggest drag on a weighted basis, accounting for a third of the drop in the s p 500. Take a look at the bloomberg for a look at the wheel, with financials down three quarters of 1 . Selling off materials and real estate as well. Here, its not the big banks that are falling on a percentage basis, it is the insurers. Surging about 12 yesterday after that Company Reported that they were drawing interest from some of the rivals, including alliance of germany. Jpmorgan is skeptical that ollie allianz would be earnings with higher than average estimated expenses for the fourth quarter, perhaps shares on their trading lower. What is interesting today is that these are coming even as mann yie