The u. K. In lockdown. Boris johnson ordering sweeping measures to stop people leaving home while President Trump holds off saying the u. S. Is not built to be shut down. And germany stands ready to help italy get through the pandemic. Slow as wuhanilan is ready to lift its lockdown entirely. Just under an hour away from cash equity trading. Let us take a look first at futures. We are seeing gains after asian markets rose. Ftse and dax futures each up more than 4 . We are also seeing gains in u. S. Futures. After drops there as well yesterday, we see green arrows of across the dow and the s p as well as the nasdaq. More than 4 are the futures gains there as well. Visit with Mark Cranfield. Watch walk us through the fed measures. Mark some people are calling it an alphabet soup of measures. They are doing everything from commercial paper through treasury bonds. Every part of the yield curve. All different kinds of assets. Anything with an interest rate. They are going down as far as try
Iran after the government admits it and suddenly it accidentally shot down a ukrainian jetline. Washington aso china and the United States look to sign a phase one trade deal. Begin reporting with j. P. Morgan, citi, and wells fargo numbers due this week as Goldman Sachs says it plans to double its headcount in china. Good morning. David good morning. Matt good morning. We are looking at futures showing gains across europe. Take a look in terms of the dax and ftse futures. Cac futures are down just a little bit but we do see a gain on dax and ftse futures, just slight, but they are green arrows nonetheless. We see gains in terms of u. S. Futures. In fact, much more strong in terms of u. S. Futures much more strength in terms of u. S. Futures. Atdaq, s p, and dow jones. 3 . Anna lets take a look at where we are. That does seem to be on the move. It was flatter than that perhaps , just half an hour ago or so. Highera tentative push on asian equities. We are without japan. The philippines
Remarkable considering the last 48 hours. The dollar continuing to strengthen, and crude at a very sanguine 59. 19. Guy lets talk about what is happening here in europe. Weve got a risk rally underway. Stocks reasonably well bid. Volumes pretty good as well, so that is worth paying attention to. Pound down by 0. 3 . Brent crude down as well. The pound down on those carney comments. Lets talk about what is happening with the trade narrative. Vonnie yeah. China announcing that vice premier liu he will travel to washington next week to sign the first phase of a deal with the United States. Joining us from washington is bloomberg trade reporter shawn donnan. It would appear the events of the last couple of days havent deterred china from that january 15 date we heard before for a signing ceremony. Shawn absolutely. This is the first time weve heard the chinese confirm that the vice premier will come to washington. The real theme since this deal was first announced way back in october has b
Performing sectors investors search for safety following the attack seeking safe haven assets like gold and yen. Hitting record highs on the first trading day of the year. Good morning and welcome to street signs. Our top story today, the pentagon confirmed irans top leader Qassim Soleimani was killed he was the head of the quds force. The generals death marks an escalation in tensions between tehran and washington following the u. S. Attacbeing attacked at embassy. We are seeing brent up to 68. 44 you can see about 3. 3 wti, 63 now up equal amounts about 3 . Looking at some Major Oil Companies as well. You can see a lot of those are positioned in the uk you can see bp Royal Dutch Shell up about 3 . On the flip side, weve got travel Companies Trading deeply in negative territory. France air down. Higher oil price not a good thing for the Airline Industry lets talk a little more about the politics and ramifications here lets get out to our correspondent who is in l. A. Today. Talk us mo
Traded deal with india and japan. Asian stocks slip ahead of saturdays meeting with xi jinping. Americas biggest banks have promised to boost payouts after all 18 aced the fed stress test. Deutsche bank had a surprise pass. Switzerland is set to block trading of its shares in the eu after treaty talks with russells failed with brussels failed. Matt good morning. I want to draw your attention to something that is market related but not a driving force. Still, i think an incredibly interesting move. This is just a threeday chart of bitcoin. We started at 11,000, went up to 14,000, then back down to 10,000. Just massive moves. Gratzrd from michael nola that he had wished he sold more on wednesday. His comments could be one of the things that weight on bitcoin in yesterdays session. Incredible to see a 30 moved in the price of bitcoin. We see a mixed picture if we look at european futures just about 30 minutes away from the start of trading. Dax futures are gaining right now. You will see