Joint action. Saudi arabia wants producers to agree on additional cuts of one Million Barrels per day. Nejra what a wipe out on wall street. We will get to that in a moment, but first, breaking headlines coming through. We are still in earnings season. Basf sees significant first half Coronavirus Impacts on the Global Economy, and it sees 2020 point 2 ebit of four billion euros to 4. 8 billion euros versus 4. 5 billion euros in 2018. Those are the two red headlines. They are saying they do not expect the virus effect to be fully offset over the years, so some important headlines coming through on the impact of coronavirus. Elsewhere in the numbers, it is proposing a full year Dividend Per Share meeting the highest estimate, but it sees a significant first half Coronavirus Impact on the Global Economy, bracing for a possible profit drop on coronavirus but also the slump in autos. That is the main takeaway here, adding to industrial gloom by adding to the profit drop due to the impact of
You must be 68 because im 66 thats tom cruise talking ive been told we have to interrupt this briefly to get to walmart numbers which have just crossed. Walmart is out with Fourth Quarter and full year earnings 1. 38 adjusted versus estimate of 1. 43 141. 67 billion. Analysts expecting 142. 488 billion. The majority of stores in chile have been disrupted and some totally destroyed. Theyll be holding an investor day discussing this more in depth. Shares are down 2 in early going. In u. S. Comparable growth streak does continue 1. 9 also below analyst expectation of 2. 3 for the quarter. U. S. E commerce net sales grew 35 . Coming year expectations to grow at least 30 speaking with the cfo, quote, the quarter started off and ended strong despite softness in some categories like media and gaming on the coronavirus, they are monstering the situation and focused on the safety and wellbeing of customers and associates he says sales are still okay the fear is mixed towards food walmart is not
Was checking in around 6 00 a. M. To squawk box but still looking up road map this morning, it starts with a potential trade boost, stocks as you saw pointing to what would be a pretty good open at least if youre long after treasury secretary mnuchin said there is a path to a deal with china. Plus, trade head winds hitting home, fedex saying the ongoing disputes are creating, quote, significant uncertainty for its business outlook. Micron surging this morning, this on strong Quarterly Results. The chipmaker also resuming some sales to huawei and forecasting demand recovery this year. Stocks are looking to rebound this morning, this after treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin expressed optimism about trade talks in a cnbc interview. Here is what he told hadley gamble in bahrain. Im hopeful we see a deal there needs to be the right efforts in place this isnt a deal for having the sake of a deal we were about 90 of the way there. There is a path to complete this but well see where we get. Quo
Welcome to daybreak asia. We are coming down to ages major market opens. Haidi the top stories this hour. The market searching for motivation as a tame u. S. Inflation report the case for a fed rate skip. A weak 30 year option. Alibaba returns to Revenue Growth across all major divisions define chinas define chinas economic woes. Bloomberg learns chinas market regulators will meet developers and financiers on friday seeking solutions to a worsening property crisis. Kathleen we are waiting for the Rate Decision from the banco ce ntral peru central bank. Expected to hold again even though inflation is falling. They did holder key rate at seven and recorders percent exactly as expected. We are going to be looking for messaging because Goldman Sachs had predicted they might cut their key rate today because inflation has had a nice downward trend lately. If not today they will do it at their next meeting. That is the latest from latin america. We will be waiting for any Additional Informati
We will check the mood live in beijing. Not politics daunting markets, the outcomes not exactly the results we were expecting. We are going to be delving into the in depth in the next few hours. I want to take a quick look at a close in the u. S. Market on friday. Not surprising that after a fed meeting, continued concerns over what was coming out of the u. N. , tensions with north korea, there was about a mixed close. You can see that the dow was just down ever so slightly. Flat, fractional gains in the s p 500 and the snp s p 500e up. Not a lot of direction for us. We have a lot hanging when it comes to the big week in washington. Centralbank speakers set to speak, as well. New zealand not a whole big reaction to this weekends election when it comes to stocks. We are continuing to see the kiwi dollar, 7310 weakening from the third of desperate 3 the surprise outcome here as we look ahead to those Coalition Talks. Australia, we are seeing teachers up about seven point four the excess