Vaccines. Virus deaths hit a record in the u. S. And in italy. And finding a compromise, opec agrees to slowly add more oil year after days of tense talks. Saudi arabias Energy Minister called the process of excruciating. Welcome to the program, everybody. Welcome to the European Market open. It has just gone 7 00 here in london. German factory orders rising 2. 9 month on month. The estimate was for an increase of 1. 5 . That was better than anticipated. Factory orders arising year on year, 1. 8 . The estimate was 0. 2. We have seen a continuation of growth coming through. We will see what momentum is like in the further winter months. Another story out of germany, potentially more interesting, perhaps. Germany has agreed to extend a to preventr bankruptcies as the economy is hit by the second wave of the pandemic. Germany is extending its 37 billiondollar backstop for Credit Insurance by another six months in the month of june. The industry will surrender 60 of remittance to the gover
Probably not today ahead of another call between Commission President ursula and british Prime Minister Boris Johnson. U. K. Banks and Home Builders suffered the brunt of the selling as the ftse 100 outperforms the spot 600 and the pound stays under pressure well, a very good morning and welcome to street signs, everybody. Our top story of the day, no surprise, brexit as talks enter the 11th hour. And we have plenty of coverage this morning were going to get into all the detail, all the latest in just a moment but i want to kickoff by showing you the Market Reaction because its been pretty interesting the moves weve seen so far. Starting with sterling, which is trading up 1. 5 versus the dollar, so currently around the 1. 3240 level this as volatility in sterling has reached an eightmonth high. So a substantial sell off in the currency this morning on the back of this weekends developments as we head into the final talks. The ftse, meanwhile, the main benchmark in the equity market for
Shares of boeing helping lead the dow higher following positive comments from a top european safety regulator about the future of the 737 max. More on that in just a moment. Boeing is up about 3 . The s p up around a percent, close to that at the moment, 59 minutes left, sara. Coming up on todays show, shares of Kansas City Southern they have held up relatively well this year ticking lower on the back of earnings today we will talk to the railroads ceo about those results. Plus we will talk about the impact the coronavirus is having on the world of sports with the ceo of a Testing Company they test for big 10 and pac12. The company is quidel. Their stock be that flying 58 minutes left of trade, mike santoli, megger theel and joining us to talk about boeing today is sheila kaiialo. Mike, the market strong. A gentle rise the market found its footing for the second straight day around the time the european markets closed in the late morning we have been trudging higher since then the s p
Boris johnson is due to the side on fridawhether to walk away from the talks. New zealand prepares to vote with polls indicating the Prime Minister will be a comfortable winner. Both party leade are criticized for not doing enough for women. Breaking news out of south korea. We are getting the jobless figures for the month of ptember coming in at 3. 9 , which is much higher than analysts had expected. Its also larger than the previous month, when it came in from august at 3. 2. 300 92,000 jobs were removed in september from a year earlier and we have seen the jobless rate ssawing. We did have the virus resurgence in south korea so that hit the labor market negatively and we had typhoons in september that might have skewed the numbers. The positive boost for the labor market in south korea is the governments planned fourth extra budget that should help the employment market. S p saying it will take many years for employment to return to prepandemic levels. We have seen the bank of korea
And fighting on all fronts. The tory rebellion over Boris Johnsons coronavirus powers Gains Momentum as brexit talks enter a crucial week. 6 00 a. M. In london. Annmarie hordern is out for the day. A solo show. Morphing tol risks the center of the barbell. Inmorgan warned very clearly terms of where we are. We are moving toward a point where correction is overdone. Moves from the tail into the middle. It is the size of the risk you have to measure. Lets take a look at what jp morgan has to say. Three quarters of the way done. We have moved straight to the markets. Lets have a little bit of a look. Csi 300 industrial profits up in china. That has bolstered the equity story. Standard chartered shows a moderating in the growth story in china. An eighth of 1 . The s p 500 up 0. 4 . Lets roll it across and have a look at other products on the move. Oil is moving. Its going to be a long road to recovery. The commodities story is reflective of the dollar story, but also this morning in terms