Happened. The bears breathe a sigh of relief. But is it all over as soon as it started . The cash trade is just an hour away so lets see if this has legs. Here are your top headlines. With thes a big blow nasdaq down almost 5 . The s p severs it steepest drop since june. And suffers its deepest drop since june. Bill ackman tells market jitters the National Bank to challenge santander. So, a lot going on today, as well as german factory orders. They are now out. Ofth over month, the gain 2. 8 not nearly as much as a survey, which was 5 . Over the prior number, which was 27. 9 . Yearoveryear, its a drop of 7. 3 , which is worse than the survey drop of 6. 0 . And a slight improvement from 11. 3 on the prior numbers. So during factory orders german factory orders not shining light on this. Just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading. Futures are down in europe. And remember, yesterday we were looking at gains on the dax of more than 1 . Then we closed losses of more than
Very good of you thanks for joining us here on r. T. International. And well start with a quick update on the latest global coronavirus figures the total number of infections around the world that us now risen to above 4300000 more than 293000 lives have been lost but more than 1600000 people have recovered. And with tight restrictions slowly being lifted all around the world people are starting to think about life after lockdown from walks in the park to perhaps the 1st vacation experts there were sounding the alarm because examples from asia show the threat of a 2nd wave of infection is indeed real for instance the chinese city of work over 90 was 1st detected was one of the 1st to lift restrictions due to the success of its Strict Lockdown measures however a new cluster of cases has recently theyre in emerging cities authorities are planning to test all residents with the next 10 days in a bid to stop the spread. South koreas also been praised for quickly managing the pandemic which
Very good afternoon to you thanks for joining us here on r. T. International. Start by getting a quick daily check on the latest global coronavirus figures total infections now stands at more than 4500000 fate are approaching the 303000 mark or the number of those whove recovered tops more than 1700000. School bells in france have been heard ringing for the 1st time in more than 8 weeks with infant a problem with School Starting to throw open their doors following the lockdown but some parents fear the governments push for some semblance of normality could end up bringing the coronavirus right into their homes rather dubiously explains. This week schools across from have been throwing open their doors once again to welcome pupils as part of plans to move a step closer to normality the government is opening up these educational facilities to gradual pace but many parents are torn about the idea of sending their children back to school into the classroom i am quite a severe asthmatic chi
Great to have your company here with your global news update this is art. Lets bring about it today with the latest figures on the covert 900 pandemic the number of cases worldwide has now surpassed warm point 4083000 people have lost their lives the United States has the largest number of infections followed by spain and italy and worldwide 390000 people have recovered from the disease. Well lets turn 1st to france where the death toll from coven 19 has passed 10000 the Health Minister was warned that the peak has not yet arrived and that the nationwide lockdown will have to continue and the World Health Organization has supported that view saying only countries that lift restrictions too early could trigger a new wave of the pandemic on the charlotte dubiously reports from paris 4 weeks into lockdown in france and the countrys economy is being brought to its knees will probably be more than the minus 2. 2 percent in 2009 versus the magnitude of the economic shock. As the pandemics ta
Impact of the coronavirus and. Their anger against the government over the lack of protective equipment for offices and threatens to stop and forcing the nationwide. Thanks for joining us with your global news update this is r. T. International. First an update on the scale of the curve in 1000 pandemic more than half a 1000000 cases have now been confirmed will white with 24000 lives lost so far 122000 have recovered from the virus. Her growing number of countries are now in force than either partial or complete lockdown to control the spread of the virus an estimated 3000000000 people almost half of the global population are under various forms of restriction or the u. S. Now has. I would say the u. S. Now has the largest number of covered 9000 cases in the world even outstripping china although 85000 americans have tested positive more than a 1000 have died new york city has been by far the worst hit with nearly 40000 cases thats more than half of the National Total 466 people have