>> hence on hikes. janet yellen will be getting more news today. fed statement due at 2:30 p.m. eastern. barclay's under pressure after pretax profit dropped by 20%. they set aside an extra 800 million pounds for alleged currency markets. the firm impressing investors with a dividend hike and plans to extend it's chain. some european autos on the move after reporting earnings today. the first quarterly revenue up by 5% due to higher pricing and improving demand in china. in germany volkswagen included operating profit of 3 billion euros. so a lot of stock specific action. particularly interesting to see that move up .6%. let's talk more about the trade in autos. we have the senior managing director and partner at head of