red, down just over 0.1% in germany, the dax up 0.4%. in paris, the cac 40 up 0.20 the ftse mib up 0.20%. basic resources up the laggard at the moment is the retail sector. let's talk about volkswagen. shares are trading higher ahead of the first press conference of newly selected ceo herbert diess. diess will replace matthias mueller and charged with leading volkswagen towards a sweeping transition volkswagen will start a press conference shortly in wolfsburg with speeches from the chairman dieter perch and herbert diess