airbus is the biggest gaining stock, up by 5.3%. schneider electric also up after they had numbers out. ,e spoke to management returning money to shareholders and doing a strategic review. higher.moves can seeownside, you coca-colahus, the biggest fallers on the stoxx 600 including commerzbank, that went up by 4.9%. some slight gains here across european markets and in the u.k.. washington is said to be considering postponing chinese tariffs for 60 days. the world's biggest economy is trying to negotiate a solution. joining us now is ben jones, senior multi-asset strategist at state street. i want to start with trade, because we do everyday, but really, bank earnings seem front and center. european banks have been a huge disappointment. set any different in 2019? not, that is where banks -- we continue to avoid. there are many issues, key among them is that the yield curve remains flat keeping a lot of pressure on margins. even when you do lend, which is small, they are not making the money. so the loan growth we're seeing is very weak. that is why we are still seeing these rather underwhelming numbers coming through from banks. the other point i would point out is not exactly new or exciting. is ifs more contro