executive chair ana botin tells.the lender does not need m&a to boost its numbers. >> we do not need to buy or sell to allocate capital in or out of. certain geographies. we have been doing that in an active way. our goal is to maximize capital. >> allocation. >> to benefit shareholder value. and so again. >> we do. >> not need to buy or sell. >> and apple shares sour in premarket trade as china's antitrust watchdog reportedly eyes a probe into its app store. fees and practices. european equity markets this morning are seesawing around the flat line. a lot of focus on individual names this morning, with earnings coming sharply into focus. you can see overall we are lower at this stage. the xetra dax down about 4/10 of a percent. the cac40 about the same. the ftse mid down 7/10 of a percent. but the real story lies under the hood here. so let's take a look at the individual names in focus. you've got santander right at the top of the stoxx 600. that stock up more than 8% gsk in the pharma space also catching a strong