looking at bouygues shares, the company confirmed 2016 earnings outlook despite the french industrial group posting a 3% fall in sales for the first nine months of the year the bouygues operating profit came in higher than expected at 570 million euros. the firm's profits were boosted by the stabilization of the french construction market and the restructuring of its telecoms unit. >> hugo boss expects to return to growth by 2018. it expects 2017 to be a year of stabilization and will focus on two main brands, boss and hugo, or hugo and boss going forward. >>> shares of bay earn have been trading up. notes will be used to help fund the proposed acquisition of u.s. rival monsanto. it is the biggest european equity raising so far this year. joining us now is james bardy, head of european equities at bank of america. james, good morning. investors once again scratching their heads when you look at the dow jones, a seventh straight day of gains. yes there are questions of how investors got it so wrong in the predictions of a trump victory, more to point, where do we go from here, particul