the dax rising. 40 dipping toward the end of the session. those are your final numbers.arry on the conversation on bloomberg radio at the top of the hour. jonathan ferro is in new york. i will be joining him in london. that is the cable show on dab digital radio and the london area and around the world all of york bloomberg devices. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: live from new york, i am vonnie quinn. guy: from london, i am guy johnson. this is the european close on bloomberg markets. let's check in on first word news with courtney donohoe. courtney: iran warns that when it does retaliate it will be "a historic nightmare" for the u.s.. the country is assessing 13 scenarios, but they are not revealing any details. more american troops are on their way to the region. our group carrying 2200 marines will move to the persian gulf. stampedere killed in a for the at the funeral for the iranian general. hundreds of thousands of mourners have turned out in several cities. in southeastern australia, firefighters are taking advantage of cooler weather to contain wildfires. at least

the dax has been stopped by lufthansa. still exposed to the oil market when it comes to the fuel story, as a result of which it has suffered. the cac 40 as well. only down .1%. already we are fading this risk off move we saw first thing this morning on the iraq/iran news. individual sectors tell the story as to why we are getting the differential around europe. the oil and gas sector far and away the biggest performer, up 1.2%. then we get into more defensive end of the market, the food and beverage sector, the real estate sector, the staples, telecom, health care, utilities, the defensive end of the market have been better beat and we have gone risk off. the bottom end of the market looks like this. the car sector is trading lower. that is germany. chemicals, that is germany as well. basic resources a little softer today, down 1.1%. the oil stocks have compensated. individual names, let's take a quick look. there is lufthansa down 6.5%, down more earlier on. bp adding the most weight to the london market on the upside. th

well stephen i can tell you about a record high off the german share index dax the index it's managed to climb about 13600 points here for the 1st time ever the dax has been a little bit slow to come up with such a record high compared with other indices with other markets there's so many sectors in this index so many shares a common occurrence for example shares in deutsche bank for example companies and sectors which had really to go through troubled times in recent years now optimism really has returned back to the trading floors there are more people or people at the stock exchange who believe that the manufacturing sector here in germany this year will manage to recover and also from donald trump the man who has cost so much trouble for the german economy very few people here expect a lot of negative policies in this election year 2020. all right in there for us in frankfurt thank you very much. and that's it for me in the deed only business thanks for watching. every 2 seconds person is forced to flee their home. the consequences of the disastrous our documentary series displace

the dax trading strongly to the upside.t having a strong session despite weakness in the united states, where we are trading at session lows. this is how the session has developed, pushing higher, fading this afternoon. not a passive move to the downside, still up .8%. the stoxx 600 is down .2%. nevertheless, a positive session in europe. individual markets look like this. this is how we break down across the continent. at 7590, up trading .8%. up 1.1%. the dax up 1.34% earlier on in the session, hitting record highs. the cac 40 in paris, a little bit of a laggard. it is more exposed to asia. today more to do with what has been happening in hong kong. let me show you the breakdown when it comes to the stock market story from a sector point of view. utilities, chemicals, technology trading, industrials looking good. utilities continue to be something of a favorite at the moment. the market may seem to get more defensive as it continues to push higher. in the bottom end of the market, you see weakness once again. looking care

the dax was closed and is playing catch-up.ther indexes that were open or showing gains in futures and should open in the green. stayed manufacturing pmi expanisve, in line with the recent pick up in data. later, we get readings for france, and, germany. brandon brown is still with us. are we starting to se e -- should we expect more positive pmi across europe? >> that is very likely given the prevailing story of the trump war.f we are going to see that reflected in the expectation of these indices, but i would caution about reading too much into things. we tend to hear more from the losers than the gainers. anna: this chart shows pmi. we have got the eurozone in yellow. that interesting to note it has been europe that has suffered the most. does that change in 2020? >>. . >> iink it changes -- -- think it changes. indeed, one big? we were talking about his inflation will be reaching 6%. china easing't see monetary policy given its commitment to keep the dollar rate fixed. matt: done you expect the phase one deal and working on

has actually been in record territory thanks to strong manufacturing numbers but the dax bucked the trend for most of europe which was actually down again thanks to fears of the coronavirus that was the case in the u.k. the footsie actually down and like the cac it dropped heavily on thursday over fears of the virus then jumped back up on friday over in the u.k. by 100 points let's go to south america where in brazil the ebo vesper which has had strong runs in recent weeks did not have a very good week this week actually finished down slightly up to north america now the b.m.v. in mexico is down here in the u.s. all 3 major indices they were down as well but again throughout the week it was fears over the corona. they called stocks to drop they actually came back but then on friday news of the 2nd confirmed case in the u.s. that reversed most of the morning's gains all of this despite the fact that on wednesday u.s. markets actually opened at all time highs and then jumping north to canada the t s x they are the outlier over here and that things to cannabis stocks that's this week's

has actually been in record territory things to strong manufacturing numbers but the dax bucked the trend for most of europe which was actually down again thanks to fears of the coronavirus that was the case in the u.k. the footsie actually down and like the cac it dropped heavily on thursday over fears of the virus then jumped back up on friday over in the u.k. by 100 points let's go to south america where in brazil the ebo vesper which has had strong runs in recent weeks did not have a very good week this week actually finished down slightly up to north america now the b.m.v. in mexico is down here in the u.s. all 3 major indices they were down as well but again throughout the week it was fears over the corona. they called stocks to drop they actually came back but then on friday news of the 2nd confirmed case in the u.s. that reversed most of the morning's games all of this despite the fact that on wednesday u.s. markets actually opened at all time highs and then jumping north to canada the t s x they are the outlier over here and that things to cannabis stocks that's this week's

the dax up 0.6% and in italy, shares trading higher. investors digesting through the final signing of that u.s. trade deal and bang in line with expectations at 6.1% growth. taking a look at sterling that has turned negative on the day to 1.3066. those disappointing retail numbers for december the bank of england will be key to see what the jan numbers look like to get a sense of how the current mood is in the uk. the euro a touch light around the dollar we saw wall street close at fresh record highs as the s&p broke through the 3,300 mark for the first time yesterday, strong bank earnings and positive macrodata that's a look at u.s. futures. >>> back to u.politics the iranian leader said that the attack on u.s. targets were guided by the hand of god. >>> another phase two is under way, this time on president trump's impeachment. 100 u.s. senators have been sworn in as they are set to begin the trial of the commander and chief on january 21st. house speaker agreed to hand over the record of impeachment discussing whether the president s

the dax is lower. some of the car stocks are trading lower.e a quick look at what story,ening with this this is helping london. real estate tech, construction, all trading to the upside. where are we seeing the weakness? are trading down, and that is the drag on the german market. this is the story around europe, lloyds out of london also showing signs of weakness. take a look at some of the names , kkrf europe moving today apparently looking to take its waste business, the stock is rising as a result of that. from bank of america, that stock is rising as well. renault a lot of headlines about there. happening they were down by two .82%. that is the european close. the markets just got a little bit of monday cheer with the u.s. dropping the currency manipulator tag on china. last august steve mnuchin labeled china a manipulator and the treasury department will now get released a little bit coinciden order to with the signing of the trade deal. we are going to get that report in the next couple of days which will remove the tag of currency mani

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in particular with the dax up 1% you'll remember this time, the dax was the clear underperformer on the day a chemicals heavy index. this bounce back we are seeing is alongside a pull back in the oil pros a little pause for breath and assessment for what lies in the middle east right now. i mentioned how the strong trade on wall street filtered through to a stronger session in asia. we can see green across the board. the nikkei 225 up. yesterday we saw it underperform a reversal of that trade the mainland chinese indeices performing well. seeing decent gains there up about a third of a percent shifting gears to the currency markets, i want to highlight for you as joumanna mentioned, we've seen some strong movement in the yuan we are seeing on shore set for the biggest daily gain since june big movement there you can see the dollar yuan trade at 6.93. below the seven level but big movement overnight >> really interesting move there. it has been going under a little of the radar given the geopolitical development we have started to see a complete turn around in how this currency has behav

so phariseeing it as a contained conflict the dax down yesterday the dax was the keyout performer. ftse 100 down, french stocks down about the same and in italy the mt si mftse mib is down 0.3. oil prices trading in the green. let's take a look at safe havens, which have seen a strong bid. gold up at 1,580 now hovering around those seven-year highs. the yen also caught a strong bid striking in the immediate aftermath on those attacks and stabilizing on the dollar. let's get to oil which is the main way in which investors have expressed risk around the region this morning, wti trading is 0.2% higher. dan murphy is in dubai following the oil closely. dan, in the immediate wake of these attacks, oil spikes. walk us through what this has meant for wti and brent. >> absolutely. we've seen volatility. oil in the crosshairs here we are looking to see how the united states responds president trump set to address the nation shortly investors will be keeping a close watch on his comments to see where this situation could go next. in the immediate aftermath of the attack, we saw wti spiking 4

dax up 15 basis points ftse 100 trading down about 0.2% looking at the pound, very strong between thethe sterling we are seeing a bounce in sterling back above the 1.30 mark that no doubt coinciding with the drop in the ftse 100 we are seeing strength in the dollar versus the yen and in the 110 mark the euro flat for the day against the dollar around 111.5. u.s. stocks advanced yesterday utilities, health care and more looking at a triple digit rise at the open for the dow. >> u.s. stocks anticipated then. let's talk about autos growing for the fourth straight month after demand of premier vehicles higher taxes spurred a sharp increase in buying including the netherlands and sweden renault's chairman has played down concerns over the french carmaker's alliance with nissan saying he believes the partnership will succeed adding that the board will meet at the end of the month to discuss joint projects but they did not discuss further details. global share holder activist fell back in 2019. they say they will be strong in continental europe as they focus on industrial technology, power a

the car sector is the worst performing sector, but the dax energy is underperforming.0 is down by 0.6%. we are counting you down to the european close. a number of factors affecting these markets. more of a factor yesterday. this is bloomberg. ♪ guy: 30 seconds to go until the end of regular equity trading in europe. in terms of the main markets, this is the story. we haven't dax that considering the worst performing sector is the autos is outperforming. the dax is down but not as much as the ftse 100 the cac 40 which is down .6%. oil stops are softer. the health care stops -- the health care stops are -- the health care stocks are softer. we are seeing weakness in autos. there was a threat made by president trump in davos that does seem to have had an effect. you look at what is happening in daimler, and you compare and contrast with what is happening with tesla. this is how we see the performers in europe on the grr. place,asset management utilities, media, real estate, trading higher. looking reasonably good right now. the bottom end of the market, oil and gas weake

very similar to the german dax.n a different direction as a result of the big move in the pound. the bureau for its part fairly flat. the french fairly flat. let's see if we have any clues on where were you heading. talking very much about ledger stocks, aviation, energy businesses as well. energy once again in the green. health care, a mix. staples, a little mix. interesting news out of the health care industry with astrazeneca. the biotech news coming out of germany. a couple of businesses in a focus in germany this morning. what do we see on the individual movers? matt: i'm taking a look at the gainers here. 400 on the upside, anna. only about 160 on the downside. a lot more -- a lot of positive this morning. first off, you see the biggest gainer. i am looking at these in terms of percentage moves. not in terms of contributions to the index. of the biggest gainers after an upgrade at goldman sachs. taylor wimpey, and watch out for other u.k. homebuilders. seal hunt says confidence is returning to the u.k. housing

ftse, the dax, and the cac 40 down 1.4%.arry on the coverage at the top of the hour and take you to bloomberg radio, the cable show on dab digital radio. jonathan ferro is in new york. i will be joining him in london. looking forward to that show. this is bloomberg. ♪ alix: live from new york, i mavs steel. -- i am alix steel. guy: and from london, i'm guy johnson. shares of international paper lower today. the world's largest paper company topping wall street's estimates of more earnings in the fourth quarter, but revenue missed estimates. currently the stock is down 3.5%. , theng us is mark sutton ceo of international paper. talk me through the year ahead. the challenges seem to be mounting on the global space. you just published in numbers. it was guidance on where things go from here. mark: we closed out the year strongly in 2019. we had a strong fourth quarter and record levels of free cash flow. we did close the year strong. guidanceare our 2020 and we had a number that was down from our 2019 performance, primarily bas

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the dax is absolutely flat. , lvmh is having a good day. we are going nowhere. point of view, it is a little bit more exciting. i am stretching to try to find something. let me show you with that grr function on the bloomberg looks like. travel and leisure is up at the top. construction is having an ok day. lvmh is having, an ok day. the industrials are trading higher as well. retail picking up. it has been weak for the last couple of sessions. bottom end of the market, oil and gas trending down. minors in london are exhibiting weakness. gas down .4%. the mining sector is down a little bit. the autos are down again today. it is a factor weighing on the german market. individual names, let me show you if you. forni making another offer cap tracks. a lot of analysts have suggested they will not go above 14, that is it. there was a court case involving an ceo that was trying to get reinstated, there might be a appeal. i bring up barclays because it is probably the european bank that will react most to the earnings story coming out on the wall street banks. it did p

the autos soft in the dax. london is giving back a little bit.ding above 7600, but compared what we are seeing, pushing down on 30,000. a division across the atlantic. let's take a look at the grr. utilities trading strongly. doing well out of germany and some of the spanish stocks doing well. real estate up .7%. oil and gas getting a bid. minors mixed. that suggests food and beverage catching a bid. the bottom end of the market, where do we see weakness coming through? where are we getting some of the rotation. let me take you down to the bottom end of the story. you have the car sector weaker. travel and leisure under a little but of pressure, and health care giving back. health care has had a solid few days. the j.p. morgan health care conference in san francisco giving europeans a boost when it came to the health care story. that story just beginning to fade a little bit now. individual names, i want to show you a few worth paying attention to. pearson is one, airbus is another. airbus is down. up because a canadian company is coming out with

dax futures up 0.5%. u.s.ures, not the same size but the same direction, green a rrows on the nasdaq, s&p and dow jones futures. anna, what do you see on the gmm? anna: let's have a look. futures, flat to positive picture from u.s. futures, and flat to positive across asian equity markets. you could say two different interpretations of the chinese data. the market is in two different directions. on the one hand, the gdp number broadly in line with estimates and industrial production rebounding nicely in the fourth quarter. all pretty positive. on the other hand, headlines like the lowest growth since 1990, maybe not easy to go out so party like it is 1990, muted gains in the asian session. the chinese currency on the move again. gmm, what is going on with fixed income? we see news from the last 24 hours, meaning movement in the fixed income sovereign bond space. year, selling off after the announcement they will raise money at the 20 year time horizon. as a result, a little repositioning. let's get to our mark

dax and ftse futures posting slight gains. cap futures down a little bit.hese futures were up strong earlier and have declined into the hour. anna: it's interesting to see moderation and expectations. let's talk about breaking news coming through on european corporate. where wet time of year are starting to get into the meat of the earnings season. a relatively small layer in aviation space gutting higher at this point. 350-355 raised to million euros. a lot going on in the aviation space. definitely worth tuning in for an interview of the ceo, that is happening on -- later on. the markets more broadly. a little bit of moderation coming through in futures in europe. u.s. future still point higher. 1.2%. we don't see any firmness and how that hong kong. the hong kong market has been closed for a number of days. we see the reopening, down as much as 3%. landlords, casino stocks to the fore. being hit hard. not all markets a negative territory. -- in negative territory's. overall, things look mixed. that had the number of different dynamics going on here. a mi

dax up about 0.02 there. we are seeing positive reaction in tech stocks in term any on ba -- germany on back of those apple stocks luxury and lvmh reported yesterday solid earnings caution about the outlook and exposure to the coronavirus. switching to sectors you can see every single sector is green except one. telecom. the decision out of uk to allow huawei to work with them not so positive oil and gas, we are seeing recovery and food and beverage, slightly positive. at the top, financial services, basic resources. any one of the stock sectors that got hit at the beginning of the week on the back of exposure to mainland china, we have banks up as the earnings season kicks off here santander reporting a strong profit up 4% looking at sectors that have exposure and knocked by concerns of the coronavirus, this is the picture of some airlines today lufthansa up about 0.09% looking at the uk, the stock is down the british airlines owner have said they are stopping flights to and from mainland china after the uk

the dax, 1.2% higher cac and ftse mib also forging ahead. green across the board every sector higher. travel and leisure rebounding. luxury as well retail up 1.6% investors seem to be taking comfort so far in terms of response from beijing. >>> bringing in rachel, our guest, in the studio one thing i've been watching from davos this week is digital taxation >> thank you it is great to be here with you both it is contentious for two reasons. one, the french and others are focusing on sales and turnovers. also to focus on profits as we know, big companies are good at finding very low profits. that may end up with as result of low taxation. that comes up with a time where there are also privacy and other regulations. what i think is also different here is that the oacd has been doing work on this issue the u.s. has been involved in those discussions. some of those things make a little bit of an opening because the u.s. has been focused on making sure companies don't just park their profits abroad. i think it will be a tough battle this year and

you see every single one is trading nicely in positive territory after a very start 2019 ftse is up daxs up 0.6% cac up around 1.1. airbus is leading the gains today on the stoxx 600 up north of 3% now officially the largest plane maker for 2019 having sold the most planes relative to its rival boeing and the ftse mib starting on solid territory. as for futures, we have seen them all opening up in positive territory. dow up about 150 points. again for the year, very, very sol solid territory going up can those gains be repeated? let's see, still a lot of the year to get through. >> another story you've been following closely. carlos ghosn will hold a press conference after he fled for lebanon according to a lawyer representing ghosn he faces a trial in japan over allegations of misconduct. he has denied wrongdoing and said he has, quote, escaped injustice. meeting with ghosn upon his arrival. saying he warmly greeted the auto tycoon after he landed in beirut a leader denied the report this according to the turkish broadcaster. ghosn reportedly through to beirut via istanbul. officials s

coronavirus in china markets in shanghai hong kong tokyo and sydney all rich on tuesday and germany's dax fell by half a percent on the slide followed confirmation from health officials in china that the virus can be spread person 1 to person 6 deaths have now been confirmed shares in chinese airlines and 2 companies have taken a hit just as millions of chinese prepared to travel for the lunar new year there have been almost $300.00 cases of coronavirus so far mainly centered around the city of who can. turn it to doubles now where u.s. present donald trump has told the 50th gathering of the world economic forum that america's economy is booming trump arrived in the swiss alps as the impeachment trial against him was due to convene in washington he pointed to record low unemployment levels and stock market gains to declare his economic turnaround as quote nothing short of spectacular and he entered office in 2017 trump inherited an economy that had been growing for 11 straight or tennis. well in his speech trump took aim at the main seam of the conference which is mainly combat in climate

drive a lot more interest and what the people are buying you can see that on the one hand with the dax going almost within striking distance of a new all time high i don't know if the it's just the news from china i mean the december news was gratifying that there was growth picking up in the late part of the year despite all the uncertainty earlier i think that's part of it but also wall street yesterday was still driving markets today especially the news on banks there now 6 percent growth is a big number we all know that. it's even bigger when you compare it to european growth but what about china and the rest of the world is is it good or bad. well on the one hand it's bad we heard what it means for job growth the dips below many people think that's really bad for jobs that the market the job market will suffer there i think it's a good number though and when you look at the environment that this growth was achieved and there was a lift at the end of the year and it's a good number and think of it to the chinese economy has been growing for years and it's growing on top of things t

again as the shock wore off so quickly they're suffering more optimism in global markets today the daxhere in frankfurt opened up about 0.8 percent it's really held up throughout the day one of the reasons for that is that simply there hasn't been any any real news from iran in particular they have you know about.

line nonetheless off the back of savings announcement shares in the bank again slightly topping the dax index of blue chip shares in frankfurt but in an exclusive interview africa correspondent chelsea delaney asked boss christine saving if he's satisfied with developments. well in in the core businesses and these are those businesses where we are not only irrelevant but leading and which are the future cornerstones of torture brink we have done good progress and in all business divisions of course we are suffering from the low interest rate environment in particular in europe but therefore we have grown parts whether it's on the loan side whether it's in the investment funds whether it's in the debt capital markets we were very successful and hence i would say from an operational point of view from an operating performance point of view we see the growth we have seen the momentum in particular after we announce the restructuring and hence we are satisfied with the development. some people have said this restructuring is sort of a trench but. global ambitions do you see it as that no i

proceeding on quite a good measure with quite a bit of energy it seems behind it here in frankfurt with the dax you can see it on the big board behind me it's only a short hop skip and a jump away from its all time high and that's something i think the positive note that one got from china which is contributing to this mood in the market is the fact that the growth picked up in december as the deal was materializing but everybody here on the floor knows that 2020 will be challenging as well that there can be setbacks in the mood as the negotiations toward a comprise a comprehensive deal one even more important of the one just reached will be equally if not more difficult so we're talking about 6 point one percent of economic growth in china last year it is the weakest growth in almost 3 decades yet it is 6 percent of growth so is this a good or bad thing or. i think it's a good figure because it was reached under extremely difficult circumstances you know the trade deal the all the back and forth on not the brics but all sorts of other geo political crises weighed on the markets they weighed on

thank you and now to some of the other global business stories making headlines germany's benchmark dax index reached a fresh all time high hitting 13640 points in wednesday trading analysts attribute the move to the recent us china trade deal pact lifted spirits among germany's exporters italian police have seized to 10 tons of pork smuggled into europe from china the cargo was found at a food near power walk and authorities there fear the mead could be contaminated with african swine fever chinese pork meat is forbidden in the european union a judge in canada has approved a 136000000 euro fine against fox wagon after the carmaker pleaded guilty to dozens of counts of diesel emissions violations fox wagon was charged december with importing nearly $130000.00 vehicles in the calendar that violated emissions families the fine is the largest environmental penalty in canadian history. european commission president underlined told participants at the world economic forum in davos that the european union is examining a carbon tax on imports ms funded line said there would be no point in redu

those are the reasons why the ftse 100 is down the dax is down. some of the names there, luf tanza down this morning on the spike of oil that is a key cost input for the airlines one of the reasons why the air lanes are trading heavy. cac is down almost 0.6%. ftse mib down about 1.1% you'll see the picture is not so pretty across the board. almost every single sector is trading red. we had a positive start across all of the sectors we are seeing the exact inverse. auto is around 1.8%. we've been very focused on that. travel and leisure have been down the only major green spot this morning is oil and gas jumping in line with the reaction we are seeing in brent and crude. oil and gas up about 0.8%. we had a good start to the trading day yesterday. not looking like a good start to the day. dow opening almost 300 points lower, s&p down about 35 and nasdaq down around 112 here to talk more about this, the cio of waiverton investment. the questions i will ask you today are a little different than i would have yesterday given this risk being forced to be

. ♪ >> welcome back. 7:13 here in london. 45 minutes or so until the dax equity trading.e are expecting to be negative. the overall picture with u.s. politics, the -- geopolitics, the u.s. airstrike that killed a top iranian commander. for movement in that particular stock, raising. weatherly the cold helpful. leader- iran's supreme has warned of retaliation after in a u.s.was killed airstrike. it was ordered by president trump. and illustrates a growing conflict with the islamic republic. how significant, this action by president trump in terms of it being provocative to iran? what have we heard from the pentagon so far? >> what we are hearing from the pentagon is this was a defensive posture. they are saying they took this move against this iranian general which they say was ordered by president trump directly because they are concerned there was going to be, would have been strikes against u.s. citizens including u.s. diplomats in the region and serviceman. this comes after an escalating series of episodes between iran and the u.s. and the recent weeks. it began with t

awards brad pitt, recently, dax was hosting the "ellen" show he has a crush on brad pitt.ot kidding you. [ cheers and applause >> that's wonderful. where did you go >> in brad pitt fashion, it was spectacular. we took a helicopter -- you think i'm lying. we took a helicopter to a motorcycle track we both love riding motorcycles. and just the two of us just took a jaunt up to this motorcycle track. i felt like "pretty woman. i did. i felt like julia roberts in "pretty woman. i was waiting for him to set that chopper down on rodeo and let me go wild with his credit card >> jennifer aniston doesn't have a chance he's into dax. that's how you impress somebody, by the way, break out the helicopter >>> dax wasn't the only person to be star-struck by brad pitt henry winkler, the fonz, of all, he does what anyone would do he snaps a picture of him on his phone. it's brad pitt get a photo of us together and there he is, hopefully, getting someone to take a photo of them. >> cute. >>> we have one more story about a celebrity being star-struck. leonardo dicaprio, speaking to "variety

have seen the stoxx 600 open hitting the highest level ever fresh level highs for european shares the dax up about 1.3% but gains across the board here. you can see every region trading higher the ftse up the cac higher as well you can get some data out of germany over 1% in november. that was ahead of market expectation. all together, investors seeing reasons for green on the board today. let's take a look at sectors and the split of the gains we have a few sectors trading in negative territory early on, the negative seg tore was in the green a little more cautiousness coming through telecom and autos up 1% as well. yesterday, the big event for global auto investors and carlos ghosn breaking out with very heated words about the japanese justice system and the nissan/renault alliance. news that chinese premier will travel to washington to sign that phase one agreement we have travel and leisure around the flat line, utilities, retail and real estate at the bottom airlines have been a focal point as many airlines have canceled flights to the middle east let's take a look at oil first, whic

we are seeing a little positivity german dax up.tse 100 almost one half of 1% the cac almost flat. it has been moving between major losses in europe four major headlines looking to dominate as trading begins today. new developments as the treasury department lifts the label ahead of the big deal signing. earnings kick into high gear as three big banks are set to report earnings. ahead of the fed decision. investors are awaiting new comments from john williams and george as well with. they are speaking later on today. the wealth of data to pour in including consumer prices, retail sales and sentiment as well let's go back to trade eunice yoon joins us it looks like the trade deal signing is on track. >> that's right. i learned more about the purchase targets in the trade deal and the near impossibility of trying to reach them. sources familiar with the text of the trade deal said china will be ramping up its purpochas over the next 10 years with 2017 as the benchmark this is the way those break down agriculture will be $32 billion. m

ftse 100 in the uk up over 1.5% and similar gains in the dax as well a sea of green in the european trade>>> looking at some of the top stories today. frank holland is here with those. >>> starting with presidential news will reportedly sign the usmca into law at the white house. invetations have been sent out and the ceremony will allow leaders from other countries to attend >>> bayer to settle shares numbers are not final but will look to set aside $8 billion to resolve current cases with $2 billion in reserve for future claims >>> jamie dimon getting a 1.6% raise to $31.5 million his package includes $1.5 million in salary and $30 million in performance-based incentives $5 million will come in cash and $25 million in stocks. >> this is a great story it doesn't speak yet to the growing gap between ceo pay and worker pay if somebody is going to get a bonus, it should be because the company is doing really well they have record profits so jam ie dimon arguably does deserve it >> the stock surge it is hard to find a metric where he's not at least meeting his performance or exceeding it. >>

coronavirus in china markets in shanghai hong kong tokyo and sydney all retreating on tuesday and germany's dax fell by half a percent on the slide followed confirmation from health officials in china that the virus can be spread person to person 6 deaths have now been confirmed shares in chinese airlines and 2 companies have taken a hit just as millions of chinese prepare to travel for the lunar new year there have been almost $300.00 cases of coronavirus so far and mainly centered around the city of. attorney 2 doubles now where u.s. present donald trump has told the 50th gathering of the world economic forum that america's economy is booming trump arrived in the space alps as the impeachment trial against him was due to convene in washington he.

again as the shock wore off so quickly they're suffering more optimism in global markets today the dax here in frankfurt opened up about 0.8 percent it's really held up throughout the day one of the reasons for that is that simply there hasn't been any any real news from iran in particular they have you know vowed to retaliate but they haven't taken any action and so markets have sort of moved on you cannot make news and company news which is really been driving stocks over the past several hours the other reason is really that investors have sort of come down on the a say that there's really going to be a war between iran and the u.s. so iran's economy has already been really devastated by u.s. sanctions that a lot of investors don't think that they really want to be entering a war with us right now so there is a lot more optimism that they won't be heading towards a conflict but there still is a lot of. anxiety and markets even though it's on the back burner today that there will be more of a tell you coming forward so investors are so sort of keeping an eye out for the. because it w

we have business well markets from asia to europe has started 2020 on a strong note with germany's dax up more than half a percent and hong kong closing at a 5 month high a cost the index in south korea literally began 2020 with a firework and then gave up early gains soon markets seem to be torn between optimism over an upcoming u.s. china trade deal and worries about looming geo political troubles including recent threats from north korea. now for more let's bring in our market correspondent already bards who's in frankfurt only. not exactly fireworks in new york but it didn't start on on a too bad a note did it what's what's pushing stocks right now. yes certainly not to mention the gains in frankfurt the other stock markets in europe for example london doing even better in the latter or paris than the german shares there's still some vacation absentees here when i look behind me in the room here in the floor trading but lots of investors jumping in hearing that there's some monetary policy loosening in china that promises to do something for the economy they're good for the worldwi