. >> >>> and skanska slashes 3,000 jobs sending shares in the swedish construction firm to the bottom of the european markets. >>> back of the class. pearson shares sink with a lore operating profits forecast as its education business continues to struggle in north america. >>> and asml is among the hottest stocks in europe this morning hitting a record high as fourth quarter profits beat expectations >>> good morning we're about an hour into the european trading session wild swings in the u.s. equity session. we'll get into that. the handover from asia was mixed. the nikkei was down about 0.4% overnight. hang seng stood out there, ending up about a quarter of a percentage point the mood music in europe is grim this morning it points to a weak start for the stoxx 600. we recovered a bit, but for the day the index is trading down. let's look at european markets and see what the picture is like there the only one in the green, is ftse mib. the italian index, but ftse 100 is lagging in the uk, the focus is on the voting of the uk withdrawal bill later in the lower house of the parliament

taking, skanska in therally related -- new year.omprehensive restructuring to improve profitability and said it had no direct impact from the carillion bankruptcy. nevertheless, shares down almost 6%. to pick it upg there. thank you very much. bitcoin has studied after as 20 6%as much yesterday. proposals for tough new regulations have weighed on cryptocurrencies. the real threat to supremacy may not be from governments. a year ago, it coin made up 90% of the market, now it is 30%. as speculators turn away from the breakout star, will rivals erode bitcoin's dominance. joining us is eric lam. other cryptocurrencies are just fans are to transact, cheaper to transact and more anonymous, right? >> that has been the case with bitcoin from the beginning. was first.ge was it it was the first cryptocurrency people were looking to invest in. that was the head start they got. over the past year, when we talked about the advantages or introduction of new cryptocurrency rivals, we talked about differentiating from bitcoin. they had value added