magnitude of the trend that has taken place it should be really reassuring we'll hear from the cfo stephan engel. that's at 12:00 cet. >>> nestle in the green. they missed full year net profit forecasts, but the ceo says chooun remains a growth market it has not translated into slowing consumer interest. we also are coming out of a period of some underperformance in china over the past few years. we've made significant recoveries. we'll be speaking to the ceo tom enders >>> let's start going over some of the price action we've had on equities it ened on a more positive tone. a slightly mixed session in asia slightly positive hang seng. a little weaker sentiment. again, they are dominated by the back and fot between the u.s. and china of all the trade discussions. positive developments there with reports that in theory, we will find out next couple of days president xi zing ping will be attending the meetings some positive developments there. stocks europe 600, as it stands now, is still 10% away from its 2018 highs the s&p is about 6% off. we have recuperated ground not quite there yet, though.