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wpp, up more than 7%. they kept their guidance.tion of travel for the company is very encouraging. novo nordisk, also to the upside 1.5%. they've raised full-year guidance and seeing sales come 4% to 6%, up from 2% to 5%. it is boosted by a diabetes drug. unicredit, down nearly 4%. we saw the move in the bond market and now it is hitting the stock market as salvini is calling for snap elections. matt: thanks very much. annmarie hordern. considers job cuts at its investment bank while an internal activist is in position to become hsbc's ceo. we will talk shake ups in european banking. this is bloomberg. ♪ from the couldn't be prouders to the wait did we just win-ners. everyone uses their phone differently. that's why xfinity mobile let's you design your own data. now you can share it between lines. mix with unlimited, and switch it up at anytime so you only pay for what you need. it's a different kind of wireless network designed to save you money. save up to $400 a year on your wireless bill. plus get $250 back when you pre-order a

wpp is the global advertising group that owns agencies such as 0gilvy, grey and finsbury.cturing. its sales still dropped 1.4% in the second quarter, but most people were expecting a fall twice as large. losses at the bookmaker william hill and it's blaming it on its decision to close 700 betting shops following the government's decision in april to reduce the maximum stake on fixed—odds betting terminals to £2. it made a £63.5m loss in the first half and has cut the dividend it pays out to shareholders by over one third. there is a fundraising event for us president donald trump reportedly being planned by the billionaire owner of the fitness chains soulecle and equinox, stephen ross. but customers have protested and now the firms are disowning it. a spokesperson for the companies said, "we have nothing to do with the event and do not support it." 0n the markets, quite interesting, don't want to look at the ftse. the euro, the last bit was that though, that was ten years ago. and against dollar, 1.2, coming down to that level last about 34 years ago. technically, there wa

wpp holding up a little better than the street was expecting. 1.6% to 7.6 2 billion pounds.ng its guidance, probably the most important thing in the stock market is the outlook for the company. is retaining its guidance as well as its dividend. let's take a look at markets. first, equity index futures after big gains yesterday around the world, we see a little bit of drop today in terms of equity futures for the u.s. and europe. you see ftse futures, dax futures, dax futures down 0.2%. cac futures down 0.75%. thereretty amazing gains in paris yesterday. in terms of bond futures, take a look at what is expected to happen with bond prices this morning. german ten-year futures are actually rising right now. you could see the yield, the incredibly negative yield fall even further. you see italian bond futures down. the spread will widen out as investors grow more concerned about the political situation in italy. could seeond futures 10 year treasuries drop below 1.7%. let's check on the markets in asia. juliette: we are seeing positivity in the msci asia-pacific index is up for

something else helping out the would seem -- the ftse 100 is wpp coming out with numbers earlier on.t likes what it had to say. up 7.5%. the macro is definitely affecting the story. individual names coming up from the bottom. the big stories are big move down the pound. that has affected the ftse 100. a big move in btp affecting the italian market. what a week it has been. vonnie: in the u.s. we have stocks lower. we had a race to those losses this week by the close yesterday but we may be adding to those losses today. the s&p 500 is holding on to the 2900 mark but we will see if that keeps throughout the day. the dollar index down .2% despite comments earlier on from president trump that he is not looking to devalue the dollar. "we don't need to comcast he says. ," he says. need to gold is above $1500 an ounce. the oil and gas drilling index down almost 4%, it is the worst performing index in the s&p 500 and that is funny because crude is above $54 a barrel, getting a boost. copper on the china growth and 3.5% inlks story, down the s&p 500. news corp. is one of the out performers, i

wpp is the global advertising group that owns agencies such as ogilvy, grey and finsbury. people were expecting a fall twice as large. losses at the bookmaker william hill and it's blaming it on its decision to close 700 betting shops following the government's decision in april to reduce the maximum stake on fixed—odds betting terminals to £2. it made a £63.5 million loss in the first half and has cut the dividend it pays out to shareholders by over one third. there is a fundraising event for us president donald trump reportedly being planned by the billionaire owner of the fitness chains soulecle and equinox, stephen ross. but customers have protested and now the firms are disowning it. a spokesperson for the companies said, "we have nothing to do with the event and do not support it." quickly the markets, they not really changed. you can see there, up 7%. william hill, despite those bad figures, but i think that is because the market was expecting a lot worse, managing to go up 4% there. and we've gone below zero point —— one .08, so we are below the level we we re one

wpp is a big gainer, up more than 6%.re out with results, they kept their outlook, they are tapping new businesses, the likes of instagram and ebay. and they say that the travel for the direction is encouraging. down more than -- banco bpm is down more than 7% this morning. elections could be seen on october 23. we saw it in the bond market, and now equities are getting hit. what is going on in the u.s. premarket? what is going on with uber, down more than 8% premarket trading in new york. this comes after they are really hitting the brakes after the core results. they posted a $5 billion loss. the big question for investors is, can they return profit anytime soon? francine: the big question everybody wants to know. your main market moves. stay with surveillance. more coming up, including as they next the maker of diabetes drugs sees -- we see -- we speak with the chief executive of novo nordisk. that is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: this is bloomberg surveillance. i am francine lacqua in london. novo nordisk has r