Cigna came in with great earnings and a revised higher fullyear forecast. The stock taking a bit of a dive down 2. 5 . 5 coming up, we will hear from the ceo David Cordani after that result. Guy lets talk about what is happening in europe. The oil sector is lower because of shell. The Mining Sector is down. Chinese pmi data was super weak overnight. That is what we are focusing on, particularly the manufacturing side. Weve got this sorry surrounding what is going on with the trade narrative. The lighthizer deal, basically the chinese arent convinced. Volume is reasonably good today. We are seeing a big moving yields, as you can see. Bonds are bid, yields moving lower. We are 41 on the german tenyear. Chinese data is feeding into that story. Treasury yields moving exactly the opposite direction you would have thought if the fed is going to stand pat from here. Keep an eye on the 97 level on the dxy. Eurodollar, 1. 11. We are absolutely flat on the session. Vonnie the fed cuts for a Thir
Investors, adding two more seats, separating the chairman and ceo positions. Guy here in europe, we are approaching the 400 mark on the stoxx 600. The s p already through its record. We are monitoring what is happening on both sides of the atlantic but that is a really big level here in europe. We are up by 0. 3 for the moment. Hsbc doing what it is doing, down 4 . Biggest pointhe drag on the stoxx 600 this morning. The other store be are watching is happening with the british pound. We will see a vote later on this evening to see if Boris Johnson can get a vote. That is not likely to pass. The expectation is that we will get an election this year. Speaking of elections, voters in argentina choosing Alberto Fernandez to be there next president. What does the result mean for a country on the brink of default again . We are joined by Nick Bennenbroek of wells fargo. The peso certainly starting the note, then a up bestperforming against the u. S. Dollar, but this does not mean that we wil
Meanwhile, argentina is slashing the amount of u. S. Dollars its citizens may buy. Global news 24 hours a day, onair, and tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. Im Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. It is 1 00 in new york, 5 00 in london, 1 00 a. M. In hong kong. Im vonnie quinn. Welcome to bloomberg markets. From bloomberg World Headquarters in new york, here are the top stories we are following. Extension granted. The eu agreed to a threemonth delay for brexit until january 31, removing the scenario of a new deal split thursday. Speaking of halloween, fangs will be sinking their teeth into markets this week. Alphabet, facebook, and apple will report. And bring on the bling. Buy is offering to tiffanys, the iconic new york jewelers, for 14. 5 billion. Lets get to abigail doolittle. Record highs for both the s p 500 and the nasdaq 100. The first since july investors bidding stocks higher on a wave of macro uncertainty being lifted ar
Some pessimism over in europe. The bond rally echoing what we saw yesterday in europe. Yields down by about four basis points. Bank earnings are kicking off this morning. Beats onp reporting everything except equities and trading. Sonali they did not be dont Equities Trading, but they did beat on fixed income, so that is good. They want to be the number one Equities Trading shop, so not beating there is not a great sign. Average loan growth a little sluggish. Jamie dimon put some notes of caution in the initial statement, saying that Consumer Sentiment might be strong, but generally a lot of weakening sentiment here. In the initial statement, they dont give the outlook for Net Interest Income. However, if they revise downward once again, they already revised downward last quarter, that could be a big deal as well. Alix Net Interest Income is 14. 23 billion this last quarter. Walk us through what we did now. Billion . Ed it to 57 to 57. 5he revised it they revised it from 57. 5 billion
Investors seem to be taking that news prewell. I want to point to the that news pretty well. I want to point to the 10 year yield at 1. 71 . Brexit news countered by a little bit of trade news. Guy absolutely. Brexit news helping the pound out, up a little bit. Volatility is spiking on the sterling. The turkish lira down again, but not by that much. Sanctions coming out of washington could have been worse. The saudi market in a bear market. Back to you. Vonnie i do want to point to a headline about gm. As we know, it is in talks with United Auto Workers union. The ceo of gm is now said to be in the room for those uaw talks, and agreement is near. The stock is jumping. Lets see where we are with the performance. Having been , negative at the beginning of the session, on the news that gms ceo is in the room with uaw. Lets get a look now at the major u. S. Bank earnings and the performance today, as you can see. Jp morgan is up 1. 8 . In descending order, city groom down almost 0. 2 , wel