Infections rising not only in europe, but also in specific European Countries. Lets get to the markets. The focus is also another currencies. Eurodollar on the back of what we heard from Christine Lagarde. Investors toward u. S. Fiscal stimulus. The bloomberg first word news. Here in london with me is leighann gerrans. Is considering fresh sanctions on iran. They may target more than a dozen banks and label the entire finance industry offlimits. The move would effectively leave iran isolated from the global economy. A wrong has already been crushed by the loss of oil sales thanks to american restrictions. French president Emmanuel Macron says he has agreed to meet the Opposition Leader of belarus, as he looks to persuade his eu colleagues that he is serious about confronting russia. The eu is holding a summit later this week to discuss potential sanctions against moscow for not cooperating on belarus. Fears the u. K. Could be facing a longterm increase in the size of the state as well
I looked at the statistics, and i must admit when you look at the cases, it really gives pause on the case growth we have seen across europe. As to the debate, Kevin Cirilli and david westin in cleveland for the debate. It is a late night debate. Im sorry youre going to be up at a god godawful 2 00 a. M. To see the drop on this. But it is really something. I have to do a quick study. I would suggest you could go back to kennedy and nixon for a debate of such interest. Francine you just wonder where it will go. Probably everyone will be watching it. Lets get to the first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika President Trump and joe biden go headtohead for the first time tonight in the opening president ial debate in cleveland. The president has unwittingly done biden a big favor, lowered expectations for bidens performance. The president has spent months painting biden as sleepy, doddering, and senile. Many have not seen biden since the democratic convention. Democrats ar
Open. The cash trade an hour away. Here are your top headlines from the bloomberg terminal. Brussels shuts the bar as early as the virus resurgence accelerates in europe. France reports a record daily number. Emmanuel macron warns of further restrictions to come. Kamala harris slams the president s Pandemic Response in a largely eventempered debate with mike pence. Polls show joe biden widening his lead in battleground states. Futures push higher amid signs nancy pelosi is open to an somene relief will, but warned a bite and win would be modestly negative for u. S. Starks. We are an hour away from the start of u. S. Equity cash trading. We do have green arrows. In terms, modest gains of futures contract with ftse 100 futures basically unchanged right now. Percentook at the mispriced, you do see gains indicated at this point. Take a look at u. S. Futures, also showing gains this morning, a little bit stronger, the gains. About. 4 across s p, dow jones, nasdaq. Anna breaking news coming
Statistics. Trust me, i got a lecture this morning on my way into work about these risks of age and weight, and the number one message i have worldwide is not what you or i think or what all the good people of journalism it is what the medical people think, and they are one week out. They are one week out, and then they are in search of pneumonia. The linkage of bacterial illness with this virus is what the pros are worried about. Wish everyone a speedy recovery, but that is a timely reminder. We will have plenty more on that. Lets get to bloomberg first word news with three to ritika more on the stunning news from the white house. President trump has tweeted that he and his wife milani a he and his wife, bonnie a trump, have tested positive for coronavirus. They plan to remain at the white house. President trump will continue to carry out his duties without disruption. In london, a warning that the city is at a Tipping Point when it comes to the coronavirus. Residents are taking immed
Daily virus cases. In some cases, records. Chancellor warns of an unemployment tragedy. Markets tick higher in spite of the dire warnings across europe. Europeile section on ends in the green after the s p dipped into negative territory. The trillion dollar gap. A 2. 4mocrats draft million stimulus bill. As mnuchin says he is ready to talk trump. We will be following this closely for you. Lets take a look at what futures are showing. Pointingfutures higher. We are looking at gains of 0. 4 . U. S. Futures also pointing higher for this friday, about 0. 25 . The pain in which contract you look at. The c anday in the gmm . The asian equities session going to the upside. Futures pointed out in the asian equity session, up 0. 4 . Indonesia, australia, india, all those markets moving to the upside. Is pushing us upwards just a little bit. We are all about the physical right now. The fed talking about the need for fiscal stimulus. Very much talking about the you of things as side well. Lets go