Lowering Central Banks. Theyre blaming the chinese. Look at the prices. Lets talk about what is going on. Its ecb day; we are counting you down to that decision. My question is, will draghi this a poin disappoint, and how doese helps the banks . Hans those are the key questions what does he do, how to see where the two hats . How do they spur growth, what happens if they bring the deposit rate down even further and the banks cry uncle . Think weuestion i could hijack the rest of the programming so we can talk the whole way through. I know you are excited but well try to contain it. Guy five hours, 13 minutes, 24 seconds. We are excited. Lets talk about the european open. Lets talk about where we think the open will be. Absolutely flat. Column is pretty flat. The market is waiting, hans, for what is happening with the ecb later on. Hans i think that is the key question. Its driving a lot of the volatility. We take a look at what is happening with the dollaryen, you can see good softenin
There has been a bit of caution in the market. We are looking at what the Federal Reserve will publish. It is about how cautious they are looking in terms of increasing Interest Rates Going Forward, how far they are pushing that back. What janet yellen has to say. Looking at the bank of japan, pretty much flat. We are looking at european stocks. Lets have a check on oil. So many assets are looking cheaper given that we have seen oil prices in half. We are at 52 99. Once again, issues about supply cuts coming in the united states. U. S. Stockpiles are expected to have risen for a 13th week according to the energy agency. Lets have a look at the impact between shell looking to buy bg group. Similar moves we are feeling with the pound euro as well. The euro lower against the pound. You will see the pound gaining strength against the euro as we see the move happening as the deal was announced at 7 a. M. Also keeping a close eye on the yen after we saw the headline about the bank of japan.
Anna flights over france are cut at a plant air Traffic Controller strike that could affect aircraft space for r 48 hours. Mark welcome to countdown. I am mark barton. Investors pushing to a fresh sevenyear high today and trading from mainland investors are growing to a record. The surging chinese tech scares tech shares is making the day of the. Com bubble look mild. We will bring you the latest in just a couple of minutes. First up, oil here in europe today and what could be the biggest deal in more than a decade or the Energy Sector. Shell makes a 46 billion pound approach for gas producer bg group. Caroline, you have more on this possible deal. Hi caroline as you said, this could be the industrys biggest deal for a decade. This could create the secondbiggest Energy Producer in the world. It would be behind just exxon leaping over chevron in terms of size. And in fact, it could be the biggest gas producer in the entire world. These are the statistics that we are looking at, and as y
Business. Chinas central bank promises to watch for inflation after the premier league sounds a hawkish warning. And initiating countdown sequence, india just minutes away from launching asias First Space Mission to mars, heating up a new global space race. All right. A warm welcome. Were into the twohour Worldwide Exchange again after the u. S. Changed their clocks over the weekend. Now, a lot of earnings out today. Details out in a minute. Nissan shares taking a big fall in japan today. The automaker cutting its profits down by 20 because of weak sales in asia. Well get the details in around 10 minutes. Helia is in london for a first on cnbc interview with the owner of Imperial Tobacco. Well get more at 10 20 cet. And in new york, the yearlong mayoral race draws to a close as voters head to the polls today. About frontrunner bill deblasio score a victory or is a lastminute upset on the cards . Plus, well speak to the italian finance minister about his vision for the future of europe.