The u. K. Government sets up discussions with industry as brexit disruption closes in. Negotiations with the eu are set to crash through an informal deadline this weekend. Good morning. Just over an hour to go until the start of cash equity trading. Let have a look at where we are on the futures picture. Futures in europe looked to be a little bit to the downside. Lets break into the futures to talk about whats going on with the u. K. Economy growing in the Third Quarter from the previous quarter. Growing by 1. 1 in the month of september. The estimate was 1. 5. We were hearing that from our colleagues moments ago. They were talking about the estimates for september and the First Quarter. The number i have penciled in from them was 1. 5 gain in gdp for september. It is a little bit below that. The broad theme is the same. That 1. 1 in september adding to strong rebound numbers earlier on in the Third Quarter. The Third Quarter comes up by 15. 5 . That could be a smashing of a record in
Future signals against are set to continue. Commerce bank swings to a loss in the Third Quarter as the pandemic and restructuring charge hits revenues. We speak with the cfo shortly. Good morning. Plenty to talk about on the u. S. Election front. Breaking news on the bank of england. Maintaining its benchmark Interest Rate at 0. 1 , entirely expected. The bank of england saying that was the news amount around maintaining its Interest Rate. They are raising the total bond target. Unanimousf englands on this Interest Rate and bond purchasing story. We will speak to the governor of the bank of england at 11 00 this morning london time. Stay tuned for that interview. Pound toor a in the this announcement. A pairing of losses coming through. Get some analysis. Dani burger is outside the bank of them went for us. There had been an expectation that as lockdown measures are extended, implemented in england, even if it is less strict than march, we would see more coming through from the bank of
California joins texas reaching one million infections. Picking a statement, President Trump bands investments and firms controlled by chinas military as u. S. Election Officials Say the vote was the most secure in american history. Welcome to the program, happy friday morning. Under one hour until the start of the cash equity trading session in europe. We have a mixed picture in futures. European futures looked negative. Yesterday u. S. And european stocks dropped around concern to the extent we may see new lockdown measures in the United States. We have a futures picture where europe is weaker, wanting to play catchup with latterday losses in the United States. U. S. Futures. 2 the upside. U. S. Futures point two the upside. Nasdaq futures are treated like havens during the coronavirus. Lets look where we are across the broader assets, weakness in china. President trump in the last few months of his presidency, focusing on the things he can still act on. China mobile and telecom fall
500 futures up about one third of 1 . Ftse futures higher by 2 10 of 1 . Unbelievable to see a zillion euro in the mix a resilient euro in the mix. The story is the equity market yesterday. The more cyclical sectors, bottom of the pile in the u. S. And europe, Energy Stocks having a tough time of it in 2020. Annmarie they have. Both sides of the atlantic, energy getting pummeled. That brings us to bp results. The first of the oil majors to report earnings kicking off the week. Adjusted net at 86 million. The estimate was for a loss of 116. 8 million so that is something that will boost bp. Is expected to fall in the fourth quarter. So far, it is not looking too bad. Analysts were expecting a loss because right now, the refiners are having trouble turning a profit because demand is so low. When you turn that crude into things like gasoline, the demand is not there. The volatility buying all the oil and selling it at a higher price, that saves a lot of these majors in the last quarter an
Been working hard on cost has been creating this leverage. It the perfect storm of volatility that helped you in the Third Quarter . Sergio it has been coming down to a more normalized level that may be sought before 2018 and 2019. I think it is a combination is a more stable market environment, but the effect of all the new initiatives that we could set for growing, and which are starting to pay off. Manus youve got a strong message in the dividend. There has been an accrual of cash and buy back. When can we realistically expect the regulator to let you and ubs pay those dividends in 2021 . Sergio what it seems for investors is, basically, our message that we are very determined and committed in implementing our capital return policy. We are flashing our intentions to have a good solid Cash Dividend, but also complemented with share buybacks, and the fact that we are highlighting what we have done so far this year by creating this 1. 5 billion reserve is a testament to our commitments