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We are a halfhour to the trading day. Julie hyman has the latest. We are seeing stocks up about a half percent here if you look at the s p 500. Other averages rising about the same amount. Optimism going into the minutes. If anyone is looking for more direction from the minutes, that might be wishful thinking. One thing driving the gains is energy. Energy is the best performing here as we get out the gate. Only Telecom Stocks are lower but very slightly now. Energy has been volatile. We have got...

August 2011. We are counting down to the next ecb meeting which happens in two weeks. Two weeks until you pull me out of my misery. Betty we are looking ahead to that meeting. I know you are anxiously awaiting it. We had news from their last meeting, some of the minutes. Mark you called it the minutes, it is the account. Betty my cultural insensitivity. From in the ecb account the october 22 meeting, some members called for more stimulus. They cited the risk of deflation remaining relevant. Unce...

Expandedvices sector as well. We had factory growth in november. Unemployment unexpectedly fell to 10. 7 in october. Manufacturing growth cool in november, but interestingly, the survey said manufacturing did maintain its positive start for the quarter. So, betty, im blaming you. It is it your manufacturing data that caused the flaw in the narrative. Betty [laughter] the traitors did react well to the stress tests of the banks in england. Mark yes, they were. Passed theanks stress tests. A coupl...

It comes to the path of future rate hikes. The top story is abn amros shares rose over 3 . Bailed out by the dutch government at the height of the financial crisis. It has returned from a to grade, betty. Betty it has. On the macro front, though, we were just talking about the ecb president mario draghi. It sounds like we are on for his stimulus in two weeks . July 2012, he said the ecb will do what is necessary to reach its inflation goal as quickly as possible. What is necessary, or whatever i...

Lets get straight our top story of the day, to paris. We know that at least two people are dead as French Police have raided an apartment in the anurb of saintdenis, in operation linked to last weeks terrorist attacks five have been arrested. First, keep us up to date with what is going on the manhunt is ongoing for accomplices. Ongoing. The manhunt is we have got the operation was over but we are told that one person is still hold up. We are outside a police cordon. Said, five people were taken...

For a third day. And this is the key index, the fear index, it felt the most since august 2000 august 27 2015. Calm after the said rate hike record. Betty we are going to be talking about divergence. More data is coming up. Mark the drop in german Business Confidence was unexpected. They are in the foreground lower oil prices, does that damage the ecbs ability to reach its inflation target . We have the refugee crisis can that spill over and create a political crisis . The u. K. Data was good. S...

American, yesterday that was a big story, sinking 12 and cutting two thirds of the workforce. Downe stage today, it was 14 , a two day plunge of 26 . Look at that, down by a mere 1 . Saved by the bell. A rebound in minors and oil stocks. To call theough bottom for oil and commodities . Mark barton, only a fool would call a bottom in any kind of commodity, metal or liquid or anything anywhere. A mr. Hydeing about bounce. Lets talk about dr. Jekyll. The stagecoach group. It runs bus services. What...

England keeping rates at a record low. 5 , where they had been since march 2009. The division was interesting. The sold a center, he has been the sole dissenter. He has voted for an Interest Rate hike will stop what is interesting, some of the comments in the minutes that accompanied the Interest Rate decision. The bank has domestic spending subdued, overseas demand. The officials within the bank of england say they have a range of views on inflation risks. This is a big one, the Oil Price Drop ...

We had better than estimated Economic Data this morning. Largely, inflation getting closer to the feds target of 2 . With saw Industrial Production overall falling, that manufacturing zynga first gain in three months. Overall, the Economic Data was a little bit better. We have the sectors on the move and this sort of push off and pull with utilities dragging things down. Health care and Consumer Discretionary helping to support gain spirit, not it is our of the story. The weight from energy and ...

Gaining a0 is now little bit. You could call it unchanged. The nasdaq is still down. Maybe more interestingly, if you take a look at the bloomberg terminal and use the imap can break down Industry Groups and see how they are performing relative to each other. Gainerssee that the big right now are materials. Energy stocks are up right now. A real turnaround from the last couple of days. The losers are i. T. And consumer staples. Gaining 3. 9 . Brendan over the last four or five days, it has been ...