Asian stocks were little changed on Friday following the best month for global equities in more than seven years, with U.S.-China trade talks set to continue later this month. The yuan gave up a sliver of its recent advance.
Washington trade negotiations that had been tipped as “determinative” in the end broke up with an agreement to keep talking, as a March 1 deadline for tariff hikes looms. News that China plans to buy substantially more American agricultural and energy goods failed to light much fire under Asian shares already heading for a fourth straight weekly advance. U.S. futures were little changed after rising overnight. Oil was around $54 a barrel in New York.
US After Hours SYMC +6%, OTEX / CY +5%, DECK / YUMC +4% are higher, while AMZN -4.5% is lower following earnings/guidance
Nikkei +0.07% Hang Seng -0.27% CSI +1.35% Shanghai +1.20% Shenzen +2.68%
Eur$ 1.1445 CNH 6.7491 CNY 6.7380 JPY 108.87 GBP 1.3107 CHF 0.9955 RUB 65.6375 TRY 5.2118 WTI$ 53.78 -0.02%
S&P +0.10% EuroStoxx +0.22% FTSE +0.10% Dax +0.08% SMI +0.45%
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- AIR FP : German Decision on Tornado Fighter Between Airbus & Boeing: Rtrs
- AIRN SW : Airopack Still in Intensive Talks With Major Lenders
- AEIN GY : Allgeier SE Decides for IPO of Allgeier Experts for 2H 2019
- AMBUB DC : Ambu CEO Says He Can Do M&A for DKK10 Bln, Finans Reports
- AMP SM : Amper Says Final Price of Pacifico Sur Transaction Is $90.7m
- AGL IM : Benetton’s Edizione Proposes Zannoni as Autogrill Chairman
- BBVA SM : BBVA Sees 2019 Spain Margin Improvement, Solid Mexico Growth
- EN FP : Natixis IM’s Mirova Buying 49% of Bouygues’ Axione
- BOBNN SW : Bobst Full Year Sales CHF1.63 Bln
- CABK SM : CaixaBank Fourth Quarter Net Income Misses Lowest Estimate
- DAI GY : ‘Unloved’ and Cheap Daimler Upgraded at Morgan Stanley
- DBK GY : Deutsche Bank 4Q Net Revenue 2.6% Below Est, Affirms ROTE Target
- DBK GY : Eight Banks Targeted in EU Cartel Probe of Euro-Bond Trading
- DBK GY : Altmaier Wants to Help Deutsche Bank and Siemens: Welt
- DBK GY : Deutsche Bank CFO Says Still Working on Stabilizing Revenue
- DNA FH : DNA 4Q Ebitda Misses Lowest Estimate, Proposes Extra Dividend
- DWNI GY : Deutsche Wohnen Holder Vonovia to Offer 16.8m Shares, Prices 16.8m Shrs EU41.50/Shr
- DPEU LN : DP Eurasia Holders FIDES FOOD to Offer 14.5m Shrs
- DWS GY : DWS Fourth-Quarter Outflows of EU7b Worse Than Expected
- EDP PL : EDP Says Electricity Generation Rose 3% in 2018
- ELUXB SS : Electrolux Sees ~SEK1B 1Q Charges on Manufacturing Restructure
- ELUXB SS : Investor AB Supports Electrolux Proposal to Split Group
- ELUXB SS : Electrolux to Shutter Memphis Plant Hit by Sears Bankruptcy
- FORTUM FH : Fortum Full Year Dividend Per Share Matches Estimates
- GEN DC : Genmab, Janssen, Morphosys Agreed to End Patent Lawsuit
- HMB SS : H&M Has Considered Issuing New Shares, Dagens Industri Reports
- DEC FP : JCDecaux Full Year Adjusted Revenue Meets Estimates
- DEC FP : JCDecaux 4Q Organic Revenue Grows 5.4%, Beating Company Guidance
- LHN SW : LafargeHolcim Sees Lower Net Debt to Recurring Ebitda Ratio
- MMB FP : M6 in Talks to Buy Lagardere TV Unit Excluding Mezzo
- LEHN SW : LEM Lowers Sales Outlook to CHF315m-320m; 9M Sales CHF245.1m
- B4B GY : Wholesaler Metro Is Said to Weigh Selling Majority of China Unit
- MMT FP : M6 in Talks to Buy Lagardere TV Unit Excluding Mezzo
- CLS1 GY : McKesson Sees Fiscal 2019 Revenue up Low Single Digits
- NAS NO : Norwegian Air Could Face Strikes in Spain Over Base Closures
- NOVOB DC : Novo Nordisk Full Year Ebit Misses Lowest Estimate
- ORA FP : French Telecom Regulator Arcep Vows ‘Big Ambitions’ for 5G
- UG FP : French Jan. New Car Registrations Fall 1.1%: CCFA
- RPC L N : RPC Third Quarter Revenue From Continuing Operations GBP894 Mln
- SAB SM : Sabadell Sees Pro-Forma Capital Remaining at 11% in Coming Qtrs
- SAS SS : SAS Plans to Climate Compensate All Eurobonus Members: DI
- SIE GY : Altmaier Wants to Help Deutsche Bank and Siemens: Welt
- LIGHT NA : Signify 2019 Adjusted Ebita Margin Forecast Beats Estimates
- GLE FP : No Merger With Societe Generale, UniCredit Chief Tells Echos
- SEV FP : Suez Should Have a Better 2019, But Challenges Ahead: Jefferies
- SY1 GY : Symrise to Buy International Dehydrated Foods
- TALK LN : TalkTalk Sees FY Adjusted Ebitda GBP245 Mln To GBP250 Mln
- TEF SM : Telekom, Telefonica Said To Prepare For Possible Huawei Ban: HB
- UBSG SW : UBS Hires New Head of EMEA Real Estate in Private Funds Group
- UCG IM : No Merger With Societe Generale, UniCredit Chief Tells Echos
- UNA NA : Unilever Hires Extra Warehouses for Brexit Stockpile:Telegraph
- VIV FP : Vivendi to Use UMG Proceeds for Buybacks, M&A: CEO to Figaro
- WDP BB : WDP 2019 Adjusted EPS Forecast Misses Estimates