Surveillance. Im Francine Lacqua. The markets has been trading volumes because it is august and a lot of people are still off or trading less than in the past. This is what we are looking at. If you look at the european stoxx 600. They are trading sideways. Is. Futures and gold bouncing back. The trumpet administration stoked tensions with beijing by imposing new restrictions on mayei technology which be giving some of a breather. Advancing and gold climbing back above 2000 an ounce. Lets get the latest. The race to acquire tiktok is ramping up after President Trump signed an executive order on friday forcing bytedance to sell its business within 90 days. Oracle is said to be considering a bid. Its entry could challenge microsofts bargaining position. For more on this, thats get to alex webb. Thank you for joining us. When you look at this race, is it oracle and someone elsem and microsoft, or is it just going to be the two . Alex it seems as though oracle firms,roached some other Vent
Even home depot, which was great, is lower, as the whats next is the question that we have. With stacy witless, fw retailer advisors president. Also night one of the Democratic National convention saw democrats ripping it up President Trump with tough words from former First Lady Michelle Obama and bernie sanders. Let me be as honest and clear as i possibly can donald trump the wrong president for our country. He has had more than enough time to prove that he can do the job, but he is clearly in over his head. He cannot meet this moment. He simply cannot be who we need him to be for us. But let us be clear. If donald trump is reelected, all the progress we have made will be in jeopardy. And its most basic. This election is about preserving our democracy. Alix joining me now for more is wendy jennison, Bloomberg Politics editor. What was your biggest pic for tonight and how does that set us up for the dnc tonight . The biggest takeaway from last night was the effectiveness of Michelle O
Fines for not wearing a mask. Jimmy lai tells bloomberg he was arrested on trumped up charges. Our interview with the next didge tillman owner shooter. They push back against a groundbreaking green between israel and the u. A. E. To norlanderalize relations between the two countries. President trump says there is more to come from diplomatic efforts in the region. A very good morning to you all. We are just under an hour away from the start of the cash Equities Trading session here in europe. Lets have a look at where we are on the futures. It looks as if we could see in downside moving at the start, but we are generally drifting when it comes to the Global Equity session from asia to europe. We are expect to go see a little weakness. Some of the futures suggest it could be weaker down about. 2 or. 3 on a futures. Programs a different dynamic in the ftse 100. Lets have a look at u. S. Futures as they point to a little bit of weakness at the start of the u. S. Trading day. We see streng
Very, very, varied longtime. What does that mean for u. K. Asset . Strategistnvestment is joining us now. David, the u. K. Economic outlook is really bad right now. We have had a bounceback a little bit in the month data, but it makes grim readings. U. K. Asset pricing enough in terms of the downside . Dont think they are pricing enough bearing it was a truly terrible q2 gdp number. That was expected. At the moment, investors are taking some comfort with a decent pmi number for the u. K. Some of these monthly gdp data from the statistics have been revised up for june. After such a big decline, we are going to get a bounce in q3. We may get doubledigit growth in q3. For the headwinds are really significant. It is being massively underreported in the u. K. It has been a sticker shock for investors and for households and consumers from the furlough scheme. This brexit is still hanging out and never seems to go away. Alix what is the down lot what is the Downside Risk to the furlough . Is
Permeate. It has largely been driven by the concern that we dont have a handle on the virus and we dont have a handle on a solution for this difficult situation we are now seeing involving washington. It doesnt seem to be at the moment a landing zone for the democrats and the republicans. They are significantly far apart. The fact that you heard such partisan briefing suggests we are no closer. Thender at some point markets will have to shift from focusing on the dollar to shifting to other Asset Classes as well. That has been something we have been watching very carefully over the last few days. We have been watching carefully what has been happening in europe. Offpean equities are sold because of the resurgence in the virus count. That doesnt make sense if you believe that we are going to see a story developing in the United States. We will try to get an assessment of what is happening with the economy throughout the program as we continue to watch what happens in the United States.