Lockdown measures that will last until the middle of january chancellor Angela Merkel says theyre necessary to reduce the surge in cases that more stores in schools will be closed and social contacts are limited the u. K. Specs of negotiation isnt brussels as a deadline looms to agree a trading deal british Prime Minister barak and the European Commission president have on the line and have been speaking by phone and were expecting a statement. Paul brennan has all the latest for us from brussels. It does appear that were coming to the final decision on this whether it will be a decision for a deal i dont think so what was really at stake here was the 2 leaders getting together and decided whether there was enough glimmer of hope enough Common Ground for them to agree to continue talking or whether the differences were simply too great to place you call it off and finally admit defeat and agree that no deal is the most likely or is the only outcome hundreds of students in nigeria offer
Down 1. 6 yesterday, off of session lows. The dow industrials down 650 650 points, that was 2 and a quarter percent lower at 4 00 on wall street. Investors rattled over no progress on stimulus and a rise in covid cases. Its a big day for earnings, dow components merck, 3m. Caterpillar all reporting quarterly numbers this morning. We will get a snapshot of the airlines when jetblue reports and a look at big pharma when pfizer reports. The road to the white house, we hit the one week to go mark, americans are headed th to the polls in seven short days. President trump and joe biden begin the final push before election day. Stimulus negotiations losing momentum, time is running out for lawmakers to make a deal before november 3rd. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she remains opt my particular over talks optimistic over talks. Congressman tom reed told me yesterday if we dont have a deal by election day, we may not have one until february. Todays the day, my new book, the cost, trump, china
Headwinds remain. Welcome to bloomberg surveillance. I am Annmarie Hordern, in for Francine Lacqua in london. Fall to 46. 2, the forecast was for 46. 7. Manufacturing pmi 54. 4, forecasted 53. This,e were expecting given what happened last month, and france and london, and they were just talking to anna about this. The risk to the Service Sector employmentek, 75 of in the eurozone, so the services are where things will be much softer. A bit of a friday feeling on the euro stoxx index, especially for banks and autos. We are poised for a weekly decline, the worst in a month. S p 500 futures have been drifting between negative and positive territories the entire morning. Eurodollar 118, a little bit from euro versus the dollar. That is your market check. Now lets get around the world with first word news in london with leighann gerrans. Hi, leighann. Leighann good morning, annmarie. A second wave of Coronavirus Infections gains momentum. Told 46 Million People to stay home after 9 00 p. M
Anchor alibaba investors headed to hong kong. Under threat for the covid19 resurgence, the Unemployment Rate will jump in the next two months, and the republicans launch their National Convention on monday, with a new poll that suggests their supporters like the economy and the government handling of the coronavirus. Lets get a quick check of how the markets are trading, up 2 10 of 1 , this, of course, after we had another rally on friday session, the nasdaq gaining 4 10 of 1 . Data,e plaza positive and a record in july helped by chief borrowing costs. Homebuilders lead that round in the s p 500, which was up for a fourth straight week. We have seen really records for the s p in the last week, and the sector that gained the most ground was tech. In the moment, Holding Steady after gains on friday, but we trend, down around 10 since the march i. Taking a look at what oil is doing, reversing some of the losses we saw on friday, above 42 a barrel at the moment. We saw it pare back the wee
Jim, jon and shannon lets get a check on markets this hour. Stocks are plunging again. Off theirs worst levels and the nasdaq is the biggest loser of the day led by the Technology Names. The dow was up at one point this morning almost 250 points. Now has done a complete uturn and is down triple digits ina big way. Theyre off 425 points thats off the lows of the day the last couple of days, has it made you frightened of what could be to come no. Not at all i think this is healthy profit taking i think whats going on is this massive rotation from growth into value if you think about it, the russell 1000 growth index even after this pull back is up 21 year to date you know that apple and nvidia and zoom are up 340 from the march lows in is healthy i think the rotation makes sense. The reason it makes sense is because the Economic Data continues to surprise to the up side were recovering faster than anybody thought. This is on top of yesterdays data part of consumer manufacturing now youre