Global infections exceed 30 million. Saudi oil minister says, make my day, and a warning, he says whoever gambles in this market will be ouching like hell. Good morning. 6 00 a. M. In london. We have breaking news, caution to buy bankia. They see a completion of the merger in the First Quarter of 2021. A number of headlines are breaking, and they will do that, we will have an update on that. Sentiment to the downside, relatively flat across asian equities. Msci asiapacific up 0. 3 . Tencent down 1. 5 , under pressure from the Trump Administration, looking into Data Security concerns. They have large stakes in these gaining companies. Lets see what is going on across assets. Brent crude up 0. 7 . Barrel, getting a boost from the Saudi Oil Minister. It was a public dressing down of cheaters, and a blunt message to the market to not bet against the cartel. Nothing really happening in the bond market. More confidentng in its alliance with oracle. Beijing has asserted its right to block the
Powell makes his strongest plea for greater spending. Stocks selloff into the close, and treasury yields slide. Christine lagarde warns of a cliff effect if fiscal aid is ended too soon. France downgrades fourthquarter growth expectations to 0 . On nightlife. Down the german capital joins paris, madrid and london setting a curfew for businesses amid a resurgence in coronavirus cases across europe. Lets look at german industrial output figures. Speaking of the economic engine of europe, august industrial output falling 0. 2 month over month, that is worse than the estimates for a 1. 5 percent gain. In terms of an industrial output, things do not look good. News lets get breaking here in london. Numbers coming through from various corporates including tesco. Up by 7. 2 , the estimate was 7. 3 . They werenting appointing a new cfo, who will join the board. I think we knew the previous incumbent was going to leave the business, and this new cfo interesting to see if they give any comment o
U. K. Sounds a note of optimism. Make my day. Tough words from saudi arabias oil minister. Whoever gambles on this market will be quote ouching like hell. The under an hour away from start of cash Equities Trading in europe. Lets look what we have. Futures not all that convinced in any direction. Weakness in markets yesterday and equity markets, and nasdaq. Ar in u. S. Futures flat and mixed. We do see nasdaq futures heading to the upside. Because ofnificant the selling we have seen. Concerns about concentration and previous gains in the tech sector. We are digesting what we have heard from the fed. In assessments of weaknesses the u. S. Economy. The fiscal boost that will be needed. Lots of questions over the fiscal side of things. Modest gains coming through in asia. Asian stocks of around 0. 4 . The south korean market up a fraction of a percent. Elsewhere, fairly flat markets. Won up to anean eight month high. Dollar weakness part of the story. Keep an eye in oil prices. We mention
Beijing. Its markets, g president xi say both side have increase talks. Amid a cuts, it comes drop this quarter. And joining london me very, very shortly, its called technology, when she is ready, she will join us. Through on s coming bayer, the company in germany, point of the weed thousands more u. S. Wind up weed killer has been a deal reached. This is the breaking headline coming through. That the court filing was late monday epresenting consumers argue that roundup had caused their cancer. A little more detail on that, we bring that to you. Nne marie will be with me, but absentia of herself, a snapshot of the markets. The narrative of recovery and victory for trump, how does it translate, its data and the recovery coming through in china that equities chinese higher. 6 of 1 , the trifecta, sales, investment and wise. Ction yuan trades higher, how much stronger will it get. A man concerned about relapse. Cable peaks in the green at 8. 67 despite the political chair s in westminster
By was johnsons plan passes its first hurdle in parliament. But he faces big obstacles in the house of lords. Heated debate President Trump clashes with california state officials over whether Climate Change is causing wildfires in the region. And the acts falls at the the citi,lls at citigroup resuming job cuts. Anna absolutely, lets talk about the jobs market, specifically in the u. K. , we are getting jobs numbers coming through. Jobless claims arising by 73,700 in august. To give you some context to that, that is lower than the previous number. In the prior month, jobless claims numbers rose by 94,000 in july. Perhaps if you are looking at that rate of change or the pace of the surge we have seen in jobless claims, it is not as much as last month, but we are living in a very strange o job market in the uk given the furlough scheme that is keeping in a lifesupport certain businesses thereby limiting the number of jobless claims. In the unemployment rate, the same applies. For threeo