Theres probably a 40 chance of a recession. Eurozone bond yields hit fresh record lows as the ecbs olly renn signals the bank is ready to hit a significant someti stimulus package. And hong kong prepares for more protests. Good morning its friday. We made it to the end of the week its been a volatile week for markets. Mostly in fixed income space but also u. S. Equities yesterday, looking at the u. S. Equity close, you would think it was a muted session. The dow was eking a gain of 0. 4 s p slightly up in the green nasdaq slightly in the red that belied a lot of the intraday volatility we saw yet the theme was bid for fixed income a lot of fear gripping the market as we see money pour nothing tha pouring into that space. You may notice theres a lot of black behind me. Thats unusual the reason thats the case is ftse 100 has not yet opened due to a technical failure we dont have the opening levels the rest of the heat map is trading solid. Definitely a lot more positive than on other day
Shares in Royal Dutch Shell drop as weaker prices hit the Second Quarter and profits fall to the lowest level in two years. And best in a decade barclays profits soar 80 in the first half as they hike its dividend our return on equity was 9. 3 so for the first half of the year it was over 9 , 9. 4 its probably the best statutory first half performance that barclays has had in nearly a decade and rio tinto shares come under pressure after the miners first half profits miss expectations despite a bumper special dividend we have a very decent Capital Allocation weve been implementing this for the last few years in terms of strength of balance sheet, in terms of investment in either growth project and returning cash to shareholders weve been doing that. Welcome to the Program European earnings season in full swing with key reports in the oil, mining, financial and industrial sectors shell its missed expectations reporting Second Quarter profit that fell 25 to a 30month low thanks in part t
And fight night. Round two in the motor city. Ten more democratic president ial hopefuls taking the stage and debating the issues that matter to the markets and your money kind of. Its thursday, august 1st. Worldwide exchange begins right now. Afternoon, good evening and welcome from wherever in the world you may be watching. By the way, welcome to august. Im Brian Sullivan thanks for joining us. Behind us here is the intraday action in the dow yesterday. The dow from peak to trough fell more than 450 points the upside is that the index closed off ets worst levels of the day. The dow finishing down still 333. Its all because of this man right here fed president jay powell delivering the banks first Interest Rate cut in more than a decade the problem for stocks is that powell also failed to deliver a guarantee of more rate cuts down the road something both investors and one guy in the oval office are really hoping for. It all came down to two small words, mid cycle adjustment. The commi
America are piling on mountains of debt. What happens when its time for companies to pay the piper well get some answers on this tuesday, june 11th as Worldwide Exchange begins right now im back hi, from wherever youre watching im Brian Sullivan. Thank you for joining us on this tuesday. It could be a lucky seven for stocks theres a lot of green on the screen, and we can use i another rainy day in new york. Either get another cup of coffee or go back to bed. Dow futures are jurnd under 100. The dow on a sexday win streak. Of course, if we keep this up, it could make it a sevenday the bond yields are ticking up higher the benchmark tenure yield at 2. 16 . Also watch oil Oil Beginning to creep a little bit higher as well were up just under a percent. Also a big night overseas. Not as much in japan the nikkei in japan did rise 3. 1 look at the shanghai come possib posit. And the European Markets like our futures, like asia, a lot of green on that screen as we talked about, germany startin
Plus, oil markets squeezed again as russia and saudi arabia send more shockwhataves throughe market and china throwing more stimulus at the private sector to boost the struggling economy in the recovery. It is friday, august 4th, 2023 you are watching Worldwide Exchange here on cnbc good morning welcome to the show. Im dominic chu in for frank holland. Lets kick things off with the u. S. Stock futures after the s p and nasdaq turned in a Third Straight day of losses, futures right now showing a brighter picture, at least for now. S p implied higher by 15 points. Dow jones industrial average implied higher by 55 nasdaq up 83 a tech recovery may be in the works. This is ahead of the july jobs report economists are expecting employers to have added jobs at the slowest pace since december of 2020 at just 209,000 net new jobs for the month checking on the bond market. 10 2year yields yields on each up 5. 5 to 6 this week alone. The 10year treasury is 4. 91 . Slightly lower the 2year treasur