Strengthened antiMoney Laundering levels. Rising virus cases across europe as the u. K. Government says it cannot rule out a second lock down and the white house grants tiktok another week to seal a deal with oracle and walmart as President Trump gives them his blessing but says they must create a 5 billion u. S. Education fund. It will be a Brand New Company and it will have nothing to do with any outside land, any outside country. It will have nothing to do with china. It will be totally secured well, a very warm welcome, everybody. Lets kick off with a look at markets. It was a brutal start to trade you have the dax trading down more than 2 the ftse underperforming down by 2. 5 and the cac 40 coming under massive selling pressure and a couple of sectors baring the brunt of the hit amid concerns around rising case numbers and further lockdowns across europe and the u. K. In particular and then the Banking Sector taking a hard hit down more than 4 and a couple of banks in focus but th
Still not many people. We will be tracking this story throughout our three hours. Nearly half a Million People will be returning to work in the city. And they are returning to work, by the way, to a city whose mayor is pushing to defund the Police Department in the wake of the george floyd protests. A lot of pushback on this, as you can imagine. We will get into it. Including from the president. He tweeted this just moments ago. Law and order, not defund and abolish the police. The radical left democrats have gone crazy. And Hillary Clinton, by the way, well, shes had another deplorables moment when speaking about trump reporters and we will have that for you as well. Im Ashley Webster. The big story for dyou today on monday, the markets pointing upwards. Varney Company Begins right now. This will go down in history as the biggest positive data shock for the markets and the economy. Its some combination of an incredibly resilient economy thats bouncing back, the impact of government me
Afternoon if you are watching from asia. Im Francine Lacqua in london. Ato era july manufacturing 46. 5, a touch above expectations. Watch,llar is one to also the u. S. 10 year yield. The markets broiled from what we heard jay powell say. Said they peace time rate cut has had an impact on the dollar extending. European stocks up. Pound is the one we have been watching for. 2110, this depends on whether goes for a hard brexit. Oil, 57. 8. We have an exclusive conversation with an exclusive executive and joining us later, the global head of research for blackrock. Before we get to all that, lets get to the first word news in new york city. Quarterpoint cut from the benchmark rate by the fed. That says it will stop drinking the Balance Sheet in august shrinking the Balance Sheet in august. This move dashes hope for a move. Er dovish it is intended to ensure against Downside Risk from week Global Growth and policy uncertainty. To promote a faster return of inflation to symmetric 2 objectiv
Our top story this morning, President Biden touching. Down in israel. A single blast in a hospital in gaza killing hundreds and israel is letting hamas and hamas is blaming israel. The exposing explosion threatening to tip things over the edge. Pres. Biden based on what i have seen, it appears it was someone on the other team. There are a lot of people out there. We have to overcome a lot of things. Jon the stakes for this trip cannot be hired. How do you ensure aid gets to gaza and civilians are kept out of harms way . President biden has arrived here in tel aviv and he was greeted by Benjamin Netanyahu. This is a very different trip then joe biden planning to do for hours ago, this was a twolegged trip originally. First in tel aviv and the second in jordan. What can joe biden achieve . You can suppose you can show support for the israelis. Chuck schumer was here in this building a few days ago. We understand to client 2000 soldiers on high alert but the third bid, the diplomatic side
Are not seeing a bigger reaction . Julie there was a bigger reaction when he opened, but it has since abated. It seems like nothing will stop the engine of this rally or small moves on a daily basis. That is what we are seeing today. Stocks are bouncing up a lows of the session. If you look at the groups in the s p 500, we have got about half even between green and red on the screen. Even the declines are now updating to some extent. Telecom stocks leading. Health care continuing its run in a particular group. We have Consumer Staples tech and energy in the red, for not having as much of an influence. Financials are on the unchanged line. Financials were earlier in one of the worst performing spots. One of the things tied up in the financials has been the bond market. We have seen steep selling earlier in the day. Buying in the bond market. Bonds earlier saw a drop in field of his as much as five basis points. It is now three basis points. Earnings are a big topic of conversation and t