3000 jobs will be cut under bains new ownership. Bain capital ownership, which in addition to these details relating to jobs, we are also expecting to hear about aircraft fleet and the future as well, this after bain bought Virgin Australia in what is a pretty bold that on an industry that has been shattered by the travel restrictions and the coronavirus pandemic. Virgin australia committed to regional and charter flying. Of targetsindication and priorities when they are restructured in addition to 3000 jobs being cut. Also getting data out of australia. Manufacturing pmi, services as well as composite index coming through. Dropping from that preliminary number for july. The composite number of 67. 8 also a little bit weaker. The performance of Construction Index coming in at 42. 7, higher than 39. 5. Lets take a look at the aussie dollar. Largely to do with the situation in victoria. We have that renewed lockdown, stricter stage four restrictions. At this time, later on today and tomo
As big as apple and starbucks and shut down a major form of personal communication between the u. S. And china. Doubtsre increasing about an agreement on another round of stimulus. The president now expected to bypass congress with more executive orders. Microsoft leading some of the declines today. Scarlet fu has been following the market action. Talk to us about the trading moves on the back of all this tension rising between the u. S. And china. Scarlet fridays in august are not usually known to be heavy news days, but we had a jobs report today and we had President Trump stepping up his campaign against chinese Tech Companies. The stock market closed mixed with the s p and dow little changed. Between a huge contrast small caps and the nasdaq. Focus really on gold. The relentless rally in gold prices and the selloff in the dollar, the better than expected jobs report reverse that trade. Gold still finishing the week up. The dollar finished up 0. 5 . There is concern that that jobs r
Is falling, so does the s p. Caroline Second Quarter is beating on an adjusted earnings per share basis. Revenue, also a beat. The chipmaker is accelerating the product transition, they say. Revenue, 75lyear million dollars. We are managing to get some clarity from businesses in terms of forwardlooking guidance. Romaine hersheys was one of the big over today, up 6 . Even if the guidance does not necessarily meet expectations, the idea that they have some clarity definitely emboldens some folks. Of course, intel right now down about 4 . A lot of folks looking deeper into these numbers and apparently you are as well. Taylor key headline, that they will be accelerating the product transition. That is what they need to do to remain competitive against amd. I know that analysts, particular where looking to see how you maintain that competitiveness. A lot that could be within that 10 nanometer product transition. We also know that apple has been announcing their own chips, potentially hurtin
At 4. 8 , premuch in line with expectations. 1. 8 , worse than expected. Retail sales are the weakest link in the recovering story in china. Than what the market was expecting. Property investment year to date coming in pretty much at 1. 9 . Versus an estimate of 1 . We also have the jobless rate coming in a tad better at 5. 7 versus 5. 9 . Which was expected by the market. Overall when you look at the economy, it looks like it is adding to signs the economy is picking up momentum. China probably will be reflecting in the rest of the world. Yvonne one of the key disappointments is still the consumption side with retail side still amiss in a negative fringe for a fourth straight months of 120 . About theuestions back half of the year. But the gdp is still the stand out. Take a look at the adjusted quarter on quarter. We are talking double digit growth of 11. 5 . The highest quarter on quarter at least nine years for china. This is how we are seeing things play out in the markets. Seeing
Donald trump orders in and to hong kongs special status well signing legislation to sanction chinese officials. Beijing vows to take strong countermeasures. Earnings season continues. In the united states, Goldman Sachs reports after jp morgan, citigroup, and wells fargo set aside almost 28 billion for bad loans in the Second Quarter. Welcome to the program. Just under an hour away from the start of the cash equity trading day, lets have a look at futures. We do have a lot to talk about when it comes to the Banking Sector and the bad debt story in the u. S. All of that was quite dominant in yesterdays session, but we do have some catch up to play in the europe in europe. Plus, we work in the latest trial data from moderna over in the u. S. That particular vaccine getting some headlines. As a result of that, we see that lifting stocks in asia and futures in europe and the united states. Lets get to some breaking news. Some numbers coming through from burberry. Lets get to those in the f