Nearly 200 points. The dow, which was the worst performer yesterday, has been leading gains today. Value across the board, a broadbased rally. Materials and Energy Leading as we have underlying commodities rallying. Industrials, financials, consumer discretionary, technology, all those groups up by at least 1 in todays session. If you look at energy stocks, some of the percentage standards, crude oil up by more than 2 . Concerns about supply disruptions in libya and nigeria. Thehwestern is one of biggest percentage gains today. Financials are doing well. They are raising as we see little bit of a bump up in treasuries to not a big one, but enough to see an upsurge in the financials. Bank of america leading percentagewise. Broadbased rallies. Any hidden movers . Julie agriculture. Alix steel would not say they are hidden, because she was excited about the usda Crop Forecast for the globe. The indication is that the global glut will not be as bad as feared. , potash, agrithem all trading
Im anna edwards in london. Manus a very good day. Im manus cranny in dubai. They are going to guide lower for this year. They are adjusting their forecast. It will be at least 1. 4 billion. The original guidance we have been expecting of 1. 4 to 1. 6. So this is a 1. 9 new guidance. 1. 4 billion. It is in a state of, well, i suppose change, challenge in the Second Quarter. The earnings came in at 326 Million Euros. They have beaten the Second Quarter adjusted number. They are cutting the fullyear forecast. That is the critical message here. Secondquarter sales also missed 9. 8 5 million euro. Anna, it slides to 61 million. Sorry, that is 61 million versus 38 million last year. It is an adjustment number which is the most critical issue. Another redhot headline is ing. We will talk to the cfo of a group later on. Ing at 1. 26 billion. The cfo of thyssenkrupp will join us. They will accelerate their think forward strategy. Ing is very much in focus. Anna absolutely. The company is tellin
In place. This, as the eu accuses turkey of black backsliding on human rights. Agencyld antidoping suspends the accreditation of testing lab. The latest on the report that could bar russian athletics from the olympics next year. We will hear from the boss of airline easyjet, as the lowcost carrier celebrates its 20th birthday. In the cop 21 Conference Paris is just 20 days away. We will talk to indias environment minister. That, and more on the way, but first, our top story. British Prime Minister David Cameron has said the eu his wish list of how he wants to reform the European Union. European Council President dino receipt of the letter with a tweet. They are spokesperson has called parts of the objective highly problematic, but cameron insists his demands are not mission impossible, but just the price eu leaders have to pay if they want to keep britain in the block. the European Union needs to change, become more competitive to compete with the rise of countries like india and china
Executive board member says the central bank could lose credibility if inflation goals slip. Welcome to countdown. Has just gone 7 00 here in london. In the last hour, it has been reported that france has destroyed the Islamic States command center in raqqa in Northern Syria. Police have a number of raids across france and in neighboring belgium. French president Francois Hollande the u. S. And russia for a new alliance to destroy the Islamic State. We are joined by hans nichols and guy johnson. Some breaking news about french airstrikes and what they have reportedly managed to achieve. Guy a second night of strikes from the french. It appears they are targeting, again, the Northern Syria town of wrapped up. Town of raqqa. It was done once again working with the americans, who are providing targeting information. It appears 10 jets took part in the raid. It appears that Francois Hollande is going to step up this fight against is, and it appears he is once again working with his allies.
Ftse 100 up more than 1 . 40 up almost 1 here. They say it really is back to business here in European Equity markets. If we move along and have a look at the euro dollar it was all about risk aversion yesterday and one of those points was a wicker euro gets the dollar. It is extending losses today at a sevenmonth low. But this is very much about the dollar trade rather than the euro. If we look at the dollar that actually hit a sevenmonth high today. Turning very much back to monitoring policy convergence. The ecb looking at the prospect of a fed rate rise. And that is also why were seeing a weaker gold price. A sixday trading at its lowest level in more than five years. Backtion turning very much toward the Global Market cues. Traders are currently pricing in a probability of a fed rate rise by december at 66 . And we have that u. S. Inflation data coming as well. Jon two minutes into the session, blanket green on the screen. The green on the dax in the cac 40 as well. Green in the A