Iran after the government admits it and suddenly it accidentally shot down a ukrainian jetline. Washington aso china and the United States look to sign a phase one trade deal. Begin reporting with j. P. Morgan, citi, and wells fargo numbers due this week as Goldman Sachs says it plans to double its headcount in china. Good morning. David good morning. Matt good morning. We are looking at futures showing gains across europe. Take a look in terms of the dax and ftse futures. Cac futures are down just a little bit but we do see a gain on dax and ftse futures, just slight, but they are green arrows nonetheless. We see gains in terms of u. S. Futures. In fact, much more strong in terms of u. S. Futures much more strength in terms of u. S. Futures. Atdaq, s p, and dow jones. 3 . Anna lets take a look at where we are. That does seem to be on the move. It was flatter than that perhaps , just half an hour ago or so. Highera tentative push on asian equities. We are without japan. The philippines
The start of equity trading. Here in europe, but as ever, our coverage is global. Lets check in with what we need to be watching for. We are live in hong kong and paris to give a rundown of the stories you need to focus in on. We have Global Coverage coming in from the team as we focus in on the weekend events in hong kong. A budget to talk about in saudi arabia. An protest activity in france that matt was just referencing. Lets go first to stephen engle, who joins us with the latest protest activity. Give us a rundown of what has been happening. Question is how long will these protests continue . Ongoingeen six months with violence over the weekend and late yesterday we had the first major march again from the ch rf, the organizers of those large million plus person marches back in june. They have had their applications for marches denied by the police up until this weekend. It has basically been carried off without incident. There was some vandalism at the high court and some graffit
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