Infection rates low in tokyo but hong kong says the situation is increasingly severe. Jack ma looks to make more headlines. He is aiming for a 200 billion valuation with between listings in hong kong and shanghai. Look at how take a we are setting up when it comes to the asian open. We have a lot of positivity carrying on from that session. Investors are backing that buy the dip trend. The nasdaq hitting the alltime high. The s p hitting positive for the year. S p active futures contracts a little bit lower at the moment but it seems like the positive. Evelopment on vaccines trading sideways if you will. The dollar was broadly weaker in g10 except for the yen. We had Dollar Strength and yen weakness overnight. That is the handle we are looking at ahead of Inflation Numbers out of japan and getting machine tool numbers as well as some Retail Sentiment numbers by way of Department Store sales. Crude and gold were both a little bit lower in the asian start to the session. Some positive de
It will have to wait. The word from u. S. Congress as the next tranche of stimulus may not come until august. President trump holds his first briefing and says wearing a mask is patriotic. And mixed picture for stocks but the euro holds onto gains after hitting an 18 month high as european earnings continue. Beatics company abb estimates and we will speak to the ceo shortly. And elon musks next payout. The tesla ceo qualifies for 2. 1 billion more as the market value reaches another new milestone. The big test comes today as they report earnings. Under one hour away from the start of cash trading in europe. Lets take a look first off at futures. They are down. Looking at jobs of about. 25 to. 33 . The euro is one of the most interesting stories today. What do you see on the gmm . Got a little bit of weakness coming through in the Asian Session, down. 2 . Some breaking news. I mention it because it is good news. Operating, a business in u. K. Retail, i had to read this twice to make sur
Swiss drugmaker roche wins emergency approval ceo tells cnbc it will take more time to deliver a vaccine. It will take years to develop a new medicine, so most experts agree that it will take at least 12 to 58 months until we see effects and available in the necessary quantities for patients. Travel stocks as billionaire investor saying he was wrong to buy into the sector. And the uk looks to overtake itsly as the worst hit country with death toll nearing 29,000 as rome eases restrictions while the British Government plans to ease its road map later this week welcome to street signs. Lets kick off with fresh data this is the eurozone april final manufacturing pmi. This, a number just crossing the wires. It has come in at 33. 4, broadly in line with flash estimates of 33. 6 we in terms of the detail here, the final new orders pmi, one of the components came in at 18. 8 that was slightly worse than the flash numbers at 19. 1 and marks a survey low new orders are looking very, very weak.
Shrugging off the risk. European and u. S. Futures gain despite president Donald Trumps assertion that trade talks with china in september could be called off. The beach. Yields fall in italy following affirmations of the country triple b rating by fitch. The deputy rating man tells that leaving the eu is not part of the plan is he begins campaigning officially. I dont think anyone is scared of democracy. We ask for elections. One should be scared. I dont want elections. We are coming up with strange governments. We just want the people to vote. Net profit aramcos falls by more than 12 in its first ever halfyear report. We will hear from the groups cfo later this morning in an interview you do not want to miss. Look quickly, less than half hour away from the start of cash trading across the continent and in the u. K. It appears to show it is still a risk off trade. Investors are reaching for the safe haven of the japanese currency, now falling down to what all five. 105. You can buy fe
Pay safe shares rocket to the top of the stoxx 600 after a consortium by blackstone bid for the Payments Firm. Mediterranean delight for vodafone the mobile operator calls in with forecast topping numbers on the back of a Strong Performance in italy and spain, sending shares higher. Dimming down on sales. Philips lighting posts a 2 decline for its professional lighting arm, despite a beat on core earnings. The companys ceo tells cnbc that growth will return. We were declining by 2. 4 for the full year of 2016, we have been declining by 1. 3 for the first semester of 2017 we will go back to growth in the course of the second half of 2017 its a choppy start to trade today in europe with mixed colors across the board. Some red, some green, remembering that yesterday was really a Currency Movement that was driving stocks a stronger euro took its toll on european markets were seeing euro stoxx 600 not down too much, only by around 0. 07 . Ftse 100 is in the green but just holding on to gain