Jackson hole goes virtual. Jerome powell gives an update on the central Bank Framework review. We hear from bank of england governor Andrew Bailey and ecb philip lane. No more lockdowns here. Italy joined france and spain and rolling out another nationwide shutdown. Despite rising cases in all three countries. Global infections past 24 million. The eu trade chief phil hogan quit after growing criticism that he broke my wrist rules by going to a golf dinner. Just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading in europe as hurricane laura makes landfall in cameron, louisiana. See european futures swinging back and forth between gains and losses. Right now, dax futures up about 1 10 of 1 . The futures doing a lot of nothing. A bit of a stall after global stocks really had an alltime high again yesterday. I want to bring you some breaking news on wpp. The second quarter, organic sales at the advertising behemoth down 15. 1 . This sales hit was something that investors were focuse
There is no return to lockdown here. Europe shouldsays not return to full scale shutdown to avoid another hit to the economy as french daily cases hit levels not seen since april. Tech continues to drive gains. The nasdaq hits a new record, propelling stocks and futures even higher. Pfizere news on a vaccine serves as a tailwind. Plus, biden vows to end the darkness. Calling his opponent a National Embarrassment. He promises to support the working class and reform taxation. Look at the futures right now. In terms ofains tech stocks in the u. S. A new high. Now we see a little bit of a mixed picture with ftse futures pointing down, but continental futures are on the rise. Back all gaining. Lets take a look at what u. S. Futures are showing us. More green arrows. Almost 0. 2 percent on nasdaq futures right now. Alsond dow futures are gaining. What are you seeing on the gmm . Anna it seems that markets, investors taking a glass halffull approach. You can see some of those markets doing we
Obama. Plans. Adens we will bring you our interview with the ceo. Asian stocks edge higher after break a500 fails to record at the close. European futures point to a negative just over an hour away from cash trading in europe. Atures suggest we could see lupita of ever treat a little bit of a retreat. They just went up for the morning. We were flat and positive across europe. , we faileded states to make a new high at the close even though we traded above those february high levels. There, wouldd got there have been the breadth to make it mean that much . We have gothe gmm, south korea, closed yesterday. Broadly speaking, we are flat and positive across the asian equity segment. Drift, whether it is asian stocks, u. S. Futures. The dollar is drifting. Making some moves to the downside. Treasuries a little higher, yields come down. Still questions around u. S. Stimulus, an unanswered question for Global Equity markets. Some breaking news across the bloomberg. Persimmong sector, saying f
Fines for not wearing a mask. Jimmy lai tells bloomberg he was arrested on trumped up charges. Our interview with the next didge tillman owner shooter. They push back against a groundbreaking green between israel and the u. A. E. To norlanderalize relations between the two countries. President trump says there is more to come from diplomatic efforts in the region. A very good morning to you all. We are just under an hour away from the start of the cash Equities Trading session here in europe. Lets have a look at where we are on the futures. It looks as if we could see in downside moving at the start, but we are generally drifting when it comes to the Global Equity session from asia to europe. We are expect to go see a little weakness. Some of the futures suggest it could be weaker down about. 2 or. 3 on a futures. Programs a different dynamic in the ftse 100. Lets have a look at u. S. Futures as they point to a little bit of weakness at the start of the u. S. Trading day. We see streng
What an interesting market. It is not a normal july, and simply, it is not a normal friday. Gold almost touching 1900, better markets in the last minutes off the better than good pmi data in europe. Francine we had betterthanexpected pmi in europe, but also the u. K. It is not moving markets that much, but it is something to keep an eye on. Lets get to first word news with karina mitchell. China has dropped back, ordering the u. S. To close its consulate in chengdu because of the u. S. Decision to close the chinese consulate in houston. China serves as a key u. S. Listening post. China says its action is a legitimate one and necessary. President trump has given into worries about the coronavirus. He canceled his florida nominating convention. That was going to be the biggest event of his reelection campaign. Florida just posted a Record Number of deaths from the pandemic. The president says he did not want to take any chances. There are still differences between Senate Republicans and