Profit increase as iron ore holds up amid the pandemic. Relations go even further. China says attacks on tiktok were bullying and rejection of fair competition. Shery lets get you started with a quick check of how the markets are trading. U. S. Futures opening flat after the s p 500 and other major indices ended the session mixed. We had a rally in Technology Companies with the nasdaq gaining 1 . Selling off sos the s p 500 was dragged a little lower. Still closing at the highest level since february. The third time in the past week that the index topped above its february closing record during the session, but ended below it. Still up more than 50 from its march low. We did get more positive ecodata. A gauge of Builder Sentiment jumping to the highest since 1998. Take a look at oil because that positive sentiment over the economy taking oil for a five month high, all the right now under pressure. Wti now headed towards 42 a barrel. See how things are shaping up, here is Sophie Kamarud
Fall on year and below analyst expectations. They confirmed plans to exit thermal. U. S. China relations sour even further. Jing says the tax lets take a look at how we are shaping up for this asian trading day. U. S. Futures within shouting distance when it comes to the regular session of that february record but then retreating by the close. We are seeing not much happening when it comes to active futures contracts. The nikkei 225 looking weaker going into the open. Chicago futures trading there. The topix in the meantime remains the bestperforming market in august. We will see if it continues those gains today. Ftse futures looking like we will open up higher by. 4 . The data calendar for the day, we get the rba august meeting minutes, looking into the details of their bond buying as well as the renewed assessment of how that new victorian lockdown will barter economy in those Monetary Policy settings. Also watching crude, we are seeing weakness, just holding over 42 a barrel althou
Paid hundreds of outside contractors to transcribe clips of audio from users of the services. More on that get exclusive story through the day. I want to check in on asset prices that show you what kind of risk on rally we had after donald trump said he would only put tariffs on part of the 300 billion worth of goods from china that he had previously flagged to start in september. We see asian stocks rising after the massive rally in european and u. S. Stocks, gains of 1 and more than 1 across the board in the u. S. You also see another contributor to the risk on sentiment. For the fifth day in a row, china has set the yuan peg stronger than expected. Five days in a row the pboc says it is stronger than the market signaled the. Signaled. Ket , no more safen haven bid, the dollar gaining strength against the japanese currency. For the yen. Nejra perhaps some part of the market saying we got ahead of ourselves yesterday. The s p 500 jumped 2 at one point. Apple leading the gains. Only so
Tensions and the impact of the restructuring makes this a big results call. The ceo joins us this hour. The performance of its stateside business will be watched as if he does numbers hit we will be joined by the ceo for the details. Welcome to bloomberg daybreak europe. Lets get to the numbers on the bloomberg. The red headline is the group is cutting its profit forecast and considering selling units. That is something we will look at later. To 1. 2 billion euros but it is cutting its studyingrecast and offers to sell some businesses, cutting the profit outlook for the fiscal year. Germanys slowdown pushing thyssenkrupp into a crisis. The units with no clear future cant keep burning money. It is studying options to sell businesses including elevators. We will speak to the thyssenkrupp shortly after 6 30 u. K. Time. Manus lets talk about a little bit of the drug manufacturing side on mark. Weve got the Second Quarter adjusted eps, so this is what weve got for you. Euros, a comfortable
The pboc sets its daily reference rate past seven dollars for the first time, but risk assets gain is the number is stronger than consensus. Oil bounces from a sevenmonth low as the kingdom calls producers to discuss a response to the slide to the bear market in oil prices. As european earnings season continues, we will speak with the ceo of adidas and the cfo of merck. Matt good morning. Less than a halfhour away from the start of equity trading. Take a look at the 10year yield. Do you believe what the bond market is saying right now . Dropping below 1. 6 in yesterdays session. Is that forecasting a recession to come . Take a look at futures. They are indicating that the number is no. We see futures turning higher. Interesting that futures are trading higher across the continent and in the u k, as well. We are prepared to get some of the biggest exdividends on the index. Astrazeneca, unilever, some really big weights on the stoxx 600, watch for them to drag on the index gained today.