For the imf meetings but lets get a check on the markets as investors digested the data out of china earnings will be coming through in europe. We struggle a little bit and stoxx 600. Cable is coming off a fivemonth high. A lot of concern going into this weekend and what parliament will vote on in terms of the brexit deal. We are talking about potential rate hikes. Coming up, we hear from the Vice President of the european atmission that 1130 time 11 30 a. M. London time. And still to come, we speak to bank of England Governor Mark carney at 5 30 p. M. London time. Definitely not want to miss. All of those conversations from the Imf World Bank annual meeting. Lets get first word news in new york. We begin with the ceasefire in syria. The u. S. And turkey agreeing to a break in hostilities to allow kurdish fighters to withdraw. Once the ceasefire takes affect them a donald will remove this weeks sanctions, but u. S. Senators from both sides say the deal does not go far enough. Reluctant
Investors seem to be taking that news prewell. I want to point to the that news pretty well. I want to point to the 10 year yield at 1. 71 . Brexit news countered by a little bit of trade news. Guy absolutely. Brexit news helping the pound out, up a little bit. Volatility is spiking on the sterling. The turkish lira down again, but not by that much. Sanctions coming out of washington could have been worse. The saudi market in a bear market. Back to you. Vonnie i do want to point to a headline about gm. As we know, it is in talks with United Auto Workers union. The ceo of gm is now said to be in the room for those uaw talks, and agreement is near. The stock is jumping. Lets see where we are with the performance. Having been , negative at the beginning of the session, on the news that gms ceo is in the room with uaw. Lets get a look now at the major u. S. Bank earnings and the performance today, as you can see. Jp morgan is up 1. 8 . In descending order, city groom down almost 0. 2 , wel
Francine lacqua is at the london event. We will join her later in the show. Lets get you through some of the Wild Movement in Global Markets. It was risk on. Believe that the chinese delegation was looking at a broad area of subjects, but now the latest lines coming through around basketball broadcasts. Now a warning from the chinese side. China sang stay tuned for a retaliation when it comes to the blacklisting of Chinese Companies by the u. S. Government. The market in the last five to 10 minutes is clearly turning. U. S. Equity futures 0. 1 lower. Gold, same story, flipping around, now higher. Trepidation percolating throughout the classes. The aussie dollar coming off the highs of the session. Other surveillance points to look out for. Francine. K. Time will be speaking to the chief executive of Fidelity International. Dodds half past 9 00 london time. Chinese state tv halting broadcasts of the National Basketball association games, saying the backlash intensifies over a tweet expr
Appetite for treasuries. Jay powell insists it is not the return of qe. Tension sores in the middle east. Turkey says its forces will move into syria at any moment. Shery lets get you started with a check of the markets. U. S. Futures under pressure, fell. 1 after the s p 500 for two consecutive sessions. Semiconductors taking the biggest hit, they fell the most in about six weeks. We have trade headlines sparking concern about tensions intensifying between the u. S. And china. That is upsetting some of the comments coming from fed chair powell, who left the door open for rate cuts. The dow lost more than 300 points while the nasdaq fell 1. 7 . Lets see how we are setting up in asia. Sophie australian markets have lower, asx 200 opening snapping a threeday gain. Bhp shares among the biggest laggards. Studyssie dollar trading after overnight gyrations on the trade brinkmanship. Confidence numbers for october are due in a halfhour. Nikkei futures pointing to a lackluster start. South kor
Economic expansion going. He is speaking at a fed is listening event at the headquarters in washington d. C. Where they make the decision whether to cut Interest Rates or not. Powell says the inflation is running close to or just and 2 target range. Some members of the fomc that the inflation under that target is a big deal. More people are making more money, yes, but that is not enough money there to put inflation pressures in this economy. That is a signal that the fed may undershoot Inflation Expectations again. And the chairman believes that the tools that are being used right now are effective on the economy. Although he does worry that the u. S. Economy as well as world economies are facing challenges like low growth, low inflation low Interest Rates. The reason he says low Interest Rates because in this speech he is concerned that the lower federal funds rate does not leave a lot a lot of room if tht downturn comes to support the economy. Now the fed is getting input at these ev