Comparison to the United States. I think comparisons across europe may be a little more challenging to make and put in a positive light. That has certainly been the focus and the delay to locking down the country certainly was an area of real criticism for the government. I suppose this morning, we are also focused on what is going on near to you in terms of hurricane laura building across the atlantic and a ready to make landfall. We are watching louisiana, watching texas. We get this red headline across the bloomberg from the Hurricane Center saying laura is seen rapidly strengthening to category four hurricane. This is new information this morning. That is a big number. Hurricane 4 is much bigger than a hurricane 2. 4 is getting very, very serious. This is the acceleration north , west the gulf of mexico of new orleans as well. In new york city, always quite good with our first word news. On the second night of the Republican National convention, speakers tried to humanize President
Negotiations to sell the short form video app u. S. Assets say the ceo wants it and sees it as a prize. We should tell you the bid for tiktok which reports say could go as high as 50 billion are due this week. President trump has said if theres no deal by september 15th to sell its u. S. Arm to an American Company, he will ban the app. Tiktok sources tell us the company has witnessed not just an american but an international rush to download the app ahead of the possible ban. President ial trade adviser and China Hawk Peter Navarro is about to join me live to talk about the bidding battle for tiktok and what has sparked the administrations ban threat on the chinese social media disruptor. Is there evidence hes ready to reveal . To the nasdaq, racing toward a fifth record close in a row, its longest string of backtoback alltime high finishes for the year and the s p not far behind, gunning it towards its fourth record close in a row. A catastrophic category 4 hurricane expected to slam
Washington has been demanding transparency and threatening to delist mainland companies. Australia is ramping up tensions with its top partner. You a quick get track of the markets. This after we saw another record high for u. S. Equities. The s p 500 and nasdaq composite soaring to another record high for a fourth consecutive session. The s p gaining ground for five sessions. Tech and communication stocks leading the gains. We are up about 55 since the march lows. We had some positive data. The u. S. July durable goods orders meeting estimates. All of that boosting optimism that the fed will keep Monetary Policy loose. With the dollar weakened, due to the strongerthanexpected eco , take a look at what oil is doing. It is gaining ground. About 43 per barrel. In around five months, the highest level. We have hurricane laura. More than 80 of oil output and nearly 3 Million Barrels have been shut down in the gulf of mexico. Haidi continuing to watch the oil patch for those disruptions. Le
Washington has been demanding business transparency and threatens to delist mainland companies. Protests against Police Shootings spread to the nba. Playoff games are canceled as refused toee bucks leader court. Haidi we continue to have that lackrnaut rage despite a of very meaningful headline developments on the positive side. We are getting incremental positivity when it comes to u. S. China trade as well as daily developments on the search for a Coronavirus Vaccine as well. We are seeing futures flat at the moment, lower by. 1 after both the s p and the nasdaq hitting another alltime high. Optimism being seen in the fourth straight day of record highs for u. S. Stocks. The nikkei 225 just erasing some of the earlier moves, flat at the moment when it comes to futures trading in chicago. We wait to hear from president abes press conference tomorrow. The focus being on his health and the future of auburn onyx and where dollaryen goes from here. It is holding at 105. 91 at the moment.
Cash trade. Here are your top headlines from the bloomberg terminal. Trumpa on the defensive. The president stands by his handling of the coronavirus on day one of the Republican National convention. Says democrats are still blaming America First Nikki Haley Says democrats are still blaming America First. The chinese arrives in europe today. Demandsla merkel answers from russia after it was putin critict the was likely poisoned. We have figures crossing the wire right now. The German Economy shrank 9. 7 in the second quarter. The initial estimate was for a drop of 10 point 1 . This is a second look here, and so it looks like it is a little better than expected. Still, of course, a massive drop , the quarter over quarter figure. The yearoveryear figure is a drop of 11. 3 , so a big drop in the german gdp. That the bloomberg economists expect a rebound in the second half, and of fullyear drop of about 6 for 2020. Lets take a look at what futures are telling us after the new record highs