Bloomberg surveillance. Im tom keene in new york. Guy johnson in for Francine Lacqua in london. Monthsin to the summer in august. I look at the newspapers in the United Kingdom and it is sort of a soup of distractions right now. Inme and update on the virus the United Kingdom, because the statistics i look at are actually pretty good. Guy . They are pretty good, tom, and there are large parts of the country where people are talking about the fact that we may have achieved herd immunity. You listen to the commentary come out of a large hospital, out of large hospitals, they are seeing a fraction of the number of cases they saw coming through the door back in the spring. The situation seems to be under control. This is pumping Boris Johnson the prime minister, to make firm assertions that schools will september, in the same way Governor Cuomo is making those assertions in new york. Thathe is pretty lonely on right now. That will be one of our themes without question in august. Back to sc
Second term. The president also receiving , the companytok suing the federal government. Lets talk about how the markets are digesting this. Abigail doolittle running us. Joining us. Apple has been one of the companies driving the rally and apple just notified some employees that they plan to reopen a number of retail scores by the end of august. Walk us through the day. Again, recognize. Hopes about a fast tracking of the vaccine and treatment. Abigail lots of optimism. The s p 500 up for a third day. While it is nice to think that it has some of the do with the fast tracking of the vaccine and plasma therapy, it is interesting that the only major nasdaqo close down, the biotech index. The nasdaq 100, the new york faang index. Course if youof own that stock into the close today, you are eligible for the 41 split which will take place next monday. That does not create any value but it seems that it is somehow more attractive. Certainly attractive, the fact that they plan to reopen some
Once again i say good morning to we have been full by randomness. The story of the french banks this morning is absolutely extraordinary. Francine the french banks, but actually hsbc also disappointed. That is why we are seeing a to thebit of weight banking stocks in europe. I know you want to start with your data tom. Volatility for august. Tom lets do the data check as we go into august. I like what kit juckes of socgen says. August has some risk to it, and we start out with a turn. The markets lower, but the nasdaq 100 trading abruptly higher in america. We will have to see how the tech stocks open. In the yield space, it is a jumble right now. Maybe Early Morning u. S. We are not there. As we see the churn in europe and such. The real news is the u. S. 10year inflationadjusted piece. 1. 01. It breached one on friday, or maybe it was thursday. That is a huge indicator of disinflation. Merrick and oil under 40 a barrel gets my attention american oil under 40 a barrel gets my attentio
Ministers brief reporters, and it is brutal on the negotiations. Tom brutal is the right word. There was one photo ice saw. E looking justutt exhausted. For those of you who have not followed the soap opera, it is still not over. This monday isn deceptive, extraordinary. Out of china, the virus particularly in america, and this european donnybrook it is amazing. And then the market reaction. Francine it is quite a lot for a mid july market. Now lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Here is ritika gupta. The their repeating European Union may be on the verge of a deal with denmark and Sweden Holding of the oceans. They appear to be ready to greet that 450 billion of the fund would be made available as grants with the rest of it coming as low interest or loans lowinterest loans. Brexit negotiations are in a tense standoff, dashing hopes of between the u. K. And the European Union, which failed to make progress last month. British negotiators say the e. U. s concessions are
I believe we are wrangling about waiting a week or two to do it. Dialogue, itest seems, in the United Kingdom. British way ofry approaching things, isnt it, tom, trying to do with all. Ventualities finally you come to a decision and you are concerned if it is the correct one. It is the correct one at this point in time. We are watching with great hasrest how the debate become so politicized. We are scratching our heads, trying to figure out whether it is the right thing to do, but it is not politicized the same way as in the states. You mentioned in the headlines, the president finally wearing a mask to walter reed. That is may be a big step in the right direction. One angles certainly there. Us with an will join update, leading the way, the effect on the economy and of course across the different markets. With news in new york city, here is ritika gupta. Ritika good morning. 15,300 newed record coronavirus cases in florida, the biggest oneday rise since the outbreak in the u. S. The n