Thats what we are trying to achieve. Roche sees profits and sales fall in the first half but a turnaround has already begun helping with the full year outlook. Since june and now july, hospitals have opened again and patients are returning to hospitals. We see our sales recovering. Thats why we returned our initialo initial outlook. Sales of unilever as sales of ben and jerrys and more in north american sales the outbreak continues to weigh in many markets. I would say latin america is in the throws of it. We are seeing significant increase in africa and south asian continents topping the stoxx 600 sending shares in the french ad firm and the british rival wpp higher a very warm welcome to strooinz lets kick off what we heard from roche maintaining the full year outlook. Blaming the 4 slide in sales and 5 contraction on the decline of net hospital visits due to the coronavirus pandemic. Telling cnbc earlier that company has started to see hospital visits recover. You had seen a strong
Tiff movement for 2021 we also see clearly the paces coming in for the third and Fourth Quarter in reverse, the volkswagen numbers fall Retail Therapy shares in the dutch super market giant jump to the top after earnings rise almost 80 in the Second Quarter on the lockdown spending the death toll rises after a massive explosion. President trump suggesting the blast could have been intentional. Our prayers go out to all the families the United States stands with the people of lebanon and well be there to help it looks like a terrible attack. Lets kick off the show with fresh data just crossing the wires. This is the final composite pmi that has come in at 54. 9 that is a touch better than 54. 8, a little color for you on the numbers for july Services Come in at 54. 7 that was a little light. The suppressing strength has come from the Manufacturing Sector which we got earlier this week in terms of the commentary which provides this data, Business Activity rebounded to grow at a rate not
Covid19 own Macro Economic Development Going forward. I in leary, we should expect lower Going Forward. Ab in bef shares up. Vw slashes its dividend after posting the first half operating loss and renault posts a loss and says it is impossible to give any guidance. Astrazeneca rallies as Second Quarter sales top forecast the ceo says he expects to benefit from the Covid Vaccine this is a business that is redirect examinatio resilient. Weve managed the crisis well. Patients are returning to physicians a very warm welcome to street signs. Now on the gdp front, german adjusted preliminary gdp the calendar adjusted q2 number down 11. 7 slightly worse than the 11. 3 forecast the sharpest decline from 1970 the calendar adjusted level, 11. 7 versus 11. 3 predicted the rebound in that data, the pmis came in growth territory but still q2, a very severe decline. Lets bring in annette who knows more about the German Economy than i do. The 11. 7 drop in gdp. Exactly it is worse than expected but t
Before it gets better. U. S. Secretary of state mike pompeo urges the world to stand up to china. In a separate report accuses beijing of digital. We work to convince the Chinese Party it is not the best interest to behave in this behavior ceo warns of tough times ahead. When we went into the group, we knew that would be challenging with all the shut downs in different parts of the world. We saw recovery in china which was remarkable we have seen a weaker u. S. Affected by the pandemic dutch paint maker says material costs will have a positive impact. But ceo warns the virus will continue to weigh for the rest of the year. We will continue to see ups and downs. It is lucky it has been balanced between Home Improvement and the market we feel it has been under control and stay vigilant. A warm welcome to street signs. I want to start the show with the update on the latest numbers in the states. More than 1,000 people died from the virus in the u. S. Yesterday for the first time over a mo
Ahead of ourselves but it is gratifying to see the momentum barclays sets aside 3. 7 million shares. Sending shares lower in london telling us this banks Capital Position is strong we remain very capitalized and liquid we sustained profitability in the face of this pandemic. That allowed us to help customers around the world santander sees red amid a slew of write downs. Investors find the diamond in the rough at kering sales fall less than expected, dropping almost 44 . The French Luxury Group says there will not be a second half bounce back. As you heard there in the headlines, we heard from a number of Companies Across different sectors putting it all together markets trading higher up 0. 2 . We are building on yesterdays gains the main benchmark breaking a twoday losing day for the european markets and also on wall street. The Federal Reserve, the conclusion for the meeting as well as keeping an eye on washington where big tech will be coming under scrutiny a lot for lawmakers to d