The slowing inflation that came in worse than expected. He factory gate deflation extending to a record 44 months. I will take you through some of the big stocks we have been watching. Starting with vodafone. One. 7 . This is after the secondbiggest mobile phone Company Reported secondquarter Service Revenue better than expected. It was growth. Boost. Down from a a market that has been a difficult for vodafone. What the company has done is reshuffled its management. The minute to desk committed billions. It looks like it could be paying off. Moving on to national grid, another u. K. Plc. The operator of the uks electricity and national gas todayk started a process for the potential sale of a majority stake in its domestic gas is to be should business. We are seeing that move higher. Julius baer, the third biggest wealth manager, that stock down. Its growth margin narrowed. Restrained client activity. I said stocks in europe were shrugging off the china data. You can see copper down jus
On guy johnson. Butill focus on the brexit first, up to speed with what is happening in the market story. Ahn we are seeing the selloff continue in asia today. The benchmark index at the lowest level it has been in a month. Betweentually slung gains and losses be and losses throughout the day. We have data this morning showing that japan recorded a trade surplus for the 15th consecutive month in september. Were seeing a lack of clear direction as there are concerns of the rate hike next month, the possibility of that happening, not to mention a deepening slowdown in china. 4 10 of a percent lower today. We had data this morning showing that home loans grew 2 month on month, which was more than expected. Estimates were that it would remain flat. Expanded losses, down 1. 4 . Now down for the fourth consecutive session led by utilities and health care. We saw some choppy trading in china. The shanghai composite is currently down 3 10 of a percent. Four consecutive days of rallies in china