This is bloomberg daybreak europe. From here in the city of london. Vix, we need to talk about what happened in the u. S. Markets. What happened in the u. S. Markets yesterday and what kind of risk sentiment weve got around these markets as the u. S. Financial Services Industry returns from its Labor Day Holiday they return in a risk on mode. There was plenty to worry about, hurricanes, geopolitical threats, all that leading to the dow down as much as 278 points and the vix spiking by more than 20 . Concerns driven by about something to do with the trump administration. That doesnt mean where setting ourselves up for the day ahead. Guy lets look at some of the numbers focusing on this morning. We find ourselves in a picture where the dollar is down. The aussie is interesting. The market is set up with the expectation will get decent data out of the australian economy. We saw that confirmed with the rba story, then we get this weaker than expected gdp line. So the aussie down by. 2 . Th
Six weeks to improve punctuality. And Sergio Aguero scores a hat trick against watford to help put Manchester City top of the table. Well have that and the rest of the days sporting news in sportsday in half an hour. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Detectives investigating the bomb attack on the London Underground have arrested an 18 year old man, on suspicion of leaving the device on the train. 30 people were injured when it detonated yesterday at Parsons Green station. The man was taken into custody this morning in the port area of dover. The Police Believe the attack was motivated by islamist extremism. This evening an armed Police Operation is under way in sunbury on thames, in surrey. Lets cross to robert hall with the latest at new Scotland Yard. This operation over in west london in sunbury on thames began at lunchtime today. There was very as evidence of Police Convoys speeding towards that location. Cavendish street in sunbury on thames was sealed off very quickly, about
How far will this scandal take us . Turbulence and the discount carrier space. We are less than a half hour away from the start of european trading. No sense of direction. The agent session did not give us much. It didnt take us forward. The treasuries were closed yesterday in the United States. Aat we are starting with, is blank piece of paper when it comes to the markets, and a directional story we will talk about. It is going to be interesting to see how we work through the day. Wasstory out of asia interesting in a few ways. The biggest story to me, the big political story coming up is what happens in china this morning. Austria, interesting. The town out of this is that the dollar is weaker. First word bloomberg update. Banks, guy. Catalonia faces a day of reckoning. Barcelonas mayor has said the results of the referendum cannot serve as a basis for secession. Read more companies are leading the region. Three more companies are leaving the region. The u. S. Has blamed turkey for i
A soft brexit. We will speak to kenny jacobs from ryanair. And a more sustainable path that there is an urgency to accelerate reforms grade will be joined by david litan joining us live from beijing. Less than half an hour away from the european open. Take a look at how the Index Futures are trading. We have gains on the continent, not in london but Little Movement therefore ftse futures. You can take a look at bunds. Investors are buying bunds, pushing the yield down. Bund yields remain incredibly low. The imf to bring you headlines. You can see them rolling across the bottom of your screen. The imf is raising its outlook forecasts gdp growth to 6. 7 from 6. 6 . David lipton who will be with us live says that china reforms in progress need to accelerate but so far, it looks like it is enough to lifts the imf growth 6. 7 , then china to second increase the imf has put out for its china forecast this year. Very interesting stuff on the china front. You will get that live at 8 30 a. M. L
Interest. The skies should be high, ryanair calls for aviation to top the brexit negotiation agenda, warning cnbc that no trade deal could mean all flight to the eu are halted. A step closer to a trial. The wife of french president ial candidate, Francois Fillon may go to trial for work she did not do. Good morning. It is brexit day, the triggering of article 50 is finally here. We have it all covered for you. We are live from westminster and brussels. Before that, lets look at how European Equity markets are doing. If there are brexit concerns, investors are not showing them. Ftse 100 is up by 0. 25 . Elsewhere seeing the xetra dax in germany higher, and the cac 40 in paris higher by 0. 4 . The dow snapping an eight day losing stretch, the longest stretch in about eight years or so. Asia was positive as well. Lets look at the uk pound sterling. What were seeing there is quite a bit of weakness. Heavy selling in the asian trading seg. That session. Thats quieter, off session lows, but