Much as 2. 5 after those headlines, now back down to a healthy 1. 5 of a gain. 2925 is where we are. Etail and apparel makers tens spread doing well. The peso in argentina improving just a little bit, but still weaker buy another 3 today. On when we goter those headlines, we saw massive strengthening and the offshore yuan. We are reversing that again a slight little bit, but we went right through the seven mark and 699. 08. Guy the Trump Administration delaying tariffs, as weve learned this afternoon, on some chinese goods until middecember, including iphones. Apple rallying strongly. Buyd by having it best having a pretty solid day as well. We are joined by bloombergs mike regan. The market was feeling its way on the downside. This feels a bit like a short sweep. Do you buy the move . Reporter people are obviously buying it, with the caveat that who knows what the next headline or tweet might send it in the other direction. I think the surprise here is maybeeople were worried Presiden
That. Surprised at david who do you it was directed to . [laughter] alix probably President Trump. David you think . Alix but it isnt the first time we have seen resident we have seen president s talk to fed chairs. It is the first time i think i have seen a president say we will fire you publicly. Alix in the markets, if you are an equity trader, you are probably breathing a big sigh of relief. The question is, is this a bit of a relief rally or did we finally find some sort of a bottom . S p futures up 8 10 of 1 after the worst two days of this year. Eurodollar flat. A record, still seeing low in the bond market, so it feels like the same story, maybe just a pause. David now it is time for bloomberg first take. We are joined by Stephanie Flanders and marty schenker. Lets start with this announcement. The Treasury Department found china to be a currency manipulator. Result, secretary mnuchin will engage with the imf to eliminate the unfair competitive advantage created by chinas lates
Welcome to bloomberg surveillance. I am anna edwards in the city of london. Lets start with a check on the markets. This is how we are doing on the stoxx 600. We did either side of the flat line trading and we are losing around. 1 . A little of performance coming through in the london market as you might expect when you have Oil Prices Going higher by 2. 2 because of the tensions between the u. K. And around in the strait of hormuz. That is the focus for oil traders and they are pushing out some of the oil related businesses listed in london. S p futures point higher. We are a little range bound on these Global Equity markets looking for guidance, looking for the continuation of the equity story. That will come later on this week. Earnings reports from the baking sector. Going to be a lot to talk about. We will be looking for the ecb and the Interest Rate decisions have to make. A little bit later on, mervyn king is going to be joining the bloomberg team. Dont miss that conversation. A
Lisa but interestingly, they also took down their loan loss estimate, so that basically speaks to the strong consumer. The question is if wall street revenues dont pick up and trading volumes dont pick up, will it be enough to have a strong consumer to drive Bank Earnings Going Forward . David it is not just jp morgan. It is also Johnson Johnson. We got earnings from them, and they beat on earningspershare and revenue. 2. 58,spershare was revenue was 22 billion. It was driven by pharmaceuticals, but most of the queries will be about the legal complications from opioids and talchis asbestos in allegation. Lisa it will be interesting how they frame that. David we will have more on j js earnings later this hour with joseph wolk, Johnson Johnsons cfo. Climbing a little bit. The dollar getting a bid, and to year yields up just a basis point. David at 7 30 this morning, Goldman Sachs reports secondquarter earnings, followed by wells fargo at 8 00. At 8 30, the u. S. Releases retail Sales Num
Giving a little bit of a lift to your markets. I am looking at the u. S. 10year yields now coupled with this truce around these trade tensions is weaker than expected factory numbers. Watch out for that. , 1387. See gold down manufacturing pmi below estimates at 47. 6. Than what the preliminary reading was. We speak to Joseph Oughourlian. The best opportunities to find value. Lets get to bloomberg first word news. Hi, francine. Deutsche bank may cut more than a fifth of its workforce. It would be the lenders shakeup in years. They may approve the loss as many as 20,000 jobs. They were working on tough cutbacks after failed merger talks. Trump coming the first sitting u. S. Leader to set foot inside north korea. He met with kim jongun at the militarized zone at the demilitarized zone. He said stepping across the border was a great honor. He also invited kim to visit the white house. Closer to becoming the next European Union commissioner. President donald two skids trying to shore up th