Stage an uprising over the euro grew presidency striking a blow to the blocks major powers. Merkel says the eu needs to combine aid with rome forms reforms in a message to the fruit before. Equities slip. Stock rallyhot cools. State funds start selling, assign the government wants to slow the surge. Daily virus cases in the u. S. Continue to hit new highs, worrying investors. Stuck in the middle. Global banks risk being caught in the crossfire of chinas new law in hong kong. U. S. Sanctions against it as compliance with one may mean breaching the other. Just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading across the road. Take a look at futures here. We are looking at red arrows. Not a lot of size there. If you look at u. S. Futures, red arrows that are much bigger. 5 10 of a percent losses. S p down. Nasdaq looking a lot more risk off in terms of the futures contracts then european futures contracts do. What do you see on the gmm . Anna the selling you were talking about in c
Nejra welcome to daybreak europe. A fourth day of green on the screen for asian equities. Donald trump has talked about being in the final throes of coming to a phase one deal. A mixed picture below the surface. We are seeing a weakness in chinese equities, after the biggest drop on industrial profits on record. The u. S. Benchmark hit record. The fx, the aussie is the underperformer in g10. A two rate cut call for the rba. Some poll showed yesterday that the conservatives are narrowing their lead over labour. Oil slightly off on the back inventories. On donald trump says the u. S. Is in the final throes of a trade agreement with china signaling progress on a deal that has been years. Works for two but in a interview with the fox news host, trump said he is holding up the trade deal to ensure better terms for the u. S. Joining us is Patrick Armstrong. We keep hearing records on all u. S. Benchmarks, does it surprise you . Patrick it is a narrative that that is why we are hitting new fe
Retail earnings over the next couple of days. Thirdquarter earnings better than estimated at 1. 13. They see their fullyear adjusted earnings raised from what they saw before on the 5. 91. D, looking at. It looks like on first blush, a beat and a raise for the rest. Global exchange for the rest of the year. Time now for global exchange, where we bring you the news from all around the world. Our bloomberg voices are underground with the latest. China and the u. S. Agreed to stay in touch on remaining issues to get to a phase i trade deal after a phone call earlier, in which topic a shooters top negotiators from both sides discussed core concerns. They agreed to maintain communication on the remaining issues for the first phase of negotiations. Enda curran joins me from hong kong. It is a long, convoluted way of saying they are still just talking . Is all about the mood music. It is another day of incremental news that seems to bes adjusting that governments are on track for some kind of
Well have the latest from westminster and brussels, including an interview with the belgian mep, philippe lamberts. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. A mother breaks down at the contaminated blood inquiry as she talks about the death of her ten year old son. 19 people are arrested as police say theyve broken the uks biggest ever drugs operation more that 50 tonnes of drugs are seized. And coming up on the programme well be live from the roundhouse in london, ahead of tonights building of the year award the stirling prize for architecture. Today at five, the top story talks to secure a brexit deal appear close to collapsing after a downing street source said the eu had made a brexit deal essentially impossible. The source claimed the german chancellor Angela Merkel had told borisjohnson in a phone call this morning, that a brexit deal is now overwhelmingly unlikely. Mrs merkel reportedly said a deal would never be possible unless Northern Ireland stayed in a Customs Union which i
We are seeing a markets trading sideways. A lot of the focus is on potential risks and the potential headwinds that could hit the markets quite hard. A lot of it to do with geopolitics. Keep an eye on the u. S. China trade talks. You can see the stocks europe 600 gaining. A similar move for the s p 500 futures and the 10 year yield is at 1. 54. Coming up, we will be speaking to the shell chief executive. Dont miss that exclusive interview just after half past 10 this morning. Lets get straight to first word news in new york city. Balance sheet growth resumes for the Federal Reserve chairman Federal Reserve, chairman Jerome Powell says dont confuse this for qe. In no way beuld confused with the largescale asset purchases. Neither are the recent technical issues nor purchases of treasury bills we are contemplating to resolve should materially alter the stance of monetary policy. Chairman powell also hinted at the possibility of another rate cut. He was confidence the economic expansion c