Pound impairment charge. And chinese backtrack continues to pick up in october. The pmi data shows smaller manufacturers may be struggling to keep pace. Announcer youre watching worldwide exchange, bringing you Business News from around the globe. All right. A warm welcome to todays edition of worldwide exchange. If you just joined us in the states, as well, welcome to the start of your global draid trading day. The ftse down 46 points. A lot of focus in rbs will come on to that. Right now, down 0. 1 . The xetra dax is currently down 0. 2 . And here in france, the cac 40 is down 0. 3 . Were focused on renault shares taking a hit on news from its japanese partner nissan. And so renault down 3. 7 . Nissan, down after the auto giant reported earnings and cut its profit outlook for the year by 20 . Nissan was expected to report its Second Quarter numbers tuesday, but moved the announcement forward. You can see nissan says down 2 . Our tokyo bureau chief karen geogi has been in japan at the