First half net profit jump for roche as they lift their Sales Outlook for the year the ceo tells cnbc the trend will continue into 2020. Given the strong momentum we have with the new medicines, we also expect growth beyond the current year and to be able to continue to overcompensate the effect of the entry of the bio similars. Astrazeneca shares hit a record high as they beat Second Quarter estimates. The ceo hales strong growth in cancer drug sales. It was a growth rate of 19 this was driven by oncology Franchise Growth of 58 . We got to 4 billion for the first half, china grew by 35 . So very great driver of growth for us and ab inbev beat Second Quarter forecasts as beer sales grow at their fastest pace in five years, while diageos ceo tells cnbc a taste for gin is boosting performance a lot of that growth is coming in the early evening occasion from ill call it boring wine an boring beer an beautifully served tangaray and tonics have a beautiful space to play. Just some of the la
Musk and ford, a rough road ahead for the automaker. Those shares head for a lower open today well tell you why all this earnings news plus an ecb meeting. The European Central bank expected to lay out the ground work for policy easing down the road and this could put more pressure on fed chair Jerome Powell to do the same. Its thursday, july 25th Worldwide Exchange on cnbc begins right now good morning welcome to Worldwide Exchange. Im dominic chu in for Brian Sullivan the dow looks to be hovering around flat at the open. We would open up around 24 points for the dow if these futures gains hold into the start of regular cash trading. The nasdaq and the s p 500 coming off alltime intraday record highs and closes. The dow is less than a percentage point away from joining that alltime high club as well. On the bond market side of things, were watching yields as we do every morning here a tick lower tenyear note yields moving to 2. 3 thats a sharp move to the down side the twoyear note yi
Will shortly go on to what is happening at the ecb and what is happening with mario draghi. 0. 3 . An stocks down to a lot of the impetus will be on Central Banks. A lot of the focus will be on bonds. Leading the stoxx 600 lower, looking at oil. Adding to uncertainty over whether production cuts will actually be extended. Lets focus on the future of the euro area. Five years since mario draghi establishes answer to the jackson hole symposium. You that live as it starts. Investors will be watching closely for any hints on how mario draghi might use the toolkit. He will be keen to convince traders can get back to her target of 2 . A target of 2 . Paul, what is the market expecting from them . High in somens are respect. What is priced in, the ecb will move to action. The kind of feeling in the market is that he has got to. Ive a nod thelast ecb meeting market is looking for more. Asically the front end of the market has ced ecb action, a rate cut inflation is collapsing out of control. T
so let s get started, and we begin with the latest meeting of the world s major oil producing nations - 0pec+. world leaders, including president biden and the uk prime minister, are hoping the group will agree to pump more oil and ease energy prices that is fuelling inflation. in a bid to increase pressure, joe biden is headed to saudi arabia next month for meetings. but so far the signs are the oil producers group, which includes russia, is unwilling to budge. opec nations produce around 30% of the world s crude oil, about 28 million barrels a day. let s talk this through with spencer welch oil analyst with s&p global. good morning to you. in the last month they had agreed to increase production a teeny tiny bit. but what is their argument for not increasing it more now? more now? good morning, actually more now? good morning, actually they more now? good morning, actually they have - more now? good morning, actually they have been - actually they have been increasin