With brexit continuing to be constructive, but any potential deal with the eu could be upended at home. Talks continue today in brussels. Strong countermeasures. China threatens retaliation if the u. S. Passes a bill opposing the situation in hong kong, and carrie lam had to prerecord her address after it was interrupted wise. And it gets better and better for roche, the drugmaker raising its outlook for third time as new drugs that boost sales, and we will talk to the ceo, severin hwan, about doing deals. That is at 8 00 a. M. Hello, matt. Matt about half an hour away from the european open. I am looking at the pound. We could see movement. We pretty much flatlined yesterday. There was the spike we saw at 4 00, right now hanging out just under 128. Lets take a look at futures. Kind of a mixed picture, not as red as we see in america. In europe, the dax futures are down 1 10 of 1 . Meanwhile, cac futures are showing a green arrow although unchanged, ftse futures solidly down. You see a
A lot of the focus is on the tension in hong kong and what that means for european stocks. You can see a shift to the downside. Pound is your time to figure out whether we will see a deal or not. The dup is pushing back on what was optimism in the markets. The u. S. 10 year yield is at 1. 72. To a chiefwe speak executive. They have a new way of looking at risk, dont miss that interview at 11 30. Lets get straight to first word news in new york city. Ohio, joe biden defended his son against Donald Trumps attacks and Elizabeth Warren faced criticism of her how she would pay for her vast government programs. But the Democratic Candidates reunited on one thing, the need for an impeachment inquiry into President Trump. President mounting on and kara ankara. They face sanctions and accusation of war crimes. Moscow says the operations are quote unacceptable. A former pentagon chief says that recent actions could lead to a return of the Islamic State in syria. Surprise injection caught traders
First half. Is ticking asck london and brussels plan new talks. They can still block a new deal divorce. Kathleen breaking news on south korea Industrial Production. I was talking about whether or not the bank of korea might cut their key rate and a couple of hours. The pricing jump, up 2. 6 . Up more than forecast at 0. 5 . That is what was expected. In terms of the monthly number, lets move on to the yearoveryear number. Up 0. 6 . A big improvement over 2. 9 . That has been revised a little bit higher, 2. 6. Very good news for south korean Industrial Production, closely linked to manufacturing, closely linked to the trade war. We will get more details on that and get more on that later. Beijing for ato look at the asian markets. There has been a lot of volatility this month but it looks like on the last day, we are seeing cautious optimism. More green across the board. For the nikkei. Positive numbers out of korea so that will help bolster when the markets open, up almost 1 . 5 thise
Wall street is set to join that Global Equity selloff at the open plus, th juan falling to a more than ten year low versus the dollar China Central bank denying it is devaluing its currency shares of apple, theyre down, like everything else, or more, ahead of the opening bell. Which trumps tariff threats could mean for that technology giant. And potentially for the costs of the iphone we start, though, with the Broader Market stocks under pressure around the globe as u. S. China trade tensions escalate. Chinas yuan, which has now breached the 7 level for First Time Since 2008 is certainly a focus this morning in response to that move, the president tweeted this morning, quote, china trdropped the pric of their currency, called currency manipulation, are you listening Federal Reserve, this is a major violation which will greatly weaken china over time so, jim, were back in the concerns about china, of course, this following the decision last week by the president to put 10 tariffs on th
Fed rate cuts and a decade. A busy week also brings policy decisions from tokyo and london. Shery lets get you started with a check of the markets closed. The session in the u. S. , the s p 500 and the nasdaq closed at record highs. The biggest jump in three weeks for the s p 500. The biggest in five for the nasdaq. We have twitter and alphabet leading a tech rally on positive results. Gains coming from stronger than expected secondquarter gdp numbers. We will see a rate cut by the fed this week. A very busy week for earnings in the u. S. We are expecting more than 160 companies to report. U. S. Futures unchanged. Lets see how we are setting up for asia. After a bright start, we have seen new zealand grinding steadily lower, looking kind of flat. Nikkei futures, kospi futures also flat. Busy week of earnings out of japan particularly. 157 Companies Reporting this week. Twoy we will hear from among others. 1 5 other kospi will report this week. In australia, the future is looking bright