1 ,s p up by nine tens of tech leading the charge. European markets underperforming but the ftse 100 pushing on gains over the last hour. Most european markets gained early than flatlining into the afternoon. We are seeing a bit of a return to the dollar this afternoon, still trading at the 118. 119 earlier on and security markets continue to be in focus as the ecb suggests there may be rates that could be cut further. Lets start off our conversation on the u. K. Labor market which took a turn for the worse in july. Total job losses climbed to nearly 700,000 since the start of the pandemic. Tois considering plans support jobs as per the government cost Furlough Program ending next month. Businesses need support which is why many of the intervention we have put in place lasts the last through the next year. I have not hesitated to act and create effective ways to support jobs and employment and we will continue to do so. From brusselsg us is Vincent Juvyns from jp morgan. Sunak may be s
It is armageddon, moments ago the president told fox friends, he would not name his nomination to the court until after the services for Justice Ginsburg are completed, he said he would announce friday or saturday. He said he would move quickly, he said time for a vote before the election. Now look at this, a wall street selloff, major leagues, all kinds of problems for investors, election chaos seems to be a certainty that could even be a constitutional crisis of the Supreme Court has to decide the election and there are only eight sitting justices, there could be a tie. A second wave of virus infections has hit europe, especially britain, there are worries and comes here. China holding military maneuvers as a u. S. Envoy heads to taiwan. Grandpa got up and look what you got. The dow will be down 500, maybe 600 points at the opening bell, the s p 53 points lower in the nasdaq down 170, that is a selloff, in a moment you will hear more from the president because later on today he is he
Change his mind about approval. Latery powell will say that the u. S. Economy is improving, but has a long way to go before fully recovering from the virus. The st. Louisrom fed president this hour. Haidi investors are waiting to hear from fed chair powell. But we know the gist of what he is likely to say given that the commentary has been around how recovery will be, managing expectations. The recent fairly positive data points we have gotten. S p active futures after the session overnight really erasing some of those earlier losses as well. Some of the gains we have seen trading flat at the moment. U. S. Stocks fell. Could have been worse if not for that rebound in tech shares stemming the losses. It did get close to that threshold to be considered a market correction. 0. 1 ires down by should say by 1 at the moment. Japanese markets are closed for a second day this week for the autumn equinox holiday. ,ydney futures down by 1 trading in new zealand down by 0. 1 . Victoria has come o
News on the banks. We were discussing on closing bell the banks finding out this evening what this extra stress tests theyll go through this fall will be there will be two severe recessions it will be tested against as opposed to normally one. Its possible we could interpret those severe recessions as not as bad as they could have been june saw unemployment spiking to 10 . This test has two versions one is that it spikes to 12. 5 and then dips more quickly to 7 7. 5 both of those factors perhaps highlight the severely adverse scenario didnt get that much worse given the year that were in than perhaps it could have got. 10 unemployment to 11 or 12 is not that much worse. That will also include a stock market decline by 30 house prices falling 26 all of course headlinegrabbing changes but not that much worse than they could have been given the fact that we already knew this early set of tests was coming there is one line that stands out at the end of the statement that says, the board re
Agree on a deal which could see a new company if approved by President Trump. Haidi and the race for a china facesvaccine, a deadline on the growing kovacs plan. Little pressure at the open. This as u. S. Stocks dropped the most in a week in the regular session. Sentiment being damaged by poor economic data. Jobless came just jobless claims fell less the s p 500 fell for a second consecutive session, but found some support after bouncing off its 50 day moving average. The nasdaq was down more than 1 . We see itk at oil flat at the moment, around 40 a barrel. This after climbing when saudi arabia express determination to stop oh plex opec plus members, posting its largest three day gain. Kong to see g to see how things are shaping up. We have futures pointing to a mixed start. The regional index set to rise for the first week in three. We are keeping and i on toshiba with a chip unit on course to raise 2. 9 billion in a share sale in sydney. We are watching a bid to get a stake in italy