Good morning, this is bloomberg daybreak europe. I am Tom Mackenzie in london. It began in focus has japanese stocks of the most among some growing speculation the bank of japan will raise rates, it investors look ahead to u. S. Investor data tomorrow. U. S. President joe biden towards israel against invading the city of rafah, calling it a redline as ceasefire talks remained deadlocked. Aramcos 31 billion dollars gift, the Worlds Biggest Oil exporter ramps up its Quarterly Dividend despite loyal oil prices to plug a budget deficit. A bit of profit across the nasdaq on friday. We had jobs data, Unemployment Rate ticking up to 3. 9 , but broadly the jobs picture looking at a relatively resilient in the u. S. European stocks ended friday at a press record. European stocks pointing to losses of. 5 of 1 . The data focus is the inflation print out of the u. S. On tuesday. It is worth noting inflation out of china managed to take up in a recent reading suggesting the inflationary funk is sta
Us Investment Firm Elliott Advisors has walked away from making a takeover bid for currys after being rejected by the retailers board in its own words multiple times. It had initially proposed an offer that valued the electricals chain at £700 million, and later raised it to 757 million. But currys rebuffed the approaches, saying they significantly undervalued the business. Currys could still receive a bid from chinasjd. Com, which said last month it was mulling an offerfor the firm. Lets speak now to russ mould, investment director at aj bell. What is going on, one firm has walked away but there is another weighting in the wings . Walked away but there is another weighting in the wings . There is but it it will focus weighting in the wings . There is but it it will focus on weighting in the wings . There is but it it will focus on what weighting in the wings . There is but it it will focus on what the weighting in the wings . There is but it it will focus on what the two it it will f
Take a look at equities trending in the opposite direction. Annabelle that is right, you have got the stage set for u. S. Stocks or japanese stocks by wall street. We had the slump into the close on friday, so a mixed jobs report coming out, but the expectations of the fed will be set by the arrest inflation print due tuesday they could show acceleration, certainly telling us is that i will powell unlikely to have the base case to turn firmly dovish. Seeing both the topix and nikkei225 dropping more than 1 so far and we are tracking tech stocks in particular. There is the u. S. Side and what is happening with the japanese yen, because you are strengthening again, it gains against the past four weeks, back below the 147 mark. We had been trending around 150 for quite a period, but the numbers we are tracking today is all about japan escaping technical session in the latest period so gdp expanding annualized at 0. 4 reversing a retreat that initially had to been reported, so something to
Business stories. We start in saudi arabia as the Worlds Biggest Oil Company Aramco is set to announce its latest Half Year Results in the next half an hour or so. Last year, aramco netted record profits of over 160 billion, buoyed by soaring energy prices. But in may this year, they reported that profits dropped by nearly a fifth in the first three months of the year as the gloomy Global Outlook saw oil prices drop. To tackle this, saudi arabia has been cutting production to the tune of1 Million Barrels a day. They started in july and have now extended to september. The oil price has since been creeping up. Live now to our middle east Business Correspondent sameer hashmi. Sameer, nice to see you. 160 billion is so much money made in a year. What are they expected to say in the next half hour . Expected to say in the next half hour . Sally, ithink it is matching half hour . Sally, ithink it is matching up half hour . Sally, ithink it is matching up to half hour . Sally, ithink it is ma
Business headlines. Us Investment Firm Elliott Advisors has walked away from making a takeover bid for currys after being rejected by the retailers board in its own words multiple times. It had initially proposed an offer that valued the electricals chain at £700 million, and later raised it to 757 million. But currys rebuffed the approaches, saying they significantly undervalued the business. Currys could still receive a bid from chinasjd. Com, which said last month it was mulling an offerfor the firm. Earlier i spoke with russ mould, Investment Director at the stockbrokers aj bell. There is but it it will focus on what the two main shareholders in currys have got to say, redwheel and frasers. Any bid will have to get their approval and one can only assume that wasnt forthcoming this time. They said it undervalued the business. It is rare we are in a position where we are talking about a high street retailer at the centre of a possible bidding war. We thought that bricks and mortar w