Profit streak comes to an end sending shares lower in extended trade. Dont miss our interview with renaults ceo as the french carmaker cuts its fullyear Sales Guidance on a degradation in demand. No clear direction so far in european markets after that key announcement from the ecb about forward guidance, the introduction of quantitative easing down the road and what seems to be an almost certain rate cut in september in terms of the individual markets across europe, though, you can see the four major indices in europe are trading slightly higher. The ftse 100 in london about a fifth of a percent higher. Similar story in germany we have huge amount of earnings going on at the moment the cac 40 is slightly above the flat line. In italy, where weve been hearing from the two deputy Prime Ministers about the future of the economy, you can see the ftse mib is in negative territory. Media performing well as is telecons technology in europe bouncing slightly higher, up 0. 4 the Retail Sector
Shares in Royal Dutch Shell drop as weaker prices hit the Second Quarter and profits fall to the lowest level in two years. And best in a decade barclays profits soar 80 in the first half as they hike its dividend our return on equity was 9. 3 so for the first half of the year it was over 9 , 9. 4 its probably the best statutory first half performance that barclays has had in nearly a decade and rio tinto shares come under pressure after the miners first half profits miss expectations despite a bumper special dividend we have a very decent Capital Allocation weve been implementing this for the last few years in terms of strength of balance sheet, in terms of investment in either growth project and returning cash to shareholders weve been doing that. Welcome to the Program European earnings season in full swing with key reports in the oil, mining, financial and industrial sectors shell its missed expectations reporting Second Quarter profit that fell 25 to a 30month low thanks in part t
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
Yuan to an alltime low even as beijing sets its mid point fix at a stronger than expected level. And european yields extent their slide as growing trade tensions spur a growing flight to safety with the dutch and the irish tenyear the latest bonds to fall below zero all right. So lets talk about some price action overnight we had chinese and Japanese Equities closing in the red. This after the u. S. Treasury department formally designated china as a currency manipulator for the first time in more than two decades. This after chinese authorities allowed the yuan to weaken beyond the psychologically significant 7 per dollar level on monday. The pboc rejected washingtons designation and insisted it does not use the yuan to cope with trade tensions chinas bank set the mid point stronger than 7, but it hit a low before news of a bond sale helped it to recover china confirmed it will suspend purchases of u. S. Agricultural products in response to President Trumps new tariffs a spokesperson f
Relatively mixed loyal shares on track for their worst day in nine months after top line growth misses the mark in the Second Quarter dont miss our interview with jeanpaul agon at 11 30 Central European time. And apple shares jump in afterhours trade after beating expectations and returning to growth in the Third Quarter but iphone sales miss estimates. A bit of a mixed message in the european markets the xetra dax performing relatively well as is the ftse mib in italy the cac 40 in paris and the ftse in london in the red its the thick of earnings season in europe a lot of these numbers being driven by whats going on in those various markets. As we talk about some of the companies that are in focus in the thick of therapyings season, you have major reports from the financi airli airlines airfranceklm up strongly after posting a 15 rise in quarterly operating profit loreal over here in the far right corner for me is trading near the bottom of the index after posting weaker than expected