There is quite a lot going on in the markets mainly because of the threshold that markets crossed yesterday. Lets have a look at what that means for european stocks and even the global stocks rally pausing. We did have the best monthly gain in three decades. Investors awaiting a lot of Economic Indicators that could support the. Rally in risk assets. We have Consumer Confidence and of course personal income. We did have a gauge of asia pacific shares gaining. Above 45 alding barrel, and i also wanted to show you bitcoin and a second, because they were also, you know, within a sliver of a record high for bitcoin. At 19,130. It now lets get to the bloomberg first word news in london with leighann gerrans. Hi, leighann. Leighann good morning, francine. France will gradually start using its lockdown from sunday. Museums will follow suit from december 15, but restaurants will remain closed. President Emmanuel Macron says vaccinations could start at the end of december or in early january. M
In a single session. Its worst ever single day. British drug giant astrazeneca halts the trial for safety review after an illness during its test. And British Airlines shares open lower ragging on the travel sector. A ton of Market Action here in europe. Lets look at how the markets are opening in the session a rebound coming together. Yesterday, the main benchmark dropped to 1. 61 in italian and french stocks. The market up and the cac 40 up 0. 7 initially, there was signs of trading coming through in the early moments on the back of this news late yesterday that they have halted their trials as one participant in the trial has fallen ill not enough to get the market down we are seeing positive momentum now. Lets look at positive sectors we have oil and gas up, telecom up and we saw the Oil Price Plunge wti falling 7. 6 brent down and we are seeing a bounce now utilities and majors are the best market. We have travel and leisure taking the biggest hit down 4. 4 we have a few stories c
A side swipe of isaias. The queen of the skies flies into history and later operas Opening Night where romans once watched chariots. This is the cbs overnight news. Garrett good evening, everyone, im Major Garrett in washington. Coronavirus remains a threat to Americas Health and economy. Todays maryland republican governor called it a twin crisis. Southern california battles wildfires and the eastern seaboard casts a wary eye on Tropical Storm isaias. But we begin with triumph bathed in starlight. The return to earth of two of nasa astronauts courtesy of spacex. A private firm with ambitions seemingly as boundless as space itself. Their dragon capsule splashed down in the gulf of mexico after a mission to the International Space station. Mark strassmann has more. Dragon spacex comm check. After six minutes of silence, Spacex Mission control wanted to hear from the astronauts. We read you loud and clear. When the crew dragon capsule came into view, everyone with spacex breathed easier.
July. It is the last week in july and we are running out of Unemployment Benefits and the rent is due august 1. There is a lot going on. Francine we will spend a lot of time on that. Lets get to first word news gupta. Itika group unveileditch mcconnell the new relief package, listing unemployment to 70 of prepandemic wages. Makes to pelosi panned that proposal. Health officials around the world are getting a reminder of how tough it is to permanently stamp out coronavirus. They are grappling with second waves of the pandemic. China reported the most cases since midmarch, and spain is scrambling to stay ahead of new outbreaks. Posed a new imposing new quarantine on travelers from there. Will stay near zero for a longer while. Policymakers open the twoday meeting tomorrow. The last day they met was in early june. Florida and california have yet to see the surges have that if that that have afflicted them since then. China eagle authorities following the closure, the latest development in
Then another lock down it will not cut its schedule branding the decision regrettable. The low cost airline posts a smaller than expected loss for the First Quarter. Acquisition, sap shares jump after the German Software giant said it will float qualtrics just a few years after buying it for 8 billion republican lawmakers reach a deal in the next relief bill in a move that will handout payments as well as commit to 70 wage replacement helping to push u. S. Futures higher in early trade. A very warm welcome to street signs we closed out with the flash pmi for july which showed the recovery across europe and now we have the data coming through. The german business index. The german business morale rises in july. Thats the headline. The Business Climate index came in at 90. 5 that was ahead of forecasts. Economists were looking for 89. 3 thats 90. 5. The current condition index, that came in at 84. 5 in july that was a touch below expectation. The current index slightly below but the Busi