And solid numbers in tech are not enough to keep investors from selling, dragging down u. S. Equity futures. Good morning. Over the past 45 minutes, we have seen a leg lower across equity futures as well as across the msci asia pacific, even though yesterday wall street did close higher, it was a relatively flat close in europe. S p 500 futures down 0. 9 , and the nasdaq 100 futures extending the losses past 2 this morning. Clearly the stabilization yesterday has not been enough. It has been a difficult week in the markets. The tech overnight did not meet expectations. Apple down more than 4 in afterhours trading. It was about expenses and costs for apple in china. Twitter extending losses more than 17 in overnight trading. For investors. Alphabet, one bright spot in big tech, up or than 6 . U. S. 10 year yields at 80 basis points. This was the close yesterday for the german bund market as well as the 10 year italian btps. Christine lagarde gave a clear signal more stimulus is on the w
Chinese stocks turning higher after a phase i trade deal to calm and solid industrial and retail data. Consequences. Be china threatening retaliation and germany bands hallway hallway. Calm carmakers could be caught in the crossfire. Prime minister Boris Johnson prepares to name his new cabinet. Sterling strength continues as investors stay positive on brexit. Under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading. Taking a look at what futures look like, all green across the board. Ftse futures still gaining solidly. It looks like it could be a risk on day. Absolutely. A slightly sluggish picture coming through, a lot of questions hanging over the trade story. To what extent are we going to see the rollbacks . Questions and after that, the mixed picture on chinese data. Retail sales better than expected. Mind andof that in with some of the euphoria that see the msci pacific fairly flat. A couple of red headlines closing the bloomberg. Inrth Quarter Sales coming just below the 62 bil
Driven by a weaker dollar. Whereturn to istanbul, bloombergs Turkey Bureau chief is standing by, and chris reiter is in berlin. President erdogan has sounded out again, ahead of the central bank decision. What can we expect today . There is a universal expectation that there will be a cut in Interest Rates later Turkish Central Bank Monetary Policy convene committee convenes. What we dont know is how much. If the decision is in line with estimates, which predict around thet of 150 basis points, rate of return on the turkish lira adjusted for inflation goes down to 1. 9 . Thats a crucial number, still above the average of real return e. M. s, which turkey is considered part of, but below countries that turkey is usually judged against like russia and south africa. We have seen anxiety in turkish markets over the last week. The lira has been weakening to levels not seen in about two months, and the decision at 2 00 p. M. Will determine the Market Reaction later today. Matt more Central B
Is a crime. Jason all of that and more. But first, our top story, natos 70th turned out to be less of a Birthday Party and more of the thanksgiving dinner for a big, dysfunctional family. Carol thats right. Not all of them got along. A few snide remarks. In the end, everyone seemed to accept they were stuck with each other. Thats according to mark champion, who covered it. Lets talk about nato and what a week it was. Mark it was. I mean, the buildup was pretty extraordinary. This was supposed to be a celebration. It wasnt a full summit. They do that every two to three years. This one they felt they had to do because it was the 70th. They kept it really short because they specifically didnt want to create a big target for unscripted problems with president trump, which theyve had before. So, and then all of a sudden, in the weeks before, you had the french president macron coming out and talking about whether he wasnt so sure the rest of nato allies would go to the defense of turkey und
Crisis that asks if homelessness is a crime. Jason all of that and more. But first, natos 70th turned out to be less of a Birthday Party and more of the thanksgiving dinner for a big, dysfunctional family. Carol thats right. Not all of them got along. Everyone seemed to accept they were stuck with each other. Thats according to mark champion, who covered it. Lets talk about nato and what a week it was. Mark it was. I mean, the buildup was pretty extraordinary. This was supposed to be a celebration. It wasnt a full summit. They do that every two to three years. This one they felt they had to do because it was the 70th. They kept it really short because they specifically didnt want to create a big target for unscripted problems with president trump, which theyve had before. So, and then all of a sudden, in the weeks before, you had the french president macron coming out and talking about whether he wasnt so sure the rest of nato allies would go to the defense of turkey under the article