France relaunch. President macron unveiled his stimulus plan. The focus shifted beyond covid into longerterm problems. Russian tensions rise. Angela merkel says there is proof that an opponent was poisoned as he was tested in germany. And mercedes considers an electric version of its luxury maibach to defend its luxury anna welcome back to bloomberg position. Markets european open. Are just an hour away from 53 minutes into a positive the start of cash equity trading European Equity session. U. S. Futures have pared some in europe. Lets take a look at futures losses as well. That is worth keeping in mind. Right now. They are higher in europe. Lets talk to laura cooper from markets live team, where she is we are looking at gains across the board. Macro strategist. One of the things we will be watching for his initial jobless claims. I am drawn to a piece you have futures are higher. Written about the importance of data or the way that data that we usually see driving markets we see drop
And german exports mark the biggest increase since 1990. Shares slump after a warning he wont hesitate to add more countries to britains quarantine list. Uber sees revenues fall almost 30 sending shares lower after hours. A warm welcome to street signs. Weve got some macro data. Frances trade balance fell to 7. 96 billion in june down from mays figure comfortably beating expectations in germany, exports are posted their biggest gain rising 14. 9 in june. Strong demand from china spurred a near 9 jump in industrial output chinese exports rose 2 easily beating forecasts. Imports contracted missing estimates of a rise. Officials are reportedly said next week to reach the talks asian markets have traded lower. Main land Chinese Markets taking a hit down 1. 4 amid escalations with washington moving to ban tiktok owner bytedance and we chat owner tencent European Markets have been open about an hour stocks are up 15 basis points. This follows a drop of 0. 7 . Yesterday, the u. S. Session als
Welcome to daybreak europe. Investments slowed in china and gdp hit 6 . That is below the forecast of 6. 1 . Industrialy Strong Production data was a bright spot, but the chinese economy is likely to lose momentum. In terms of market momentum, we move to the downside on the shanghai composite. It has been a mixed picture overall. We will dig into the trade war. We saw gains on the s p 500 yesterday in the u. S. Euro stoxx 50 futures into the red. The 10 year yield tips to a 174 handle. The bloomberg dollar index near a july low. Prices givingairy the kiwi dollar a lift. The worst performer, the pound. Pulling back from a five month high. Yesterday, risk reversals. Volatility still near that 2016 hi, talking about one week volatility on cable. 12849. Back to the brexit story. After frantic negotiations just days from a deadline, Boris Johnson has reached a brexit deal. This is how he described it. This is a great deal for our country, i also believe it is a very good deal for our friend
Boris johnson begins efforts today to convince parliament to back his brexit deal. Lawmakers prepare for a vote tomorrow. Another aramco delay. Freeze again, just days before the planned launch. It continues to hunt for a 2 trillion valuation. And chaos. Renault slashes its forecast, putting blame on the deteriorating global economy. And a fellow french corporate lowers its outlook after weeks of poor results. Matt less than half hour away from the european open. Take a look first off on the pound. We are following cable very closely. It has been amazingly volatile, up to almost 130 yesterday all the way down to 126. 5 the day before that. Right now, we are trading at 128. 68. We will continue to watch for lines to cross from various labor, mp from various labour mps to see which direction the pound would go. Lets take a look at the futures. The equity indexes across europe. We are seeing Index Futures pointing lower. Decks futures are down 0. 4 , cac futures down 0. 3 . 0. 5 . Tures d
Does happen, if youve got a £200,000 mortgage on a 25 year repayment term , thats going to repayment term, thats going to add about £30 a month, 3 to £400 add about £30 a month, 3 to £400 a year to your mortgage payments just from that quarter point Interest Rate rise, if indeed thatis Interest Rate rise, if indeed that is what happens. Yeah. And of course, the other thing is that theyre going to give indication going to give an indication their as where they see their forecast as where they see things going and whether well have rates. It is have more Interest Rates. It is 5. 25. Just getting out 5. 25. Were just getting out through 5. 25, up another quarter of a as expected for many economists , thats really economists, thats really interesting, mark, you know, because just a couple of weeks ago, a lot of people would have said that the bank of england needs half point rise needs to do a half point rise from 5 to 5. 5, given that inflation in the uk is unusually high. Were at 7.