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Time now for global exchange, where we bring you todays market moving news from all around the world, from hong kong to berlin, to london, sao paulo, and new york. Our bloomberg voices are on the ground with this mornings top stories. , china said it would sanction and american organizations close hong kongs port. Joining me from hong kong, and the current hong kong, enda curran. Give us the latest. Enda what they are doing is targeting a couple of groups, including Human Rights Watch and freedom house, for sanctions, and putting a stop on u. S. Navy ships coming to hong kong. But we dont really have many more details beyond that. We know that there are already some restrictions on ngos operating within china anyway, but the big take away is they steered clear of any economic issues, anything that would upset the trade talks, which are , by all accounts, still on track. There was better news on chinas economy today. But the of ....
First half. Is ticking asck london and brussels plan new talks. They can still block a new deal divorce. Kathleen breaking news on south korea Industrial Production. I was talking about whether or not the bank of korea might cut their key rate and a couple of hours. The pricing jump, up 2. 6 . Up more than forecast at 0. 5 . That is what was expected. In terms of the monthly number, lets move on to the yearoveryear number. Up 0. 6 . A big improvement over 2. 9 . That has been revised a little bit higher, 2. 6. Very good news for south korean Industrial Production, closely linked to manufacturing, closely linked to the trade war. We will get more details on that and get more on that later. Beijing for ato look at the asian markets. There has been a lot of volatility this month but it looks like on the last day, we are seeing cautious optimism. More green across t ....
Reduced share count, we also announced we would increase our dividend by 10 . Hsbc first half net profit tops 18 billion more than doubling on the year before sending shares to the top of the stoxx 600 Ceo Noel Quinn says they will gain from the performance. If all goes to plan this year, we should be above the prepandemic level we are paying a flat 10 cents. Investors in high spirits as diageo posts a beat in full sales and operating profit the ceo says double digit net sales in beguinness is a driver for the group. People love guinness right now. And daimler helps offset pressure with the bullish guidance for the trucking sector we will hear from the ceo martin daum this hour we certainly have been following the busiest weeks for earnings across europe bmw released their numbers for the full year outlook. Updating the full year outlook the margin is at 12. 6 for the first half of 2023 also saying that it is 11. 3 when one just t ....
114. 8 versus the expectations of 113. 9 so slightly higher. Looking also at expectations in 102. 2 for the month of august. Thats in line for expectations and sil to what we saw in month of july. The greek crisis and political impact in germany at this point doesnt seem to have had a big impact on german business sentiment. Expectations for july at 102. 3. Lets get more on this. Joining us on the phone. A pleasure to have you on the show today. Will german business have to look elsewhere if china continues to weaken . That seems to be one of the Big Questions when i speak to economists. At the moment theyre still in a relatively good state. This month particularly in the improvement Retail Sector has improved, construction sector but all the manufacturing is relatively strong. The German Economy remains a rock in turbulen ....