we begin with the cost of energy and steps being taken across europe to prepare for winter. germany is keen to push forward in reducing its dependence on russian gas supplies as concerns continue over whether russia could completely shut down gas flows into europe. germany s chancellor olaf scholz is in canada and has just signed a deal to form hydrogen supply chains with canada. this is seen as a positive step forward but it does not offer an instant fix as it will take some time to get the right infrastructure in place. to talk us through what s at stake. i m joined by nathan piper, head of oil & gas research at investec. thanks gas research at investec. so much for being on th! programme. thanks so much for being on the programme. so, initially it sounds positive, it is the right step for germany to take but how long will it all take to get gas through this form? to get hydrogen to be any sort of significant replacement for natural gas is going to take decades stopping hyd
Host good morning and welcome to bloomberg daybreak europe. Lets get to the top stories. Yields sinking on dovish fed speak. Netanyahu vows retaliation against hamas has only started as militants worn they are prepared to kill hostages. In europe leaders are going to hold an emergency meeting. A lot going on geopolitically. Lets see how it is being priced into the markets. We are going to see a potential turnaround from yesterdays price action. Futures action is crucial. You are seeing a complete reversal. The idea here is that if you have war on the horizon and breaking out your gut reaction is to sell everything. Today it is the opposite. Looking at it from a sectorial basis. The defense bid is being actively priced into the market. Some might view it as an overreaction in the market which is why we are seeing futurists outperform. Futures outperform. Some of that is going to be a function of the yield picture. What is lacking is what is going on in the u. S. Markets and that has a l
To agree on terms of the deal according to sources. We will discuss that and much more. First, we check on markets. Calm before an earnings storm. Nasdaq up. 1 . A lot of auctions on deck when it comes to debt in the United States and what that means for supply and borrowing costs to the high side. We are steady at 4. 62 . What of chinau. S. . We will dig into that. The vix at an 18 handle. We have seen less of an aggressive bid into risk assets. We are still up broadly. This is after the halving without a hitch. A pullback in Bitcoin Mining may mean an uptick in prices. What are you watching . Ed a firm focus on tesla. We are at session lows down 4. 6 , down for a seventh straight day. Price cuts around the world over the weekend. Layoffs continue. Fsd down to 8,000 in the United States. We will bring you the big take later in the show where we have reported new information about the layoffs, robotaxi, cheaper ev model. In 24 hours, we have one of the most important earnings calls in
Stake. The head of our board has decided not to renew that agreement. Standard Life Aberdeen sees red after a 100 billion pound contract is ditched. And the end of the road for jacob zuma the South African outgoing president resigns ahead of a nonconfidence vote saying the anc should to the have forced him out this way make no mistake, no leader should stay beyond the time determined by the people they serve. Good morning airbus shares have taken flight to the top of the stoxx 600 after the Aerospace Giant reported a rise in fullyear operating profit and issued a bullish forecast for 2018. There was, however, a fresh 1. 3 billion euro charge related to its a400m military plane airbus raised its dividend also. Shares in nestle are heading the other direction as earnings disappoint investors shares hit a ten month low as the Company Announced a dividend below expectations lets look at some issues that those numbers have revealed. If we look, we can see the bottom line was mainly hit from