By was johnsons plan passes its first hurdle in parliament. But he faces big obstacles in the house of lords. Heated debate President Trump clashes with california state officials over whether Climate Change is causing wildfires in the region. And the acts falls at the the citi,lls at citigroup resuming job cuts. Anna absolutely, lets talk about the jobs market, specifically in the u. K. , we are getting jobs numbers coming through. Jobless claims arising by 73,700 in august. To give you some context to that, that is lower than the previous number. In the prior month, jobless claims numbers rose by 94,000 in july. Perhaps if you are looking at that rate of change or the pace of the surge we have seen in jobless claims, it is not as much as last month, but we are living in a very strange o job market in the uk given the furlough scheme that is keeping in a lifesupport certain businesses thereby limiting the number of jobless claims. In the unemployment rate, the same applies. For threeo
Americas grim reality, new virus cases hit daily records in florida, california, and texas. The imf sees a deeper global recession than it predicted two months ago. Lufthansa biggest shareholder says he will back a 9 billion euro government bailout, getting the rescue plan a shot of momentum ahead of a crunch about later today. A bid for closure, the chemical giant spent more than 12 billion to settle thousands of roundup cases and other u. S. Losses. A significant number of cancer cases claims remains unresolved. Just enter an hour from cash equity trading in europe, and we have a mixed picture. But the futures are trading 0. 2 . Down dax futures are trading higher in frankfurt. We are looking at Different Directions depending on the regional indexes. What you see on the gmm . Anna i will get to that in a moment. Picture around the spread of the virus in the United States, capturing the markets attention, and sending Risk Appetite lower. Getting numbers at of royal mail, this is inter
President trump talking about trade gave us an insight into the u. S. And china in terms of negotiations. A lot of focus is on what is happening in hong kong with heightened tensions playing their part in a selloff. The u. S. 10 year yield is at 1. 1010. Eurodollar at coming up, we speak to a bank chief executive a little bit later on. Lets get straight to bloomberg first word news here in london. 3g capital is said to have submitted a bid for an elevator business. That comes as a surprise with 3g having made a name for itself buying food giants. They understand the elevator unit could fetch more than 15 billion euros. They are still debating a minority or majority stake. Hong kong has announced a suspension of all schools in the city. This as the security chief warns of unthinkable consequences if violence continues. Early commuters packed on to the first trains amidst calls to impede rushhour traffic. The International Energy agency says Global Oil Demand will likely plateau around t
Cash trade is less than 30 minutes away. I want everybody to know there are no circumstances in which i will ask brussels for a delay. We are leaving on the 31st of october. Matt scheduling difficulties. Chinese and american officials failed to agree on a day for their next meeting. Rebalancing the numbers. M s looks seter to drop out of the ftse 100 for the first time in years. Welcome to the european open. Less than a halfhour away from the start of cash trading. Im looking at the pound. This goes back to the beginning of 2017. I see the pound coming down, continuing to drop down to 120 01. Keep in mind, it has not closed below 120 for many years. Just didnt down below there. We are watching closely. Look at futures. Futures, wec, dax are looking at a mixed trade right now. Cac futures are marginally off. Decks futures fractionally higher. Dax futures fractionally higher. European futures looking better than a mixed asian session. Markets come back from the labor day holiday. A littl
Outperforms european rivals with earnings that beat estimates. We speak to the ceo, bob dudley, in just a moment. Back to the table, chinese trade negotiators hope the u. S. Hosts the u. S. Trade team as huawei reports earnings. Mexicos president says he wants lower rates to boost. The economy is not growing as we would want it to grow. On the other hand, there are no risks of recession. Matt less than a halfhour away from trading across europe and in the u. K. Im looking at a fiveyear chart of the pound. We are getting back down to the 2017, asit in 2016 and the likelihood of a hard brexit seemingly increases. That is not affecting equity Index Futures in a negative way. Take a look at equity Index Futures across europe after the gains that we saw in asia. We still see gains in ftse futures, as well as cac futures. However, dax futures are still down this morning, although just marginally. Euro stocks, ftse futures indicating a flat open. What are you seeing on the gmm screen . Anna l