The cash trade here in europe is less than an hour away. Lets get your top headlines. Softbank plummets on reports it made big bets on derivatives linked to u. S. Tech. A selloff looks set to continue, although u. S. Stocks are shut today for the labor day holiday. Johnson plays hardball. U. K. Officials say britain is not scared of walking away from brexit negotiations emptyhanded. Talks restart on that note in london this week. And cracks in the pipeline. Germanys board member former minister links nord stream 2 to the poisoning of alexey navalny. We are less than an hour away from the start of european trading. There will be no u. S. Equities trade today. You can see european futures are gaining. We are getting more german data out now, economic data. Up 1. 2 . Strial output the estimate was for a gain of 4. 5 percent, so a mess in terms of Industrial Production so a miss in terms of Industrial Production. Yearoveryear, there was a drop. The actual drop was 10 . The estimate had bee
Biggest rally since april. Zoom and tesla lead the balance for the electric carmaker jumping over 10 . Lawmakers become lawbreakers. The e. U. Considers legal action over the u. K. s plan to breach the brexit deal. The two sides hold an emergency meeting today. Class growing confit plus growing confidence. Hold ass set to stay on bloomberg learns some officials now see a reduced need for further stimulus down the line. As i said, just under one hour away from the start of cash equity trading in europe. Lets take a look at futures first. We do see gains on dax futures up about. 4 right now. Also, euro stocks futures are up. But you do see ftse futures down this morning so keep your eye on that divergence. In terms of u. S. Futuress, after the gains yesterday, we see continued gains in futures with dow and s p many contracts up. 2 . Anna . Talk about whats going on in the Asian Session in terms of the gmm. We have had a day where we have seen real resurgence as you mentioned in stocks, a
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
Equity futures after a negative close on wall street. Headlines fromop the bloomberg terminals. Better than feared. The German Government expects this years contraction to be less severe than previously forecast. The economy minister presents new forecasts today amid data from across the region. For more years . Jpmorgan says investors should position for rising odds of donald trump winning the reelection as the president visits kenosha, wisconsin. Apples production glitch. They asked suppliers to build at least 75 million 5g iphones for later this year in a sign that demand is holding up. Just under one hour away from the start of cash trading across europe. Lets take a look at what futures are showing yesterday after we closed yesterday down across the board in europe. We are now seeing futures rise. The ftse didnt sure cash in the futures are down. Index seeing the equity closed down with trading higher. Since the ftse missed out on the drop its futures are trading lower. We have gr
August and a different first of september that has transfixed the nation. In the markets, there is no question i am looking at a weaker dollar today, a profoundly weaker dollar. Text still lifting. Francine the weaker dollar also giving a lift to commodities. A full roundup of the asset classes. To the bloomberg first word news. Ritika President Trump President Trump claims a man arrested for killing two people in wisconsin was acting in selfdefense while simultaneously criticizing the killing of one of his supporters over the weekend. Joe biden flipped to the republican slogan that nobody is safe in joe bidens america, he said the president cant stop the violence because for years he has fomented it. J. P. Morgan chase says investors should prepare for the chance President Trump gets reelected. The bank took a look at polls and estimates there could be a shift of up to 10 points from democrats to republicans if the protests turn from peaceful to violent. The pandemic has created tons