Shares in Royal Dutch Shell drop as weaker prices hit the Second Quarter and profits fall to the lowest level in two years. And best in a decade barclays profits soar 80 in the first half as they hike its dividend our return on equity was 9. 3 so for the first half of the year it was over 9 , 9. 4 its probably the best statutory first half performance that barclays has had in nearly a decade and rio tinto shares come under pressure after the miners first half profits miss expectations despite a bumper special dividend we have a very decent Capital Allocation weve been implementing this for the last few years in terms of strength of balance sheet, in terms of investment in either growth project and returning cash to shareholders weve been doing that. Welcome to the Program European earnings season in full swing with key reports in the oil, mining, financial and industrial sectors shell its missed expectations reporting Second Quarter profit that fell 25 to a 30month low thanks in part t
President trump will delay china. Nal tariffs on markets rally on the news of apple surging 4 . The cbsviacom romance leads to a waiting. The megamerger shery breaking news out of south korea. We have the Unemployment Rate for the month of july coming in at 4 . That was as analysts expected. The third month in a row that stayed at 4 . South korea added 299,000 jobs in july, higher than the 281,000 they added in june. The south korean economy and job market being highly supported by government job creation. We are expecting the extra budget set to pass parliament at the start of august to also give more support for the job market. Exportseantime, continue to plunge in south korea, now headed to the ninth month of export declines in august. We have seen the weakness in w theon throughout these the south korean won. In hongrn to sophie kong for a check on where markets are headed this morning. Sophie we have plenty more data to come through from asia including a check on chinas monthly ac
Five points. Not much action in the indexes, personalction in the indexes, particularly with energy stocks. Betty exxon and chevron posted dismal earnings. We have seen the plunge and oil price. Primm there you have it. Down another one point. Betty 47 a barrel now. Futures are up. There near the level of a bottom. 1000. Primm lets look at some of the top stories on the bloomberg terminal. To the Worlds Energy giants have then hurt by the worldwide glut of crude oil. Exxon mobil has its worst quarterly performance in six years, and the income fell by more than half. That could force exxon to cut costs more than previously planned. Promptedrgy prices chevron to write it down write down the price of its oil fields. The benchmark west texas oil will finish july down 20 . There is no sign that the glut of oil will end. U. S. Stock fire rolls are 100 Million Barrels above the fiveyear average. Production set a record this month in southern iraq. Fedex has agreed to pay 4. 8 billion for at t
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