Friday 27th July 2018

Equity markets got a boost from the news that Trump and Juncker have reached an agreement to halt further tariffs but, as Phil Dobbie discusses with NAB’s tapas Strickland, tech stocks took a dent from the sharp fall Facebook’s earning results. The ECB offered nothing new to the market overnight, yet it seemed to impact the Euro nonetheless. And Michel Barnier confirmed there’s a lot in Theresa May’s white paper that will not be acceptable to the EU, leaving open the question about where Brexit is heading.