Let's get 3 minutes on the markets then with Mark this morning. And Mark, where do we want to start. Because we've got European stocks and US stocks called little lower.It's easy, as we have done in recent days, to pin this on trade. There've been some kind of negative trade headlines around pharma, but there's also the U.S. ASML numbers, which are a little tentative when we look ahead for the third quarter. I wonder if what you think is most likely weighing on sentiment this morning.I think there's two thi ...

You know, it's interesting to hear the comments and the gentleman expressing some optimism despite the fact, of course, the elephant in the room is that there is not going to be a US representation at the meeting this week. Where is that optimism stemming from and the absence of the world's largest economy. We should note this is actually the second time that we've seen Scott Bessent and actually skipping this meeting since South Africa assumed the presidency of the G20 earlier this year.We also saw Secreta ...

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