Chinese trade surprises to the upside but continues to contract with monthly exports falling by almost 9 per cent. Wall Street closes in the red with the Nasdaq leading losses as very resilient services sector data increases concerns that inflation may need to rise further for longer. We hear exclusively from EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton who marks out six tech titans as ‘gatekeepers’ under its Digital Markets Act. Breton has warned the group it has 6 months to comply with new rules clamping down on anti-competitive practices. Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has said that the end of the rate-hiking cycle is nearing, causing sterling to plunge to a three-month low.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.