of b&q and screwfix in britain said a weaker french market and poor sales dragged down numbers kingfisher said it remained cautious on the second half outlook. >>> vestas maintained its 2017 outlook as second quarter results came in below forecasts. the danish wind turbine firm kept it's full-year outlook. earlier we spoke with the vestas ceo. take a listen. >> it would be better in my opinion if u.s. would stay in the paris agreement. on the other hand, what drives the market and will drive the market up beyond 2020 is the current structure in place in the u.s. that has the broad bipartisan support support. so that drives the market through the 2022 time frame. we don't expect changes in that. u.s. wind employment actually increased nine times faster than the average employment increase in the u.s i think it's good business >> cisco's fourth quarter results show a seventh consecutive fall in revenues figures for its closely watched security business showed growth of 3%, down from 16% a year ago that has raised concerns over the company's efforts to transform into software focused company

kingfisher the largest fall today. backin kingfisher the largest fall today. back in an hour.ughter—in—law picked a carrot out of the vegetable patch and found its growth had been restricted by the ring. mrs grams, who's 84, had been too embarrassed to tell her husband she'd lost it, and had bought a cheap replacement. that is what you call carrots on a carrot! somebody must have thought of that joke already. carrot! somebody must have thought of thatjoke already. moving to the weather forecast. looking at in improving picture for the weather today, also a cloudy and great start to the day in cambridgeshire with the rain coming down here with the rain band clearing to the north sea followed by sunnier skies. in northumberland, this is a glorious scene with 20 of sunshine. —— plenty of sunshine. there will be some showers, the most likely to catch it across west scotla nd likely to catch it across west scotland and northern ireland but elsewhere fairly few and far between. some heavy ones working across lincolnshire for the next hour. in the sunshine, feeling warmer in northern

revenue at kingfisher fell 1.9% in the three months to 31stjuly as the firm‘s b&q division struggled, 311 miles, on each charge. hyundai already has an electric model on the market, but its range lags behind its competitors‘ models. along with its affiliate kia, hyundai is planning 31 eco—friendly models by 2020. the ftse 100 blue chip index has fallen 0.52% today, heading for its first down day this week, following the lead of european indexes which have all edged back after a set of cautious minutes from the us federal reserve hinting at the prospect of slower interest rate hikes due to some weak inflation data. many of the major banks are among the biggest fallers, helping financials take 11 points off the index overall. but it‘s kingfisher, europe‘s largest home improvement retailer, that‘s the day‘s worst performing stock, after those worse than expected quarterly sales at b&q. but there are gains from gold miners randgold and fresnillo, the day‘s best performer, which has benefited from a weaker us dollar. that‘s all the business news. i will be back in the next hour. most of t

revenue at kingfisher fell 1.9% in the three months to 31 july as the firm's b&q division struggled in screwfix jumped 11%, driven by "new and extended specialist ranges and new outlets". and korean carmaker hyundai is wading further into the electric vehicle market, promising a car that can go 500km on each charge. hyundai already has an electric model on the market, but its range lags behind its competitors' models. along with its affiliate kia, hyundai is planning 31 eco—friendly models by 2020. the ftse 100 blue chip index has fallen today, heading for its first down day this week, following the lead of european indexes which have all edged back after a set of cautious minutes from the us federal reserve. for some people, living on a canal boat is an opportunity to live life ona boat is an opportunity to live life on a slower pace. for others, an opportunity to escape rising property prices. the canal and river trust is asking anyone thinking of swapping bricks for boating to think carefully before or in for life on the river. the trent and mersey canal in staffordshire, where kerr

the pound at 1.28 against the greeneback kingfisher down 4% after europe's largest home improvement chaine beer company, posted a revenue miss because of sluggish demand for garden furniture and other summer products. stock down 4% and we finish two companies from denmark heading in opposite directions, starting with vestas, the wind system system posted weaker-than-expected results but novo nordisk is on the rise up 2% a late-stage trial showed the company's once-weekly diabetes drug met its main goal of reducing glucose levels in patients carl, back to you. >> seema, thank you very much. >>> there's a lot to watch in retail we had the earnings in walmart along with the discussion of how ceos are responding to the political divide we're joined by michael gould, former bloomingdale's ceo. great to have you back, good morning. >> good morning. >> we got good retail sales numbers. the guidance has been good but even those companies that have decent results are overshadowed with this concern that amazon could swipe in and steal their business how is the story evolving, do you think? >> i thi

anna: out of south africa, let's talk about kingfisher.ter it like for like sales down 1.9%, the estimate for was -- was for 0.8%. performance down 11%. they are comfortable with year useconsensus underlying eps so they are comfortable looking ahead. some analysts were worried about the bnq. running into these numbers, barclays was saying watch out for deterioration in sales. manus: you have to numbers coming through on bnq. store closure programs, like for like sales for .7%. in france, sales fell 2.2% on a like for like asus -- basis. as secondthere w quarter sales down 2.5%. losing market share to [inaudible] is the story. up 7.2% for a like for like basis. where would we be without a widget and a screw? anna: let's talk about what we have in the equity session. .2 of 1%. in and out of territory on a couple of the markets but it was positive. the fed being interpreted as perhaps a little less likely at the margins to move in the extra rate hike. a positive sign for asian equity markets. manus: let's look at the risk radar. strongd their