Alphabet slides on weak YouTube ad numbers

Alphabet sees its shares slide as YouTube ad revenue comes in soft. Tesla stock is also down as the EV maker notches its fourth earnings miss in a row. CEO Elon Musk, however, remains bullish about the company’s self-driving USP. Luxury giant LVMH misses topline quarterly forecasts as Chinese consumers pare back spending . The French group is the latest victim of a larger slowdown within the sector. In banking news, German lender Deutsche Bank posts a narrow Q2 beat on the topline, coming after its second quarter of double-digit growth in commissions and fee income. Spanish bank Santander hikes its FY revenue guidance following a 20 per cent increase in quarterly net profit. And in France, the euro group’s largest bank, BNP Paribas, tops expectations on strong quarterly results in its corporate and institutional banking units. We hear from CFO Lars Machenil who tells CNBC his bank’s guidance is not dependent on ECB rate cuts.    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.