SQUAWK BOX, FRIDAY 1ST NOVEMBER, 2019

Nothing scary about Halloween for stocks. Chinese manufacturing data surprises to the upside on the first day of the new month with market sentiment rising across the continent as a result. Over in the U.S., the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both end October by posting near-record highs – their strongest monthly gains since the start of the summer. The anchors break down the month-to-date winners and losers, such as the European auto sector and the dollar index respectively. There’s further unrest in Hong Kong with police clashing with pro-democracy protestors ahead of another weekend of planned mass protests and disruption. As the Halloween Brexit deadline comes and goes, U.S. President Donald Trump offers his opinion on the upcoming U.K. election, predicting a Corbyn government would be disastrous for the country.