We kickoff the final hour of trade after two days of gains, the markets are wobbling just a bit and green on the screen, but we also have red. Weve got the dow flipping between positive and negative. Its actually had a 250 i want tosca 280 point swing today from peek to trough and back to peek here and right now down 51 points and nas dc holding onto 26 points of gains. The s p down 2 points standing at 4,356. We need you to look at a live floor picture of the house of representatives right now. At any moment, the house is expected to gavel in for the day, republicans are hoping to be able to hold a vote for a new House Speaker, but the process for that vote is still at this hour a mystery. House majority leader Steve Scalise was the one selected over jim jordan by the gop caucus at a meeting earlier but its unclear at this hour how it will all play out. What is clear though is it is 10 00 p. M. In israel at this hour, and our fox news correspondents on the Ground Report the Israeli Gr
Avril optimism fading, moving past the 50 day moving average, this is fueled by fed optimism. We also got a bit the tailwind for sentiment thanks to the homebuying restriction curbs being relaxed a little bit. But weve seen in the session of the chinese stocks have been swinging between gains and losses, although japanese stocks have returned from that long weekend and the optimism and state of play seems to still be boosting the stocks in the country. We be encasing keeping a close watch on dollaryen. We are seeing it moving back to levels would last saw on thursday, working off the assumption that there were two rounds of intervention last week. Well said that level coming through roughly help 1. 54 despite intervention coming through from the currency chief. Weve been focusing as well on the aussie as we hear from the rba in the next hour. Lets fit the board and take a look at how traders have been bracing for a Hawkish Central Bank, but we did get retail Sales Numbers that fell mor
Haidi welcome to daybreak australia. We are counting down to asias major market opens. Annabelle the top stories this hour, asian stocks set for early gains with the best threeday rally since november on bets of fed rate cut this year is still on the cards. Australias reserve bank looking set for a hawkish hold. Haidi and anz with a buyback is the first time i earnings miss estimates. We speak with the group ceo, Shane Elliott. Annabelle israel rejects the ceasefire plan backed by hamas. We check on how u. S. Futures are coming online this morning. We just come off the best threeday rally for stocks going back to november of last year. The s p 500 pushed above its 50 Day Moving Average in the prior session. It all comes down to a Solid Earnings season that has been driving optimisms and expectations at the fed will cut rates later this year. We heard from the citadel ceo about this. Take a listen. There likely there still question of will inflation accelerating up by then. Deglobalizat
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Critics among them. And denied she would be a hundred guns are still missing a week after an attack by suspected boko haram extremists on a school in the north you have an exclusive report on one familys desperate search for their daughter. Cullen welcome. Reports from syria indicate at least ten civilians have been killed in fresh air strikes in the besieged enclave of huda near the capital damascus Rights Groups also see a suspected killer in gas attacks has injured seven people in the area meanwhile the u. N. Secretary general is demanding a Security Council resolution with a cease fire the implemented immediately saying quote its high time to stop this hell on earth the rebel held areas reeling from strikes by russian backed student forces for over a week. That was supposed to be a break in the bombing instead eastern hooters First Responders back plucking life from the rubble. Its been a long and deadly week and this rebel held on klav and at this hospital doctors a seeing the wor