Restrictions in new york city is boosting education about masks and social distancing. U. S. And china ramping up tensions. Washington rejects beijings claims to the South China Sea and top senators are facing mainland sanctions. Shery lets get you started with a quick check of how the markets are trading. U. S. Futures opening higher, gaining one quarter percent after stocks fell in the regular session. Sharply higher throughout most of the day and then we saw a bearish reversal in the afternoon. Marcus dealt a double whammy with data showing that virus cases surged in california, as they that makes up 15 of u. S. Gdp. Not to mention escalating tensions between the u. S. And china. The u. S. Denounced chinas claims to the South China Sea. The s p 500 at one point hit the highest level since march before falling in the afternoon. Led by tech and communication stocks. The nasdaq composite hit another record high. At the end of the session, the biggest fall in more than two weeks. Take a
In the last 10 days. The u. S. And china trade new barbs. Washington rejects chinas claim to the South China Sea. Top u. S. Senators are facing mainland sanctions. Haidi u. S. China sentiments dominating again with the grim overlay of rolling back restrictions around the world. This is how we are shaping up when it comes to u. S. Futures contracts, up by. 2 after what was a truly volatile session. We had the s p 500 touching levels prepandemic and we also have the nasdaq hitting a fresh record before finishing in the red and we spoke about tesla being a huge part of that tech eventual close lower. Nikkei futures up by. 2 percent. Sydney futures escalating in the red, point 8 lower, looking like a set up of. 5 lower, this as we are expecting an announcement today that the fed of New South Wales will ease back those restrictions when it comes to indoor gatherings at pubs after cases coming from the pubs. It is now over 20. New zealand trading modestly higher, about. 25 . Some significant
Peter navarro meant to say on fox last night. There was a little confusion. I think that he was pretty definitive to say it was dead, the president was pretty definitive in saying the trade deal is on who would ever think that this would happen, good news out of europe, pmis are strong, they are inflating things in their economy like we are. I also think there might have been a short squeeze those of us who watched when navarro said what he said the market plummeted and i think overnight traders said its going to open down badly im going to get short and they got whipsawed because you didnt think navarro could be reversed as quickly as he was given the fact he is a close confidant of the president. Almost exactly what art cashin is saying this morning. Whipsaw resulted in a good deal of short covering. He says the bulls may now reassert control he says they need to take the dow up by more than 450. The bulls are when you watch the market ahead of time you see so many stocks going up fo
Tariffs put on hold as china agreed to buy more Agricultural Products in exchange for taking smartphone maker huawei off the u. S. Blacklist when it comes to u. S. Companies selling to huawei. But were told that huawei was a National Security threat over and over again over the last few months. Which is it . Former deputy trade representative is here exclusively to explain how huawei could go from enemy number one to just another chip in the trade war and it went so overnight. July 4th fireworks turning out to be a dud for the dow. We do have good news. The good news is the s p 500 right now is on track for its 95th alltime record high close since election day. If you just look at the dow which is up 42 points, it was within 28 points of hitting dow 27,000. That was before noon. Nearly all of those 290 points in gains have shrivelled away. Plus are American Farmers the big weekend winners . Which farmers . Very unspecific right now. We will pick some of the winners here. Irans Nuclear
Being unhappy with policy. The drum beats louder for rate cuts. And people working closely together to protect interests in the escalating trade war, we are live in bangkok. You a check oft the markets at the close. It was a turbulent day with not only iranu. S. Tensions but futures and options expiring together on quadruple witching day. There was a record intraday high only to close lower by. 1 , industrials and real estate stocks leading the declines. We have one sector gaining ground, the energy sector. The biggest winner of the session. Wti rally 10 last week on heightening middle east tensions. U. S. Futures up. 2 . Lets see how we are setting up. Sophie with the event risks sex g20, we could see asian asian stocks set for a softer open. Look at kiwi shares continuing to climb while flipping the board, checking the kiwi dollar, it is slightly higher for a succession as funds go bearish the currency ahead of the rbnz decision. The kiwi could be limited if central bank stays dovish