Markets under pressure this morning to the tune of 100, 74 points lower, nasdaq is up 7 points. S p 501 just down a 500 just a point. House democrats passing Police Reform bill but not expected to make it to President Trumps desk. A bill bruised in the senate to allow autonomous zones as the president prepares to sign off on order to protect monuments. Unanimously passing sanctions in country in reaction to restrictions of hong kongs freedoms. 2020 race, new polls show joe biden leading in key battleground states. Mornings with maria is live right now. Maria Global Markets this morning. Cac quarante up 77 and dax index in germany 115 points. European central bank kristin lagard said the worst of the coronavirus is still behind him but concern of a second wave to come potentially. In ash overnight, markets were mixed, markets in china remain close for holiday. Asian economies head to worst quarter since 2008 in the financial crisis. Kospi was up 1 , and japan nikkei average up better th
President trump donald trump saying america is winning the war against the virus. Dr. Anthony fauci says at least part of the economy could reopen next month. Over at the capital additional funding for Small Businesses, Congressional Republicans to add 251 billion, democrats looking for more money and a much broader use of the funds. Meantime futures are pointing to a lower open to kick off this week. You have almost 300point loss on the dow futures after u. S. Markets in a short week last week rallied big time. The dow, nasdaq and s p all up more than 10 . S p having the best week since the mid70s. 1974. Deadly storms slamming parts of the United States over easter weekend. The southeast still being battered by horrible weather. We will have a live update. Mornings with maria is live now. Dagen and good morning, maria. Maria good morning, everyone. Dagen, thank you. We want to check Global Markets. This is a big week. Hope everybody had a great easter. Lets check Global Markets right
Lets have a look at what is going on with these markets. We would normally be looking at the nikkei, but tokyo is looking at the public holiday. There we go. Taiwan moving to the upside. Hang seng adding to some of the gains. Overall, we are seeing a mixed bag. Shanghai is lower. The asx 200 not having a good time. Lets have a look at the other Asset Classes which are perhaps on your radar here. Kicking things off with a look at gold, just down a fraction. Investors are sticking to their guns. We have seen it shifted to gold ever since the middle east tensions did come to the fore with the downing of that jet and the killing of general soleimani as well. 1556. S just at the moment 98. X crude, oil holding onto the biggest weekly drop we have seen since july. Easing tensions regarding whats going on in the middle east. On top of that, the pound is a little bit lower. There is the possibility of a rate cut. The bank of england policy maker showing that there are no signs of the economy i
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