Companys shares slumped after reports it could be added to the u. S. Blacklist. Discord rains. Oil retreats as opec fails before todays meeting. The uae and pakistan are said to be opposed to the current cuts. 6 00 a. M. In london. It has just gone 10 00 a. M. In the dad. Rally . Uld stop the maybe if yields bust above 1 , but that looks highly unlikely in a world of quasiyield controls. Good to have you back in hq. Annmarie good morning, manus. Glad to be back in london hq. One of the things the market seemingly continues to forget about, but this weekend we heard from all the top experts in the united states. Dr. Deborah birx saying postthanksgiving we are already seeing the disease likely. S 10 times more awake is w keeps her awake is what could happen after memorial day. Aboutey are dealing with 100,000 infections a day. Manus go to the front of bloomberg. Com. We have the headlines coming up across the bloomberg terminal at the moment. Take a look at bloomberg. Com because at the
Created 4. 8 million jobs, and that is much stronger than expected almost every single sector improved, bringing the Unemployment Rate down to 11. 1 . Isnt that the kind of news that makes people want to buy pretty much anything . Then the rally did taper off near the end of the day. The dow only dwayne e gained 92. Those are big numbers, but we got spoiled, didnt we what do these numbers mean what reflects the state of the labor market in the middle of june how does it impact your money . First, you need to understand that were still nowhere near where we are before the pandemic struck we still have a lot of ground to make up. The economy was smoking hot. I, however, think its a legitimate comeback. Its a legitimate comeback and a comeback gives you more latitude to buy stocks that depend on a healthy economy, not just an unhealthy one. But these are before the latest outbreak thats forcing many stocks to go back into lockdown mode, so its a glimpse into a post covid future that we ha
Investment committee is ready to go Halftime Report starts right now. Welcome good to have you with us on this thursday, the first trading day of 2020. Our Investment Committee here today. Lets begin with the markets its the first day another record setting day for the major averages there you go right now dow off its best levels, not by much new record high, 28720 nasdaq back above 9000 s p 500 positive as well the russell is a drag. But for the most part, its the same story semis hitting fresh new highs. Apple extending its record high. The beat goes on. What im particularly excited about are the International Charts i know a lot of american investors say what do i have to Pay Attention to that for . Its note worjnoteworthy were g with countries in europe up around 1 , looking better than our markets. Germany is up over 1 . European banks this morning as a group are up 2 . European Technology Names as a group are up 2 . This is noteworthy emerging markets is up double what the s p is
Investors are not so sure. A Virtual Reality platform picked up for oculus. We are live in san francisco. Lets get to sophie forecheck on markets. Sophie aussie shares are unchanged after a threeday gain. Kiwi shares building on gains after topping 11,000 on tuesday. Nikkei and cost be futures kospi are lower. Slide despite the enthusiasm we saw for alibaba shares, which closed about its issuance price. Lets check on housing bonds, which are gaining ground after the rba governor the move tracking treasuries. Aussie yields falling 35 basis points across the curve. The three years left below the rba cash rate. A bond rally expected to push the 10 year to 50 basis points with unconventional easing expected in the second half as the australian economy slows. The kiwi holding its threeday gain. This morning, we heard from the rb governor. Mentioned rbnzso is working with westpac after the findings in australia. Paul thanks very much. Lets check in with first word news. Chinaly indicators sh
Just get an idea what of idea of what is going on. Corporate earnings flow in. That is the main story right now. We see barclays out with numbers today. We seen a number of companies out the numbers today. Overall indices are not going anywhere in a hurry. Stick a look at where we sit with the major markets. 0. 2 , justown by backing off the 400 level. The pound down a little bit. Ruble saw a 50 basis point cut from the russian central bank. The governor delivering a little bit of a surprise on that point. Whats happening with the major e . Rkets in the states, romain the s p relatively directionless. A lot of mixed earnings here. , athe s p 500, your leaders maker of medical devices, Companies Like mohawk. You are getting a little bit of a boost in the Philadelphia Semiconductor index with names like intel, which surprised a lot of folks, making that transition away from pc chips into data centers. Really surprising people. This has turned out so far to be one of the right spots in th