Profit increase as iron ore holds up amid the pandemic. Relations go even further. China says attacks on tiktok were bullying and rejection of fair competition. Shery lets get you started with a quick check of how the markets are trading. U. S. Futures opening flat after the s p 500 and other major indices ended the session mixed. We had a rally in Technology Companies with the nasdaq gaining 1 . Selling off sos the s p 500 was dragged a little lower. Still closing at the highest level since february. The third time in the past week that the index topped above its february closing record during the session, but ended below it. Still up more than 50 from its march low. We did get more positive ecodata. A gauge of Builder Sentiment jumping to the highest since 1998. Take a look at oil because that positive sentiment over the economy taking oil for a five month high, all the right now under pressure. Wti now headed towards 42 a barrel. See how things are shaping up, here is Sophie Kamarud
You say to yourself, come on, come on, come on. This monday is the come on where new york city reopens. With that, a better jobs report, and accident of course, the president talking it up. I thought the research over the weekend from Goldman Sachs, j. P. Morgan and the others was just outstanding, putting shade and putting nuance on that jobs report of friday. Jonathan lets be clear. For this market, for the Global Financial community, friday never really ended. It went through the weekend into monday. The equity market continues to rally. We continue to look ahead this week to a Federal Reserve i just wanted to have the payrolls report change the feds approach to the News Conference this week, tom. Tom maybe a little bit of nuance to it, but i really dont think it plays in all that much. You ught it was great, come down, and the amount off they calculate it roughly of 15 recovery in the labor economy. I dont think thats enough to have vice chairman turn to chairman sandowl say change
Versus value. We had the nasdaq earlier this week trading at record highs. We have not really seen the other indexes get back to those record highs. Wayrussell 2000 is a mild is a mile away from its record highs. Are you comfortable with this idea that we only have a relatively small cohort of companies and sectors pushing this market higher, or do you want to see broader participation . I think it helps make sense of the market action. Thinking through, where would you want to put capital to work . What is driving this vshaped recovery . I think it would be quite irrational given what is going on with the pandemic and the broader economy. Investorson here for is where do you put capital to work from here on out. These positions within technology, there are some unstoppable trends like digitization, cybersecurity, which are really interesting given the work from home environment. Some of that, we do believe would continue to move higher. An area that you like. That not just the fact th
Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. The supermarket giant halts production at a chinese factory over claim prisoners were full to to work against their will will. Why india is becoming a stop off for major artists like u2 when they go on tour. Good morning and welcome to this monday edition of Asia Business report, live from singapore with me, mariko oi. Lets begin with allegations of falsely labour because british supermarket chain, tesco, has decided to suspend production at a factory in china after a six Year Old Girl from south london found a message inside a christmas card, allegedly written by prisoners in shanghai. The message said, please help us and notify Human Rights Organisation dobbie Katie Preston has more. It was 6 Year Old School Girl Florence Widdicombe whod sat down at home to write christmas cards to her friends and family when she discovered that one of the cards had already been written in. We were writing in them and about on my sixth or e
We are going to start with the u. S. Reducing Interest Rates by a quarter of a percent. However, jay powell signaled a economiccuts and the outlook materially changes. Treasuries weakened on the announcement while stocks and gains showed gains. [indiscernible] a strong labor market. The latest on brexit, four shots and squared off with Jeremy Corbyn in their first parliamentary clash of the election campaign. Johnson said corbyn would deliver an economic catastrophe for britain and that the second aexit referendum should be glorious year in 2020. , the time for protest is over mr. Speaker, it is time for leadership and that is what the government provides. Hope for a u. S. China trade doubtse in downs and in doubt. The white house says it will continue to finalize the phase one deal in the coming weeks. Apex organizers say they have no claim to withhold it elsewhere at this point and chili also canceled the yuan Climate Conference scheduled for december. Global news 24 hours a day, pow