Albertsons ipo. All of the stories that we cover so closely i know. And banks already rallying today off that deregulation news earlier on the day theyre up 1. 6 at the moment. The top of the s p 500 sector. We have a huge show coming up on closing bell. On the day, we get the stress test results that sara mentioned. Well be talking to the ceo of barclays in a rare exclusive interview. Thats just about five to ten minutes away after the close, the they will join us this is the sign for the first time in months so lets get the pictures here mike santoli is here for the markets. The moves and valuations he is tracking the surging covid19 cases across the u. S. Mike, first to you. We have a pause today in the markets within a pouz. That is similar to a couple weeks ago. We this that big down day number real sustainable followthrough to the down side why is that . It doesnt seem like theyre overleveraged in a way that kree auts a liquidation cycle on the down side. There you see that flat
Lets go to kailey leinz. What ist to talk about leading todays session. It is big tech names like apple. Of course, they are heavy, seen insulated from any kind of virus resurgence. What is second to tech come underneath the surface of the s p, is utilities. Usually we see utilities getting a boost from lower yields that are kind of high dividend stocks. More the story is that it is summertime and things are starting to get hot. We are expecting temperatures over 100 and some parts of the american west. That is good for electricity companies, the likes of dominion higher between 2 and 5 . Stayathome Companies Like wayfair, a big beneficiary over the course of the pandemic. Other big beneficiaries have been range resources and of course oil companies. Wey are up around 200 as have seen oil recover from the negative pricings we saw a few months ago. Moderna as well. Really big news we have seen. We have also seen dramatic moves in the bond market. We have the fed coming in with unprecede
Dave and steve it feels like memorial day has kind of snuck up on us. I guess thats because most of us are not making any plans. Because we really cant do much. So it just snuck up on us pam. Yeah. Is stephen there . I am here. Yes. There he is. Good weather for barbecuing may be in your own backyard . It sure looks warmer next week, thats the way its looking right now. Today, one more day here, maybe a few showers pop up there are some toward santa cruz and monterey. But, there is a possibility that they could pick up a little bit. The loan might develop something few showers possible mainly north and east later this afternoon. It will be a little warmer in the 70s. Just right now partly cloudy skies, little cool cool san jose is down to 51. You can see the low still up in the sierra nevada. They have a Winter Weather advisory until 5 00. That may give us a few buildups later this afternoon. 60s on the temperatures, to low 70s. Lets head over to sal now and see if there is anything ou
Look at the s p 500 at 2978, a 55point gain and there is the nasdaq the outperformer yet again, almost 2. 25 , 200 points, 9387 the nasdaq, not all that far away from last februarys highs, which our headliner says this hour is going to happen this year and not just the nasdaq so lets welcome in fund strats tom lee. He is joining us via skype tom, welcome back. Nice to see you again. Thanks for having me. Big call. How are we going to get there this year, tom you say 3450 is happening . Yes, and i think what really drives our view is that companies in the midst of the shutdown arent standing still you know, theyre reengineering their operations, learning how to be digital, run with fewer employees and less real estate so in 2021, as we exit this pandemic, theyre going to generate higher earnings on a lower level of sales and that means implied better pes. And thats why we get into july, stocks will start discounting that and were looking for new high hi highs. Youre looking for a vshape
Road, maybe that is actually not the case. Rolling overs as well. Maybe that is oil. It could just be a sentiment feeling, as well as any sort of Political Risk because of kim jonguns health uncertainty. Lets get to todays market moving news from our team in new york, as well as washington. We want to begin with this meltdown in the oil market. Wti futures plunging below zero for the first time in history yesterday as many storage tanks reached capacity. Brent for delivery in june pushing to the lowest levels since 2002. Annmarie hordern has more. Annmarie what we are really watching today is the number of contracts for wti and brent. Yesterday, the big question was is this just a big technical anomaly. I think what you are seeing today is that this is more widespread. What is showing is what traders have been saying for quite some time. Thething i want to bring up point is the june contract, trading at 16. 69. That is a contract that is not expiring. In 18dropping the most years. You