Vaccine. And we speak to one of the Worlds Biggest Oil Storage Companies about what is going on with crude it is july 29. This is Worldwide Exchange here on cnbc good morning, good afternoon, good evening wherever in the world you may be watching. Here is how your money are setting up their trade futures well call them mildly higher right now. With so much going on today, it is no surprise if wall street and traders are in a wait and see mode at least what weve seen over the last couple of months of 100 to 150 you may have guessed, today, it is all about washington, d. C. And a jam packed schedule. Youve got the Federal Reserve and no clues completing the triple play, Congress Still in intense talks and debate about the trillion dollar plus relief bill as the clock ticks and expanded Unemployment Benefits expire this friday, well get more on that going around the world in a developing story in hong kong, a jump of new cases overnight and new fears of community spread. Well go to Julian
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Some of these well known names here in the u. S. , these are chinese stocks that are listed here on u. S. Exchanges. China mobile, its up just under 1 . Youve got lenovo which, of course, is a chinese company, down half a percent. Alibaba is up one and a third percent. Jd. Com, that stock is also continuing to move slightly higher. As we look at some of these other names, alibaba Still Holding on to gapes of about 1. 5. But lets look at the semiconductors, because one would argue that they are the most exposed to what could have been yet another trade war, but it just doesnt sound like that yet. We have green on the screen. A little bit of a relief rally for intel, up two and a third percent, invidia up two percent. So thats certainly a good sign when you see that those names including other names that are bigger when it comes to, lets say, traderelated, tradesensitive stocks, everything from deere to caterpillar was that the fear was that we would start to see yet another trade war or
Decision about Education University of california campuses. Will no longer require High School Students to submit an a c t e r s a t score for admission. Thanks for being with us tonight at 8 oclock everybody im grant lodes and Vicki Liviakis to use the regents voted unanimously to eliminate the exams today. Its the latest attempt to address fairness when it comes to getting into college. The s a t and a c t exams have long been criticized for favoring wealthy white High School Students. The new policy calls for those tests to be suspended through the year 2024. As the University System works to develop its own testing standard. The exams will be completely eliminated by 2025 even if the new you see specific standard test isnt approved yet and tonight californias top educator says that longawaited guidance on how to reopen schools in the fall. Could be coming in a matter of days today, educators from across the state weighed in on what they believe the process should look like our firs
Ahead on todays show, fashion in the time of coronavirus. Well speak to anna wintour about vogues new partnership with amazon on a Digital Store front. Plus we will speak to truist ceo about his efforts now for Coronavirus Relief lets focus in on the stories we are watching Steve Liesman with the highlights from the fed minutes. Just released in the last hour and oliver chen is with us to talk about retail earnings and the big box names he likes so far. Michael, start it off with you what stands out . Yeah. The market just bobbed right back up from that lateday selloff yesterday. In fact, the low for today in the s p 500 hit about three or four times was yesterdays high. So it seems as if, you know, big money investors continue to behave in a way that suggests they feel underexposed to stocks if theyre not going to pull back a lot weve been talking a lot about this rotation theme. You have small caps up a lot and fin tech and financial all were really doing is stretching the upside of