Happy cinco de mayo. Im sara eisen. Im wilfred frost. It is new music friday. This is the latest from justin bieber, lil wayne. It is jobs friday. U. S. Equity futures right now are pointing to a mixed open. The dow futures are down about 16 points. S p futures are up 1. Nasdaq futures are up 4. Oil is the big story. That tumble yesterday to the lowest level since november caught everyone and moved the market. Wti is back above 45 a barrel. 45. 70. Getting a bit of a boost this morning. Well see if that holds. Theres been a pattern lately where the early morning, this time of morning bounce disappears by midday. Brent crude, 48. 72. Nat gas, 3. 21. Well watch this and the spillover effect on other commodities like gold, copper and iron ore. The real takeaway, despite this fall in various commodities, earnings good enough to keep markets in positive territory. We have the nasdaq up a half percent, the dow and s p also in positive territory, coming off the back of a fantastic week last w
S p slightly in the red, nasdaq off about 30. I want to start with at t. Inseem like the numbers came better than estimated because more people are buying prepaid plans through at t. They are playing paying full price for smartphones on the plus side. There are concerns about the profit outlook at at t down the road. We are seeing the shares lower today. We got some earnings news from intuitive surgical. A very rocky road for that stock recently and the company letting its forecast for procedure volume. The ceo making some comments about margins that are of concern to investors. We are watching netflix today, relateduse of netflix news, but amazon has signed a deal with hbo. What thisoncern for might mean for netflix. Thank you very much. Time for the big story. Facebook and apple both report after the bell. You have facebook, which is on an acquisition spree. The Company Bought instagram for 1 billion. Its most recent purchase for 2 billion. Apple has been in a bit of an innovation sl