Approaching that 103 level. That would be a breach of a technical and psychological level. . 99, 2. 7 top the upside. After the biden victory, gold as well seeing three straight gains three Straight Days of gains. Joe biden preparing to take office as the 46th president of the United States. He is moving forward as president elect, launching his transition effort and readying a plan to tackle coronavirus. President trump is refusing to concede, weighing more legal challenges. The people of this nation have spoken. [applause] they have delivered a clear victory, commencing victory. A victory for we the people. I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide, but unify. [applause] who does not the red states and blue states, only sees the United States. Our work begins with getting covid under control. Economy, repair the restore our vitality, or relish lifes most precious moments, hugging grandchildren, children, birthdays, weddings, graduations, all the moments that matter most to u
Bidens agenda. He may have a different tone toward china but there may not be substance. Kiwi rise ind the early asia trading. At some ofke a look these early market reactions. Sophie kamaruddin in hong kong. Sophie we are seeing some risk on tone in australia. The aussie is extending last weeks gain as the greenback has stayed structurally quicker. Weaker. They could test that 650 level this week. The yen, the best week for the currency since midseptember. Softbank results are due this monday. We have nikkei futures in chicago moving to the upside. This after the benchmark rose to a november 1991 hi on friday. That was 37 off the alltime high that was back in 1989. New york crude is gaining ground but still staying under 38 per barrel there. Some pressure may come through in the oil. Is very much in focus after the chaotic week we saw in turkey. That is the Central Bank Governor fired there. Racing for more voluntary they are embracing more volatility there. Joe biden is projected to
Straight weekly gains of more than 3 . The stocks index heading lower given their exposure to china and some of the heightened tensions you have between the u. S. And china. The only one of the major averages in the red. The risk off tone means you are getting a lift up on the long end of the curve, up five basis points. To give us a risk off tone. I want to talk about some of the Economic Data that we saw. To. Manufacturing pmi rose aprilsmay from alltime low. Manufacturing picked up a bit but stayed below 50. For more, i want to bring in our International Correspondent michael mckee. What is some of the manufacturing data this morning telling us about where we are . The basic message is me will not see a recovery. Shaped recovery. The chinese numbers, which came out over the weekend were down a touch. They reopened earlier, so their numbers are higher. Europe is next. Germany is up, italy is down. Here in the united states, some improvement but still below 50. These are basically psy
Coronavirus. Like all other efforts on the supplemental package, it has been bipartisan. Let me commend my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, including my friend and Ranking Member, congressman tom cole. Before you begin of what to extend a very warm welcome to our witnesses, dr. Tom frieden, president and ceo of resolve to save lives, and former director of the centers for Disease Control and prevention. The cdc, from 20092016. And dr. Caitlin rivers, senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins center for Health Security, and assistant professor in the department of Environmental Health and engineering at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Frieden in his testimony will provide a perspective based on 30 years of fighting epidemics including leaving the cdcs response to ebola, where we are and what we need to do to protect americans. Dr. Rivers makes a case why in the months and years to come will we need additional capacities and diagnostic testing, Contact Tracing an
Bank lets check the numbers and see where we stand the dow is off 1. 5 . 24,260 s p at 2900. Russell, all the way on your right. Its been a big out we are forming giving back about 3 today. Were going to look ahead to those earnings tonight but we have to look back to last night. You own facebook, microsoft. No wonder these stocks have been doing so well. They justified the it last night, didnt they they did. When facebook comes out and says ad revenues have stabilized, thats a very powerful statement. Weve had this debate is old tech tired or is big tech tired. Can it keep giving we saw their operating morals are fantastic. Apple may be the squishiest of all because they are directly tied to the consumer phones. I phone it im not doing anything with it so what . This is where you want to be you want to be in whats working because the companies are bilts to work. Its where technology is and where its going 5g as we talked about so many times. Funny you say that. Kramer said so Many Com