A new survey shows just how much is the impact of u. S. Investment in china it may surprise you. And a moment of silence as the world remembers what happened on this fateful day 18 years ago, wednesday september 11, 2019 Worldwide Exchange begins right now. Good morning, a live shot of Downtown Manhattan as we remember this day 18 years ago it is quiet now. A lot of activity expected later today. The New York Stock Exchange and nasdaq will hold a moment of silence. Stock futures indicating the dow will be just about flat at the open blue chips are trying for a sixday winning streak the dow jones opened up about two points if these gains hold the s p down about two points and nasdaq as well breaking news on the u. S. china trade war. China announcing exemptions for 16 u. S. Products a sign of possible cooling of tensions the exemptions apply to goods from u. S. Cancer drugs and seed. Showing u. S. Direct investment into china is slowing down at a just growing clip slightly there. Watchi
Lawrence in washington, d. C. , with the latest on trade, Jackie Deangelis live in the newsroom following the amazon probe. Gerri, lets start with you. Reporter what a day in the markets here, anniversary of 9 11, everybody talking about it, the markets going to the sky. Dow up nearly a full percentage point. Russell up 2 . Were finishing at the highs of the day. The dow of course, the longest winning streak in three months. The dow driven by boeing and apple. Lets talk about apple for a second. You said the market cap of that stock, a trillion dollars. Very good news for apple shareholders. This is the first time in 10 months they hit this level. It was that big announcement yesterday about the three new iphones. 699 for one of those iphones. Apple watch, ipad, apple tv. Pretty much yesterday melissa said we would buy one of the iphones. Maybe why the stock is up. Good news for them, apple tv subscription, 4. 99 a month. Purdue pharma agreeing to a tentative settlement over the Opioid
Decline on the day of the dax in. 8 , asdown 79 points, well. The russian ruble is falling after the central bank there held the benchmark rank and changed for the first time this year, at 11 . 68. 08 to six. For the brazilian real continues to trade a little bit lower, unchanged at the moment. That country getting downgraded yesterday. Financial markets in trouble there. The euro going to 1. 1270. The yield in the yes, dust in the u. S. , 2. 2 to the fiveyear 73 basis points for your twoyou appeared we watching reaction to Goldman Sachs suggestion that oil could go as low as 20 per barrel. Not the best case, but they say it could happen. If supply does not drop faster than demand. Now, west texas intermediate, 44. 70. Brent crude at 47. 71. A lot of chapter this morning about the 11 republican candidates who will appear in next weeks primetime president ial debate. Among them will be Carly Fiorina the former hewlettpackard ceo not among the 10 candidates they for the main debate last
S p futures down by just over 3. 5 points below fair value. Take a look at whats been happening with oil prices. Yesterday, crude oil settling at an eightmonth low. That was the lowest settlement this year. You can see theyre down once again this morning. Down another 46 cents to 91. 71. Take a look at whats been happening in the treasury market. The tenyear note at this point looks like it is yielding at 2. 516 . That had been the highest close that weve seen all the way back since july 31st in terms of the yield. The dollar this morning, at least at this point, looks like it is down against both the euro and the pound. The euro is trading at 1. 292 up against the yen at 106. 92. If you take a look at whats been happening with gold prices, under pressure despite what weve seen in terms of geopolitical concerns. Gold is down to its lowest level this year. 1,246. 60 an ounce. Andrew, ill send it over to you. This will be the first of the companys sales since last november. Lots of quest
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