There, about 30 points, 25 points now below that benchmark. That is in part thanks to boeing, that is the dows gain that stock is up about 7 after one of its biggest customers, ryan air, near lily doubles its order of the plagued 737 max plus texas roadhouse that stock is up 200 since the march lows can you say that about many other restaurant chains . I dont think so also near its record high, the ceo, ken taylor, will be with us interesting, engaging guy. Hes going to tell us how he pivoted the business to thrive in this new normal as power lunch starts right now. Hi, tyler. Hi, everybody. Stocks are off the highs of the session but all the major averages are on track for their second week in a row in the green. Lets go to bob pisani for whats driving us higher today im a little disappointed with the action. The comments a stimulus deal was in reach helped early on but has done nothing in the afternoon. Were moving in a narrow range, kind of flattish all the right stuff is moving. De
The year dow is set for a record close, approaching 30,000 with 59 minutes left of trade. Up 1 2 on the dow sara 29,830 currently. Coming up todays show, we are waiting president elect biden to make some comments on the economy. His economic plan that should come any minute. We will take you there live. In the meantime, a rare interview with operation warp speeds dr. Slaoui he will weigh in on the moderna news and what the rollout will look like. Plus the positive vaccine theus with mark moabious his eye on emerging markets. And mike wilson saying next year will be all about earnings we will discuss with Morgan Stanleys chief u. S. Equity specialist mike santoli joins us. Meg tirrell has the latest on covid19 news. Eamon javers will go over president elect biden speech on the economy when we get there. Lets start with mike santoli. We below on the s p 500 where we were this morning, by about a third of a percent below last monday mornings high about a third of a percent but looking at
And the deal is worth over 44 billion in stock it combines two of the largest providers to wall street and so far 2020s largest dollar wise deal plus, youve seen it on squawk box gm and nikola announce a smaller deal on fuel cell systems doesnt involve equity and well get to more of it why those shares are down so sharply by the way, jim, great to have you back. A lot to catch up on that we missed talking with you about over the last few days as for moderna, another monday here, jim, with 100 on severe and more discussion that come spring we may have nearly ten of these things to choose from. A remarkable moment because it is true this is warp speed and warp speed is run by the army and going to go to longterm care facilities at the same time it is going to go to Health Care Workers and i think the good news here is it will go to a lot of people that no one thought they could get to very early you shotgun the entire level of when you include modrna and dont even talk about j j i think
Good morning welcome to squawk box. Im becky quick along with yoe kernen and mike santoli. Andrew is off today. Well start things off with the stock futures after some positive vaccine news drove the dow and s p 500 to record highs. Dow giving back some of that ground, down by about 100 point, but remember how far they have marched for the last three weeks. S p is indicated down by about 14 points and then the nasdaq is indicated up by about 12 points. We do have some breaking news from amazon and better that coocoo Bertha Coombs ohas that story they are launching a full Online Pharmacy building on its acquisition of pill pack the new pharmacy is innetwork with major insurers and medicare and patients can pay for their prescription copays with funds from their Health Savings accounts just like they were at any pharmacy and they can confer with pharmacists online or over the phone about their prescriptions. Prime members get free two day shipping, patients who needs meds right away with
Ande are very determined ouritted in implementing capital return policies. Been flashing our intentions to have a good, solid Cash Dividend but also complemented with share buyback. Welcome to surveillance. It is all about the u. S. Fiscal stimulus and the possibility of another Coronavirus Relief package may be before the election. They are making progress but still disagreements and that is weighing on the market uncertainty, especially in the european space. European stocks down for the second day. U. S. Equity futures pointed higher. Leading the decline by region. Tech outperforming. Energy is the laggard. The yield in the u. S. , they move down even amid some of the stronger risk off shifts we have seen. Strong three to six month treasury yields. Aussie dollar is a standout in the fx space. Central Bank Official said shortterm rates may fall 20. What happened is the rba unsettled investors who counted on the cash rate reaching a genuine lower bound, quite a sizable move. Brent cru