If confirmed, she would be the first woman to hold the position. Promising stynes leader to have u. S. Coronavirus Vaccine Program says astrazenecas shot could halt severe covid. Welcome to the program. Futures in europe pointing higher. Futures in the u. S. Pointing higher and a number of uncertainties removed from the markets thinking over the last 24 hours or so. One of them is who is going to be treasury secretary. Somebody the that market knows ery well in the shape of janet yellen, somebody that has considerable monetary experience and fiscal experience. The other uncertainty is the transition at the white house. That seeps to be looking a little smoother given the headlines we have seen over recent hours. The asian picture benefiting from all of that removal of uncertainty i described. Something more complicated happening to the japanese market which had been doing well prior to being closed. It seems the Trump Administration in its last days still has some tough time to be toug
Taranova were green across the boards. Dow, s p, nasdaq all green jim, we have a big rebound in the nas names. Best pace on the month since january of 1987. Well, scott, first off, thank you. Every year you and throughout the year you give a lot of respect to veterans. It means a lot to me personally. You and the team at cnbc, thank you very much. Onto the markets look, a little reversal today where the cyclicals are fading and tech is rallying i think thats healthy i mean, look, weve had one heck of a rotation. Not just this week but in the last two months its been going on its time for a pause. And i think the most Important Message here is, anyone whos feeling like they missed out, you dont need to feel that way. If you feel like you missed out on the tech rally of the summer, well, guess what, september and october have given you the opportunity to get into those largecap tech names, the faang names. If you feel like you missed on you the on the cyclical rally, thats going to go on
Veterans day as we thank those who served us in the past and continue to serve us today im becky quick along with joe kernen along with Andrew Ross Sorkin things are in the green once again. Looks like the dow is indicated up by about 181 points and if we were to open at these levels and hold it through the session, you would be looking at the dow closing at a record high it has been up six out of the last seven sessions. Up another 626 points yesterday. Dow futures are up, s p futures up by about 26 and then the nasdaq, which has been the weaker part over the last several sessions, down more 1 , actually indicated higher today as well. Up by about 130. The bond market today the is closed in ob sservance of veters day. Well talk with David Petraeus later this morning andrew thanks. And an important day in the United States of course. But there is also a holiday going on in china, very different kind of holiday, made up of a shopping a made up shopping holiday i should say called single
From theto the concern economic hit caused by the pandemic. We have job losses here with a more modest hit in this part of the world. Else is going on out there and quickly looking at the dollar index is. We do have the dollar steady at the moment. We had the surge in the dollar seeing a little bit of a spike taking place. Being seen as a haven currency. The yen, 104. 49. New york crude, what we have here is a plunge taking place overnight. Nearly 5 . They recovered a little bit from that. 8 10 of 1 . 67 a barrel for wti. Gold the steady, but not really acting as a safe haven. We have breaking news, the dow jones reporting that it may close to buying nc, according to people and what would be the second Big Semiconductor tie up this week as the industry rapidly consolidates this deal. It could be worth 10 billion. Thats according to the dow jones. Dow jones reporting marvell could be close to buying inphi later this week. Lets get our first word headlines. Not european leaders are impos
Tech stocks underperforming today, pulling back more of mondays gains or giving up mondays gains, i should say, still on pace for a positive week 59 minutes left of the session, exactly down. 5 , sarah. Weve got a big lineup coming your way National Economic Council Director larry kudlow will join us to talk about the stimulus negotiations and any Economic Impact there. John shrewsberry of wells fargo will be with us and well talk to David Malpass and the race to fund Vaccine Development around the world. First off, though, lets get straight to the big stories were watching mike santoli is watching the market pullback. Rick santelli has the bond report but lets start with mike santoli. Big tech and momentum growth that have been running pretty hotly. This modest payback mode for the prior few weeks. Lows for today were right exactly where the s p closed on friday essentially made this roundtrip a couple of times, trying to bounce off of them yes, if you look at energy, look at pure val