We were hearing that we could see some candlelight vigils later on tonight, people going online virtually. It comes amid hsbc defying the u. K. And backing this National Security law. And the corporate impact of all this as well. Lets check on the markets, they seem unphased by what were going through here geopolitically and what were seeing in the u. S. The protests have calmed down a bit in the last two days or so. Markets off the highs but were trudging higher today. Mobile stocks on track for a ninth day of gains. Jakarta coming online and continuing to trend up, 1. 3 . U. S. Future seeing a little bit of pressure. The airlines, the nifty with modest gains at the start. Haven,rally and bonds a selling all. You did see yields picking up here. The aussie, back to 1 once again. The chinese 10 year yield, now or near february highs. The second worst performer after bulgarian debt, on disappointment that beijing may refrain from stimulus. About somebts opecplus deals. Watching the curre
Does the violence the brother of the man whose death sparked the protest has issued an impassioned plea for peace and unity in his brothers name also coming up. A year ago this german politician were shot dead at his home a man is due to stand trial for his murder which is part of a disturbing rise in attacks by far right extremists in germany. And in the bundesliga leipsic boost their chances of a spot in the Champions League in a 6 goal match up against. Im brian thomas good to have you with us today u. S. President donald trump has threatened to send in the military to put an end to the violence thats come alongside the protests sparked by the death of george floyd. The president speaking at the white houses police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to clear protests nearby later thousands of people marched through brooklyn in new york city shouting for justice a wave of protest began after a video emerged white Police Officer kneeling on floyds neck. Well as the protests enter their
More protection, the ecb tweaks policy. The economy ravaged by the coronavirus. Ftse futures point lower, and much of europe is closed but we will see trading in london. Apital is coming apollo aims to raise 20 billion and several new funds for opportunities in distress and private debt, this after boeing sold 25 billion worth of bonds in the largest offering of the year. Just under one hour away from trading in the equity markets that are open. London notably, and the ftse futures are down this morning. We also see s p futures, dow futures, and nasdaq teachers down. Nasdaq futures down. We know the u. S. Markets will be open as well today. Typically a european holiday. The u. S. Has detonated a different has designated a a different day for that purpose. The notable figure, the first one i see in the First Quarter, 802 Million Pounds versus 86 Million Pounds in the previous year. This is a number we are looking out for a lot of banks during this crisis. Newsrms of other notable from r
Lauren it is march 17th, Saint Patricks day. It will look a lot different this year. Good morning to you at home. Im lauren simonetti. Cheryl im cheryl casone. As you can tell, our show looks a little different this morning. Fox business is practicing social distancing during the coronaVirus Outbreak, just like all of you are, hopefully at home this morning. Lauren the show must go on. We have a packed hour for you, lots of information to get to you so lets get to it and take a look at how your money is moving this morning. The good news is, futures are up about 1 across the board, 200 points on the dow, this comes after the biggest drops weve ever seen. The dow will open today at the lowest level since 2017. Cheryl markets plummeting yesterday, the worst losses since 1987, the market really closing at the close after the president indicated this crisis could last until july or august. There are the closing numbers from yesterday. The dow lost 2,997 points, almost 13 , s p down 324 and
Weigh s wider restrictions on huawei road map begins with apples coronavirus warning cautioning it does not expect to meet quarterly revenue forecasts. Shares are sinking and dragging the dow down with it plus big tech needs more regulation. Why Mark Zuckerberg is calling for more scrutiny of facebook. And walmart earnings look to fall short as the whole day season takes a hit well hear exclusively from Doug Mcmillon in a few moments. Apple warns it will not meet prior revenue projection due to the coronavirus outbreak the virus limited iphone production and resulted in weaker demand in china jim was talking about getting hit on the supply and the demand side although that original range was above estimates. So how much are we really losing i think that people dont want to hear this. Everyone that i spoke to the chatter is come on, jim, its really bad i disagree in terms of the rest of the world its gotten better part of what i hear, the work i do dont forget, a lot of Service Revenue