Good thursday morning, welcome to squawk alley. Stocks did take a leg lower at the open the s p bounced right off of the 50 day well watch that closely but were off of the low levels of the early session. Here is the president yesterday on oracles deal with bite dance stands you said it was important that a u. S. Company buy tiktok. Were going to find out about that were looking at that from the standpoint of bitedance. We dont like that conceptually we dont like that. That has not been told to me yet. That has been reported but not told to me speaking of reporting, david faber has more of that for us. Not a lot of insight on that key question siting a source close to the deal, the conversations, that have been ongoing for awhile now. The president is most likely to make a decision in the next 24 to 36 hours. Not likely today, but prior to the weekend, im told, by someone familiar with the situation that he will make a decision as to the future ownership of tiktok here in the united st
Investors concerned about rising Coronavirus Infections and what that means for the recovery. Global deaths are approaching one million with record cases in france and the u. K. The Trump Administration given an ultimatum over tiktok to delay a ban or respond in court. Ban isnt trumps due to take effect on sunday. ,aidi it was a meandering confused session in the u. S. Investors seemed to be trying to work out where the lead was. Investors weighing the scanned prospects of another stimulus package against a resurgence, the second wave we are seeing across europe and the u. K. Modest gains but the s p has wiped out all of its gains for 2020. Futures trading up by. 3 at this point. When it comes to the asian trading day ahead, the nikkei 225 regaining a little bit of positivity. Modest gains of. 1 , trading in the futures session in chicago. In sydney, we are watching as to whether this surge we have seen in growth shares will continue. The msci australia index jumping to a record high c
Record highs that has the nasdaq setting a record as well better than expected home sales in the u. S strong activity numbers out of europe as well uk, australia to name but a few. Were up, sarah, nearly 1 on the s p 500. Ahead on todays show, a big first on cnbc interview with howard marks fresh off his latest memo. He said the odds are not in investors favor and whether he sees any opportunities right now in the market plushgs connecticut has certainly seen an encouraging dropoff in coronavirus numbers of late. Well ask governor lamont about his advice for states like florida, arizona and texas that are seeing their cases swell and how hes trying to keep those cases out of his state lets focus in on the big stories were watching mike santoli tracking todays rally. Meg terrell has the highlights from Anthony Faucis congressional testimony and phil lebeau is covering another volatile session with the Airlines Start us off with the Broader Market on the three month anniversary of the ma
Quarter. We are down 1. 4 on the s p. Weve got a big show coming your way well speak with the ceo of hologic which says its new coronavirus test could help increase the countrys Testing Capacity and a massive afternoon of earnings. Apple, amazon, gilead, visa and whirlpool. And an exclusive interviiew when i will pools ceo. Michael tracking the market on this final day of the month. Courtney has a strategy update for macys and julia is watching big moves for media stocks mike, start us off with the market down day, but big up month and a big five or six weeks since the market low take a look at the s p this is a twoyear this was a 35 drop on intraday basis. To yesterdays high, it was a 35 rally off that lower level so very sink niehaus in that way. I also point out that right around here, 3005, people are talking about how its gained more than 60 of the overall point losses that has some significance its kind of a may period. Seasonals get weaker and yesterday was kind of a big headlin
Retail certificate going to zero not every biotech will keep growing every day. Thats the way it feels on a gay when oil imploded. The stock market got slammed because of it. Dow losing 592 points. S p sinking 1. 79 , why, of course its got a lot of tech and biotech. I dont blame a soul for being confused here. Buy, buy, buy a. Sell, sell, sell. The situation is, confusing were in Uncharted Waters now. It doesnt lend itself to easy explanation. We have to take them one at a time because some of these are so extreme they almost feel like science fiction. Like the price of oil falling to negative 37 and change today. Yeah, thats right you heard me, negative 37, minus sign lets start with oil as that meltdown was terrifying to watch. At dawn crude was a buck and a half, little below 20, seemed okay by the time the stock market opened it was down to 11, negative whoever owned the oil last had to pay someone else to take it off their hands. Next thing you know it was negative 10, negative 2