Worsen, suspending imports of australian coal. Disney jumping a late trade on a management shakeup and a focus on streaming through a newmedia unit. We hear from the ceo. Check of howget a the markets are trading. We are seeing u. S. Futures coming online pretty much flat. We saw u. S. Stocks climbing to an almost sixweek high we had a rally. The s p 500 gaining ground. We also had financials pretty strong, gaining more than 1 ahead of earnings season. Jp morgan and citigroup reporting tomorrow. It was really about this years trade that really led the rally. The nasdaq composite gaining more than 2. 5 . Amazon soaring ahead of its prime day. Apple also jumping. The product unveiling but its price target was raised by rbc Capital Markets. Take a look at what oil is doing, reversing some of those losses it saw during the u. S. Session when it fell below 40 a barrel. Gulf operations restarting after hurricane delta. Sourcesention, libya saying we could see output there doubling within 10
Tiktok bid jim, we will start with the retail numbers lowes is a good one to start with, its been called depots quarter on steroids today. Look, i think that Martin Ellison has taken a Company Making it anything but an also ran. 35 camp is terrific hes really got finally hes got the e com down Marvin Ellison is a turn around man par excellence and this is an amazing quarter we dont want target to overshadow it too much because i like the stock and i love the fact it wasnt up big early on its a buy yeah. In store traffic or in store comps, jim, up 11, which is different than what we saw out of others. I mean, i guess when you dont have as fierce a web challenge in Home Improvement and you have the stay at Home Rebuilding boom, thats going to add to a couple huge dynamics. Yes, it will. Remember, there was a period where lowes was not digitized enough also didnt really have very Strong Customer service. All of thats changed under marvin he is the last person to ever want to champion hims
Drowning in debt as never before ballooning government corporate and even Household Debt piles have some experts sounding the alarm on a potential debt bomb coming we have more on that in just a minute yes we do as you mentioned, energy helping to lead thisrally higher dont look now but the tech sector just turned positive for 2020 lets get to bob for more on the markets. Bob. Sdp you youre right. Who would have thought nnenergy was a break out. Yes the green chute story still per va prevails volume is light. Theres the s p near the highs of the day energy, i know you think this is crazy but energy is on the verge of breaking out to the highest levels since the whole thing started falling apart. Nice moves up here they look like vs. These charts right now i know that sounds crazy but the big story is tech. The technology s p sector, the largest sector in the s p just on the verge of turning positive for 2020 i said this many times when you get facebook, apple, amazon and microsoft up a
These are the markets, not as sharp as the selloff is yesterday, but markets seem on hooks accounting for new cases coronavirus, and what happens to quarantines and isolations, and what happens to the economy. European stoxx 600 flat. Fell 6 if not more, now down 0. 3 . The u. S. 10 year yield, a good litmus test when looking at risk, s p futures up, they were lower a short while ago. At 10652. Lets get to the first word news. We begin with u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson facing complaints of bad faith ahead of talks with the eu. Both sides are accusing the other of backing away from past promises. Johnson says it will take priority over a trade deal. Bernie sanders and Michael Bloomberg has escalated, mr. Bloomberg criticizing bernie control record, and sanders suggesting bloomberg could not win a debate against donald trump. Sanders is favored where bloomberg will be on the ballot for the first time. Michael bloomberg is the owner and founder of the Parent Company of bloomberg new
Countries. We are continuing to see the corporate fallout, we will get more details on airlines. Delta saying it is suspending u. S. To china flying routes through april 30. Asked theirsoft staff to work from home. Amazon as well. The longer it takes to test anybody, the greater the risk they will be spreading the disease. Mike pence saying most cases are mild and they have flulike symptoms. Compared to the tests the u. S. Have carried out, 2000 by the end of last week, compared to 140,000 in south korea. In the u. S. We are seeing 11. Lities rising to this is having a concerning impact on the markets. Lets get to the Market Action. Speaks,president pence we see markets accelerating losses. Now trading at the lowest level since september. The chinese equity come back facing a roadblock. Seng headedg hang for its lowest level of 2020, and s p 500 futures extending the trading session losses, closing down 3. 4 , now off 0. 8 . Earlier futures were moving higher as much as 0. 7 , so quite