Monsanto. Market this is morning pointing slightly higher, kicking off a short week for stock prices. Investors watching Economic Data including ism manufacturing index, due out later this morning. Dax index leading the way. 37 points, onethird of one percent. Ftse in london fractionally lower. In asia overnight stocks ended across the board higher, fractional moves, hong kong index rather, meanwhile shanghai up twothirds of one percent. All the stories coming up with me and here with me wall street journal editor in chief jerry baker and Dagen Mcdowell, and harlan hill. Good summer . Dagen yes. [laughter] dagen you say that like its over. Maria it feels that way. Countdown to the election. Nine weeks, we are into the final stage, traditionally the last after labor day is when its the really the last opportunity to change, to move the needle, three debates, president ial debates coming up. One Vice President ial debate, all happening in two months. Maria we got a taste of it on the pla
Has the market priced in the chances of a Trump Presidency . We will talk about that during the program. And lights after down to. After downtwon. Earning, but yet to find the next ratings juggernaut after Downton Abbey. We will talk to analysts who still think it is a by. This rally is gaining momentum. We saw it in asia, completely blowing past the negative watch story, coming out of the racing agency. Euro called higher. Hans it seems like theres a massive vote of confidence. The chinese authorities in general have an idea of what they are doing; it is not just all sentiment. We also have switzerland a better figure there on the gdp, showing real growth, even with that strong swiss franc. I think that is what we will be watching throughout the morning. Guy there has always been this argument that germany watches with someone very carefully. If switzerland can cope with a stronger franc, could germany do the same with a stronger mark . I think that is the existential question that ma
Coming out of europe. Right now the markets are relatively flat. Dax is flat. The cac is essentially flat. The ftse down by half a percent. The currency markets, which are going to key off this as well, if there is additional stimulus, it could very well weaken the euro and strengthen the dollar. Right now the dollar is up against the euro at 1. 0978. Dollar versus the yen is at 113. 46. Lets tell you about other storying were watching this morning. Square posting better than expected results in its first Quarterly Results since going public. Square Ceo Jack Dorsey sitting down on closing bell, responding to investors betting against the company. I think we need to constantly show that were focused on the right things. Were focused on building great tools for sellers and that they value them. We continue to see that growth. I think were not only a first mover in a lot of areas, an innovator in a lot of areas, but also we have the best experience. We certainly compete with a lot, but wh
As you mentioned, northbound should open shortly. Southbound will be closed for a few hours. Then the ramp, northbound 85 transition ramp to northbound 17. Emergency crews on scene are awaiting the coroner. Im seeing slow traffic on northbound 85. A sig alert has been issued. The ramp is closed due to this fatal accident. A couple of other accidents, not as bad her middle lane is blocked here at westbound 80 just after highway 4. Fremont southbound 880 near stevenson, middle lanes blocked here. Unfortunately a very busy morning on the roads. Give yourself plenty of time. Mike, i hope you have better news. Much quieter weatherwise, sue, thank you. Those stubborn clouds are still around but the atmosphere is not quite as moist as it was over the weekend. Were only getting some really patchy, light drizzle at most. You can see from the exploreato exploreatorim camera. Pockets of sunshine developed. Well hang out in the upper 50s to mid60s from the coast to inland. By 7 00, a cooling trend
Welcome to Worldwide Exchange on cnbc. Im sara eisen. Was that song slightly sped up . This is a remix. Its all your energy. We better be suped up on what the markets are doing. The futures are pointing to a positive open. We are not seeing quite as many gains in europe but still gains nuns. The d nonetheless. We saw about 80 points higher about half an hour ago. The s p called higher by 6 points. The nasdaq by 16. The dow and s p made it two consecutive weeks of losses, albeit small ones last week. The nasdaq and the tech sector suffering a little bit more. The tenyear note on the jobs note out on friday, they did see some yield increases, albeit the margin on 1. 78 this morning. As far as the global markets, chinese trade data and oil prices, the chinese stocks closed sharply overnight. Among the reason, weaker than expected Chinese Markets shrinking in dollar terms last month. Imports was the worrisome spot declining nearly 11 . As for the rest of asia, japans nikkei rose up 7 . The