This number, down 664 points, for a loss of about 8. 5 . Crude oil at the moment, it has been vicious and quite a violent downside move, even after the ones last week that were very ugly. We see crude oil setting at 28. 70 but in the aftermarket, we are just above 29. Call it straddle. We are right at 29 a barrel. We have major developments this afternoon putting even heavier pressure on the markets. Canada moves to close its borders and the nations airlines are seeking up to 50 billion in aid to support the massive plunge in bookings as of course, social distancing affects all forms of travel. In this hour, we do expect that live News Conference held by the white house by the Coronavirus Task force. 3 15 p. M. Eastern, 14 minutes away, as you heard. We understand the secret service has now started taking temperatures of those in attendance. Heres a couple questions we at countdown want to know. Will we see more stimulus announced . Will the status of the nations airports change at all
And choice words for amazon after a new investigation into the companys brand badging system goes into effect as Worldwide Exchange begins right now. Just another manic monday, wish it were sunday good morning and welcome to Worldwide Exchange im dom anyone chu in today for brian saul van here is how stock futures setting up their day on this monday in a holidayshortened trading week the dow jones would open by another 35 points if these gains hold into the opening bell the s p up by 2 points and the nasdaq up by 11. Now the dow and s p coming off record high levels on friday the dow seeing its 19th record close of the year and the s p 500, get this, its 32nd record u. S. Composite volume on friday, the highest since december 21st since 2018 treasuries, a tick lower in yields as you can see here, the tenyear note yield hovering around 1. 9 . The 2 year note yield 1. 36 worldwide, asia markets stalling near an 18month high as we takes a look at whats going on there. The hang sang and ho
Has been the trend we have been watching for quite some time future indicated 44 points by the dow. S p futures by 3. 5 this comes after we saw all three of the major averages sitting at new highs again on friday thats happened a lot recently the dow and the s p 500 up for the last seven of the last eight sessions nasdaq on an eightday winning streak and thats something that youre watching as we kind of rush into the Holiday Season here also look at whats happening in the treasury market. Youll see that right now the ten year looks like it is yielding 1. 91 just below 2 for the ten year we have some news breaking just literally in the past hour now. Report saudi arabia sentencing five people to death for the killing of Washington Post columnist jamal khashoggi, he was murdered of course in that saudi consulate in istanbul just last year by a team of saudi agents saudistate run tv saying three other people were sentenced to prison over the killings and reports say that the investigation
In saudi arabia for the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The former love island presenter Caroline Flack has pleaded not guilty to assaulting her boyfriend at herflat in london. Boeing has announced that its chief executive Dennis Muilenburg is stepping down. Mr muilenburg has faced serious criticism in the aftermath of two major accidents involving boeings new 737 max planes in which a total of 346 people died. Last week the Company Announced it was halting production of the aircraft. In a statement the company said a change of leadership was needed to restore confidence. Our International Business correspondent theo leggett gave us some background a little earlier. He presided over an era where boeing came out with its flagship aircraft which we now know contained a flaw, which never should have got past regulators, and it was allowed to continue flying after the first of those two catastrophic accidents involving a plane of indonesia. The plane was allowed to keep flying an
In saudi arabia for the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi. The former love island presenter Caroline Flack has pleaded not guilty to assaulting her boyfriend at herflat in london. The professional Footballers Association has called for a government inquiry into racism in the sport after the chelsea player, antonio rudiger, complained of hearing monkey noises from the crowd during yesterdays premier league match at tottenham. Our sports correspondentjoe wilson is at tottenhams stadium. The stadium behind me is a gleaming addition to the british sporting landscape in itself, an advertisement to the power and wealth of the premier league, but far from futuristic, what happened here yesterday seems to be another worrying indication that things are going backwards. Professional footballer telling the referee, telling the world, he has heard monkey chants. Not on a distant football pitch in eastern europe, this was Chelseas Antonio Rudiger at tottenham hotspur, in englands capital cit