Break down the key sticking points and a Worldwide Exchange exclusive ed morse making phone calls the investment is his best bet right now. Youll hear it here on Worldwide Exchange on cnbc good morning, good afternoon, good evening from wherever in the world you may be watching. From here in the states, im Brian Sullivan kicking off with the big blue. No real rbi today. Lets call this the rbi. Ibm is up some 5 in the premarket if the gains hold there on ibm and they may not if they do, that could ad 45 points to the dow at the open. Ibm your rbi it is very rare that ibm rises after earnings according to our own earnings guru, this is the 23rd eps beat. Up bigly well call it ibm, your rbi and you are making investors today a little bit of dough. 70 of the time in the past five years, your stock appears to be down after earnings. This is the eighth straight quarter where sales are flat down on the year to those highe futures, the nasdaq showing gains right now. With the move yesterday, t
The elon musks qualifies for a package as teslas average market valley reaches a milestone. The big test comes today as the electric car maker reports. Welcome to daybreak europe. We are seeing a little bit of a mixed picture in the as ingestion, perhaps slightly slower for asia index. We have some breaking news coming through just now. Akzonobel saying covid19 will continue to impact the second half of 2020. It also says that headwinds related to covid19 eased during the quarter, so that is a quarter they are reporting on in terms of the Second Quarter. Saying that results showing a strong focus trying to get through the rest of the line on that headline. Basically in terms of the quarter we are reporting for the Second Quarter, covid19 eased headwinds related to covid19 eased but it will continue to impact the second half of 2020. Akzonobel saying it suspended its 2020 financial ambition due to the pandemic. That is the guidance coming through from akzonobel. Coming up, we will speak
Reaches a milestone. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to bloomberg surveillance. Im Francine Lacqua in london. We have breaking news the last 20 minutes. China says that the u. S. Has abruptly closed its consulate in houston. That is having an impact on the market. Lets get the markets. Risk sentiment looks a lot shakier after china says the u. S. Abruptly ordered the closure of its consulate. Most european indices have extended declines to session lows. S p futures accelerating their dissent. I did want to show you gold and silver. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Ispresident donald trump restarting virus briefings. There was a shift in tone with the president urging americans to wear masks and avoid risky behavior. The death toll for the virus in the u. S. Has topped 140,000. Cases are still growing, especially in southern and western states. President trump it will probably, unfortunately, get worse before it gets better, something i dont like saying about thin
Way to the indian border. Theres tangible issues. No question they are flexing their muscle right now. What i would notice in this market on a quiet wednesday, i know you will do the data check here. Publishing moments ago this bullish consumer view, and that was a game changer yesterday with the retail sales report. Jonathan we will catch up on the geopolitics a little later in the hour. Equity futures up 19 on the s p 500, focusing a move higher over the last several weeks, up by 0. 6 . Just surprise after positive surprise. The economic surprise index in the United States is absolutely flying. And it is at a record high searching higher after yesterdays retail sales beat. It was just an absolute trout. Today absolute trounce. Today i am going to be watching the u. S. May building and housing permits starts to get a taste of what we may expect. U. S. Loan purchase applications hit an 11 year high last week, so that should be some sort of indicator. 12 00 p. M. , fed chair jay powellc
555 dow points. Ahead on todays show, were going to dive into this plunge in oil prices, what it means for the u. S. Economy and jobs to the financial losses reverberating through the market right now plus we will speak with illinois governor j. B. Pritzker and former commerce secretary Penny Pritzker, his sister, about illinoiss battle against the coronavirus and the race for more protective gear and testing. Lets focus in on the big stories were watching with 58 minutes left of trading. Brian sul vab focusing on crude oil collapse, mike santoli will tie that in with broad movements were seeing today latest on the snag on government funding. Brian, first to you on this unprecedented move in oil. A day for the history books. It is a day for the history books. Ending a futures contract in negative 30 or what it was. Sara and wolf, it doesnt make sense as i talked about in power lunch as well. We started the day around 10. We continued to fall now negative 30 these are contracts. Negativ