About the blockbuster revelations about hunter biden, biden got a pass, the network fix was in, beat up trump, give biden a pass. We do have news on the stimulus. A little give on the part of the white house, Speaker Pelosi and secretary mnuchin have agreed on the democrats Virus Testing strategy. It is not much, a strong report on retail sales just came out, a halfhour ago, big loss for the stocks yesterday but a rebound today in part on the back of the retail sales report. The dow is up triple digits 130 points, the nasdaq, 93 94 points higher. Censorship are very much in the news, social media may be in trouble after blocking coverage of the bombshell allegations against hunter biden, the authorities are taking a close look at facebook, twitter and other social media liability immunity after four years of obvious media biased in social media censorships and is there any doubt that you are blocked so frequently from seeing or hearing conservative opinion. We will get more on that com
United states within the decade. Nancy pelosi says that the house is ready to vote on a potential deal this week and Cocacola Europe is buying a soft drink or soft drink makers operations in australia. 19 premium eight to their last close. Lets have a check of the markets. We will start off with u. S. Futures, currently weaker by about 0. 2 . The cost is up right now but when they lasted they were higher by 0. 2 . Reporting higher a little but by a little more than 0. 25 . Europe as covid cases continue to rise is really weighing on crude at the moment. Continuing to prop up buying for january. Still some downward pressure there. Kathleen chinas leaders gathering in beijing to map out the fiveyear plan. The economic roadmap is expected to center around technological innovation. Mackenzie joins us from beijing with the preview. What should we watch for . They will be meeting here in the Chinese Capital over the next four days. We are expecting to get a bit of a steer in the next few day
Second term. The president also receiving , the companytok suing the federal government. Lets talk about how the markets are digesting this. Abigail doolittle running us. Joining us. Apple has been one of the companies driving the rally and apple just notified some employees that they plan to reopen a number of retail scores by the end of august. Walk us through the day. Again, recognize. Hopes about a fast tracking of the vaccine and treatment. Abigail lots of optimism. The s p 500 up for a third day. While it is nice to think that it has some of the do with the fast tracking of the vaccine and plasma therapy, it is interesting that the only major nasdaqo close down, the biotech index. The nasdaq 100, the new york faang index. Course if youof own that stock into the close today, you are eligible for the 41 split which will take place next monday. That does not create any value but it seems that it is somehow more attractive. Certainly attractive, the fact that they plan to reopen some
Moving news from all around the world from frankfurt, to london, taiwan, our bloomberg two iowa, our bloomberg voices are on the ground. Commodities leading the charge for the quarter. Here for more is bloombergs sonali basak. Income net interest coming in above analyst expectations is a great thing for bank of america because it shows the bank is doing what a bank should do. That is loan growing, deposits growing. Investment banking mergers and acquisition fell short than expectations, but we are seeing that across the board. We want to see confidence among corporate clients now that we know consumers are holding steady. Alix what were some of the worries through the quarter . Sonali the expenses were up, but bank of america was a costcutting story. Something we are hearing from all of the banks is the propensity to keep investing because the cycle is getting competitive at this moment. Alix thank you very much. Now i want to go to the latest on trade. President trump is ready to sign
Holding 9,000 very important for the week all major averages in the green the dow up for the third week in a row. Connell we will take it a lot coming up this hour im speaking with huaweis chief Security Officer about the companys negotiations with european leaders, trying to avoid being blacklisted over there the way it is here so thats coming up. Were going to get Market Reaction from steve forbes in a moment but first lets start with gerri will else on the floor of the new york stock exchange. Gerri were going over the last second details because we keep flip flopping back over these levels its fascinating to watch the dow closing at a new record high as you were saying it is the 22nd of the year, what a week weve had the s p not in record territory today, but the nasdac above 9,000 which is an important level for the nasdac, new territory, new ground. Nike has been leading the dow, this is yet another record high for the stock today, and 101. 79, you know, those Colin Kaepernick sh