The bottom of the hour. He is traveling today in wisconsin, talking about the economy and jobs. For now, the Postal Service in the spotlight as we inch toward an election where voters where a significant number of voters will be mailing in their balance. Joining us, abigail doolittle, who has been watching the backandforth of the day. No records today. But what were the main drivers . Abigail everybody waiting for that potential record for the s p 500. Stocks really climbing this wall of worry. The s p 500 hitting this area of resistance. The polls fallen short of being able to take out those old levels. S p 500 up about euro. 3 . Nasdaq once again closing at a record high, up 1. 1 , really being helped out by some of those mega cap tech stocks. China, so muchs, for investors to worry about. They are going again toward this years defense of technology. The vix down a little bit today but still relatively elevated. Couldxperts say that we see some sort of pullback after this huge rally
42yearold record what is that speaking with one band taking Live Performances out of the clubs into your living rooms it is friday, july 24. This is Worldwide Exchange on cnbc good friday morning, afternoon or evening welcome from wherever in the world you may be watching. I am brian sullivan. Thanks for ending your week here let us start with how your money is shaping up. Futures are lower right now. It looks like a continuation of steep declines the s p 500 snapping the fourday win streak. 85 or 85 of the nasdaq 100 dropping yesterday the socalled work from home trade getting hit hard citrix systems, zoom all falling back in the premarket with stocks down, what has been working . Gold gold just keeps running higher in fact, the highest trade up again today. 1,894. Well dive into the gold rise later in the hour. Lets see how the rest of the world is doing on this friday. For details, here is juliana in london good morning, brian we have a lot of red on the board here in europe as stoc
Until the job only takes to beat. Special coverage all. Day than this is counting the cost on aljazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week predatory lender and hidden debts china loans more money to the world than the richest 32. 00 nations what does the world china and what does beijing get when you dont pay our. Was this man really responsible for a one trillion dollar loss on wall street or was he a convenient scapegoat for taking on big investors. And the story of the world over Migrant Workers stranded in thailand without jobs and no money for rent or food. The worlds 20 largest economies agreed to give 76. 00 of the poorest a Debt Repayment holiday but china has yet to publicly offer any support at a time many nations need the extra financial headroom to tackle the coronavirus pandemic beijing has been rapidly rolling out its belt and road initiatives to build infrastructure and increase its influence in mostly developing nations. Has come a huge co
For a one trillion dollar loss on wall street or was he a convenient scapegoat for taking on big investors. And the story of the world over Migrant Workers stranded in thailand without jobs and no money for rental food. The worlds 20 largest economies agreed to give 76. 00 of the poorest a Debt Repayment holiday but china has yet to publicly offer any support at a time many nations need the extra financial headroom to tackle the coronavirus pandemic beijing has been rapidly rolling out its belt and road initiatives to build infrastructure and increase its influence in mostly developing nations its land jass has come a huge cost for many of the 138. 00 nations that have signed up to the program you may remember sri lanka couldnt keep up with payments on the ports and eventually had to hand over the facility on a 100 year lease many nations have been rethinking their involvement amid accusations china was over pricing road and rail links. Trying to understand just how much money beijing
1950 concerns. The israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will not miss an historic opportunity to annex parts of the occupied west bank. And indias domestic flights take off again but infections are still on the rise with the biggest daily increase yet. Follow the closest adviser to the u. K. s Prime Minister has defied calls to quit or apologize over accusations he broke virus last on rolls addressing a political storm thats engulfed Boris Johnsons government dominic coming said he doesnt regret his actions he travelled with his family from london to northeast england while his wife was unwell new barker begins our coverage from westminster. This was an unusual moment for Dominic Cummings a man more comfortable in the background of british politics the Prime Ministers chief advisor has been under huge pressure to explain his trip to the north east of england which appear to defy the governments old lock down rules a journey he said he was forced to take under exceptional c