Irans Oil Industry after comments by President Biden. Welcome to business today, live from new york, i m ritika gupta. Share prices in the us have been searching after great news regarding the us economy. The strike on the East Coast ports has also been suspended. It is not all positive news, though. Oil markets are still reeling from a comment by President Biden on thursday that the White House is discussing whether to support an attack by israel on Irans Oil facilities. This is how one of the key benchmarks Brent Crude was trading in the last 15 minutes if it stays at these levels it will be up around 10 per cent this week. One Oil Market Watcher told us he is astounded by the president s comment. In over 15 years of covering the energy markets, reporting them and dare i say, trading on the markets as well, i have never seen anything. This is quite unprecedented. Whether its off the cuff or not, for a sitting us president , just a little over four weeks from the american president i
Markets with the best three months in decades. The dow saw the best quarterly performance since 1987 the nasdaq had its best gain since 1999 and ended the quarter up 30 take a look at the small cap up 25 since april 1 the best gain since the First Quarter of 1991. Because the First Quarter really stunk up the place the dow coming off the worst first haflt year since the financial kri sis. The s p still down 4 on the year yesterday was something to watch. We had all three major averages which did close for the month of june in positive territory you are looking at s p 500 closing above 3,100 and watching the nasdaq close above 10,000. Seeing a slight pull back. S p futures down about 10 points and nasdaq off by 25 weve been keeping track of the treasury market. The 10year has been below 0. 7 . Now sitting at 0. 684 . Crude oil prices were a huge point of concern earlier in the year up 40. Well see what could help the senate has voted to extend the ppp Bailout Program to august 8 giving
Hotel giants see room revenue plunge 80 the central bank said they only answer to the court not the government the call to justify its Bond Purchase Program significant loss of output has become inevitable. That is the message from the governor andrew bailee forecasting a 14 drop in gdp. Sterling rising as the bank of england predicts a sharp recovery in 2021 caller expect a recovery much more than the pull back from the financial crisis. After the british telco cut its dividend looking to shake up its sector a warm welcome to street signs. Lets get to our top data point, chinese exports jumped by 3. 5 in april as reopened factories in the country moved to fulfill back log of orders. With a 2 fall in the month. The biggest decline since 2016 the trade surplus grew to 45. 3 billion. Far above expectations how meaningful is this jump in exports . Is it reflective of rebust gains or concentrated in particular sectors . Even after that beat . Export numbers in april, the con k consensus im
The group will hit higher in the third quarter. The question is still out how long it is going to last thats the real question we spoke to the former Vice President of the ecb as the central bank chief said she is undetoured by the Court Decision another member tells us the decision could have unfortunate consequences this could infringe in the end of independence of the ecb im not sure if it is laughable or serious and dangerous reassuring the markets and instability amid the outbreak in the plunge in the First Quarter profit the cfo tells us he expects an attractive recovery. With a sharp decline but not as sharp a recovery but more an elongated recovery thats what we are planning. Maximum caution is the latest message from the uk Prime Minister Boris Johnson as he prepares to announce a limited easing of the lockdown a very warm welcome to street signs markets this morning responding positively as representatives from china and the u. S. Have agreed to Work Together on the face 1 de
Today. This time dow industrial rising. Nasdaq at 28. 1 . These were all miraculous record closed by the way. Where did that momentum come from momentum is a tricky thing i can tell the market is on fire because employment is red hot. We know adp, at least incredibly strong numbers the Labor Department will give us a positive non farm payroll report tomorrow. I can tell you people are buying stocks, good feelings, breaking up with u. S. And china thanks to phase one trade deal chinese seems to be placing large orders with american business, dont you think . There is just one problem. I am not buying that these i am not just pushing these medical forces i think theyre not the force of todays market momentum. Why . Well, because momentum is what happens when a stock keeps worrying for emotional reasons and not financial reasons. A stock that goes higher because buyers went in at any price, that my friend is momentum now especially i like it when stocks rally i am not a fan of momentum bu