Looking to open off 37 points. The 10year note stands at a point. We are looking at. 672 melissa lee in the house that was a major move we are back up towards those highs right now. We saw lots of ramifications in the market looking at how quickly it moves higher. Im trying to watch whatever information i have is about 12 seconds old we are all in a house somewhere. Just not together. It is good to see you although i cant see you now. Im looking at the board from 15 seconds ago. We are going to power through this well up an update on why we are all doing this new case numbers have been declining across the country but testing shortages are calling those numbers into request the average number of covid cases down 19 from july 28 but testing has declined over the same time period amc to reopen u. S. Theaters august 20 and hopes to have twothirds of theaters open. Says all staff and customers must wear masks. That is the change from comments in june that mask wearing would be encouraged b
A lot of the focus is on oil, a lot of the focus on what we heard from bp. Lets get a data check. European stocks really fluctuating, failing to Carry Forward the momentum that we saw. Yesterday, we had a technology fueled rally, which got support from positive Economic Data and potential further stimulus. Today, things seem to be going a bit sideways. Treasuries maintaining some of the losses. You can see european stocks down some 0. 5 . Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Tiktok has to sell its u. S. Arm by september 15 or close. That is according to president donald trump. He says he does not care who buys it, microsoft or another firm, as long as it is a big, secure american company. The president also says any sale would have to include a substantial payment to the u. S. Government. Victoria imposing a fine for anyone who violates isolation rules. Fines could be around 3. 5 thousand u. S. Dollars. Repeat offenders may see a penalty of around four times as much. Vic
Dollar. Shocks are shoveling and there is a haven did, signaling some uncertainty as we wait for some sort of a fiscal stimulus package around the pandemic out of d. C. Taylor what are we seeing in sector level in the first two weeks of august . Abigail it the cyclical field. Yesterday it felt Like Technology was gaining, but so far in august, the top sectors for the month of august are cyclical sectors, such as industrials, energy. Consumer discretionary is in , but the there reopening sectors are taking gain and also giving the idea support, the dow transport up until yesterday had been up 11 days in a row, the longest since 2010. That is the one index gaining come up 1. 3 . Investors hoping there will be a promise of a reopening ahead. That is what some sectors in the stock market are telling us. Taylor that is bloombergs Abigail Doolittle. We are going to go to the chief washington correspondent, Kevin Cirilli. He is standing right at the white house with the landmark deal with isr
Nasdaq hits an alltime high as a combined value tops the gdp of the worlds thirdbiggest annomy, cash trade is just hour away. Here are your top headlines from the bloomberg terminal. Trump says tiktok must close its u. S. Operations by sold. Ber 15 unless it is he insist any sale must include a substantial payment to the u. S. Government. Global equities trade makes after a tech surge sent the nasdaq to a record. Isn amid a positive u. S. Pronounce and hinge from trump as he could face executive action on fresh virus release. Results easing continues infineon. The buyer warrants that the pandemic has stunted demand for nonessential medicines. We wait on numbers and it looks like we are getting numbers from British Petroleum right now. Annmarie, what do you see . Annmarie the dividend to the oil make it maker is cut. This is the First Time Since the bp oil spill in 2010. A historic moment in some senses for the oil giant. , 5. 25. Quarter dividend 10. 5. Second quarter came in at 6. 6 1
The dollar,ack to so it was not clear what the safe haven was today, and then the vix is lower. Lessinly pricing in a lot risk than we were even a few weeks ago. Murky in terms if the market is hoping for some stimulus to come in. Financials aret your outperformance on the day, probably with that very small uptick. Atlor the senior strategist invesco is still with us. I know you said you favored equities over treasuries, but how does highyield and credit look . I was looking at our highyield barclays index. I thought 500 basis points over treasuries looked at one point, and down further, we migrate. How are you viewing credit at this point . I think we are being incentivized on credit, and i expect we will be incentivized to own credit and i expect we will be for a while. These moves that presage a recession, and that is the time when you need to hold true and by Corporate Bonds and investments that always bemoan the low yields never seem to want to do so. You get the policy response i