The dollar still strong against currencies like the euro, but the commodityrelated currencies are performing really well in the em, as well as the g10 space. Time now for todays market moving news from our london and new york teams. We want to start with the markets after we have u. S. Futures rebounding. Joining me on the phone is bloombergs dani burger. The question i feel like, last week we saw the bottom, now feels off the table. Every day people are saying it is the bottom, it is not the bottom, but the picture continues to change. There is so much uncertainty. A bit of a lift in markets today. It is really the Energy Complex helping lead the way today, getting a boost from china beginning to buy oil for their state reserves. But any upside today is likely to lack conviction. Stocks in u. S. H fields are really starting to march higher. A slight backandforth in terms of u. S. 10 year yields, no moving lower after being just slightly higher today. Then you have to keep in mind that
Indonesia as well has been the laggard when it comes to its performance against the dollar. That is also seeing some decent gains. We are up 4. 5 . Yesterday, we saw a stunning rally, jumping the most in 20 years. May just be a technical rebound given how extreme the drop had been before. Brent and crude, we are still seeing some decent gains. We could be in a freefall given the shutdowns we have seen across the globe. Australia. Hing the only laggard today, down about 1. 5 . Still has been a stunning rebound. E. M. Having a good run. Jay powell has been reassuring americans the fed still has plenty of tools and plenty of tools to blunt the economic damage from the coronavirus. He is urging the house to pass the 2 trillion stimulus package. Kathleen hays is here with what happened today and what happens next. Is the stimulus package a one and done deal . It looks like it is going to pass. The Senate Passed it 960. The first vote was 4747. Finally, after days of backandforth, democrats
Quote, took proportion gnat measures in selfdefense under article 51 of the un charter targeting base from which cowardly armed attack. President trump tweeted, all is well, missiles launches from two military bases a sassessment of casualties and damages taking place now. So far, all is well. I will be making a statement tomorrow morning, meaning this morning. We are awaiting word when to expect that statement from the president. Stock futures initially sank with the dow pointing to more than 400point loss today. Futures have paired those losses now dow futures down a few points even with those declines, the dow only down by six points. Along with the nasdaq and s p. S p was down over 50 points overnight. Right now, you are looking at positive territory for both of those. Whip saw action in crude oil oil for wti up to 63. 02. Gold prices briefly touched 1,600 overnight you are going to see 1,582. 5. The boeing 737800, not a max, crashed in iran yesterday the jet went down moments afte
Hour dow down by about 40 points, nasdaq up about four points. Watching the treasury market, youll see the yield for the 10year is at 1. 875 we have a big dip in the bri british pound. It fell more than 1 the government is looking to make it illegal to extended post brexit exit period theyll have to the end of 2020 for the transition period. Thats the time the eu will continue to apply if still a member Boris Johnson wants to cap that period to just one year to help fast track a trade deal with the eu looking past you phil to phyllis here boeing is down five, so it is flat again yesterday, we would have been up a lot more boeg is suspending production. Boeing plans to reassign workers and doesnt expect furloughs or layoffs but it will have ripple affects and impact thousands of jobs over a ripple across the supply chain it is not going to hike. Phil is on set with us it is better they can save some money. I cant believe you could build four of those in a month, which tells you the size
Outlook. Congress is on track to pass two massive spending bills averts a Government Shutdown and new data shows Home Building increased more than expected in november and permits for future Home Construction surged to a 12 1 2 year high. Joining us for the hour, is keith bliss from i hue capital llc. The Housing Starts number comes in, just one more optimistic data point on the data front and i think despite trading on the alltime highs, this market is still poised to go higher thats my belief what drives that . Theres lots of factors, which i know well talk about during the hour. But the continued strong Economic Data that were getting out of here, a very compliant and easy money fed that we have, theyre expanding their balance sheet. Low inflation around the world the need for capital to go where it gets rewarded and seek yield. All of these things, you throw them into the mixing bowl. Once again, all three of the major averages higher. Only slightly higher, but anything positive is