A massive jump takes the german new coronavirus caseload to over 4000 thats the highest number in a single day since early april. And chinas race against a possible 2nd wave of beijing says a vaccine could be ready by the end of the year but experts say the return of the pandemic could come sooner. I brought thomas good to have you with us today in the United States the 2 candidates vying for the vice presidency have sparred over the coronavirus and other contentious issues republican Vice President mike pence and his democratic challenger come on harris clashing over the trumpet monistic astray sions response to the pandemic with paris. Hammering there Coronavirus Task force working in the white house other hot bush button issues the president s choice for the open seat on the Supreme Court abortion and the ongoing unrest in american cities. Joining us now for analysis is our correspondent stuff and simons in washington good to see you stefan what was your impression of the candidates
From the hospital as soon as today despite conflicting reports from doctors on his treatment and health. Markets recover from fridays riskoff term. France reportedly plans to shut down bars in the paris region as part of new coronavirus measures to be announced today. They warned of a tough winter ahead but equity futures shake off europes spike in infections. Agman Fertilizer Company k s is in advanced talks to sell its morton salt unit to kister group for 3 billion as they propose a review of its indexes including increasing the size of the dax to 40 from 30 companies. Away, just under an hour 60 minutes away, from the start of cash equity trading in europe. Lets take a look at futures this morning. We are seeing green arrows across the board with dax. 75 , and ftse futures gaining almost 1 this morning. If you look at the percent mispriced, we see gains of more than. 5 indicated at the open. Take a look at the u. S. , futures pointing slightly higher this morning, not 1 gains, but m
It is monday october 5th, this is Worldwide Exchange right here on cnbc well, good morning, afternoon and good evening and welcome from where ever in the world you may be watching. Im Brian Sullivan i hope that youre having a good start to your week where ever you may be its a very light data and earnings week on wall street that wouldnt matter much anyway all the attention and focus of the Financial Markets remain firmly on President Trump and the first lady and their help as well thats the key question on wall street right now the help of the president. So that is where were going to have our focus and futures, they are higher by about 141 points the polls right now have swung wildly in joe bidens direction and agree or disagree with the validity of polls and their accuracy, investors see reduced chances of the possibility of a contested election which as we have shown you can send stocks sliding. Theres also more hope for another round of stimulus perhaps closer to the 2 trillion nu
1. 5 ct for the s p tumbled and the nasdaq hit harder in a couple of minutes. Treasuries and the yen gain. Money floods into safe hane assets it is a president s positive test acts as a wakeup call for markets. Good morning. Just under an hour away from 60 minutes away from the start of cash and equity trading in europe. We do see drops more than 1 in European Equity Index Futures. We were looking at some positive numbers just an hour ago. Take a look at the u. S. Futures. Down with the nasdaq underperforming. 1. 9 . And dow off anna we see reaction to these stunning headlines that have taken the markets by storm. Gripped the market. Dictating many over the moves that were seeing. Beware many of the markets in asia are closed. What we have open in asia is japan, australia and indonesia. We saw instant negative reaction. Nasdaq futures down by as much as 202 in the initial place where we saw the news breaking. We do see negative riskoff reaction. We see money going into the dollar and c
This is what markets are doing now, steady as they go. They seem to be range bound. A lot of focus is on President Trump and his health. A lot of focus is on the risk off move we saw friday not filtering today. The yen is retreating, trends study, pound weakening as they start a two week period of brexit talks. Lets get to our top stories. Its been a weakened of speculation over President Trumps health. Sean connolly now admitting to giving a statement about the president receiving oxygen. What do we know about the president s condition right now president s condition right now . Doctors in a press conference sunday sounded upbeat, saying he was improving and could be discharged as soon as later today. But remarks were inconsistent. They withheld information about level,gs and his oxygen john conolly telling reporters the president did indeed receive oxygen friday. Connolly previously said he did not. We also know the president has been given three experimental treatments, remdesivir,