The dow is up more than 3 good week for the s p 500 as well the best since early july. As we close out this week its right to point out as tyler just did were not that far away from record highs and that trajectory has been little rocky but its been, you can see to the upside. Just a couple percent away from the record highs that we saw prepandemic back in february as we take stock of the week, check out these particular sectors. They have been a focus for many traders and investors. Check out whats happening with industrial, communication services, internet related names and technology stocks. These three sectors have out performed the500 this week they are the more defensive, less economically sense tiitive names. Theyre all in the green but not as much as the market overall. Watch those as under performers. Can you believe it, tyler, its been two years since that famous or infamous elon musk tesla tweet about funding secured at 420 per share over two years, you can see a 277 gain. B
Coronavirus cases and political tensions. The Trump Administration rejects beijings claims in the South China Sea, accusing it of bullying. The u. K. Is set to ban huawei from its 5g mobile network. The plan would mean British Companies need to remove huawei infrastructure by 2027. Welcome to the program, everybody. Lets check out the futures. Lots of moving parts in terms of the market action. Lots of geopolitics to talk about as well. We have futures pointing to the downside in europe. We have to play a little bit of catchup with the united states. Lets get to some of the breaking news out of the u. K. That is certainly going to be one of the focuses in our program. The u. K. Economy shrank by 19. 1 in the three months ending in may. Getting a three month figure. Main manufacturing production rising by 8. 4 . Somecoming out manufacturing facilities coming out of the Strict Lockdown measures, working out how to manufacture in the current environment with covid safe practices. Mayecono
Peter navarro. It has been a huge swing s p futures up, nasdaq up by 62. The nasdaq up seven sessions in a row. S p is up. Watching for the month of june, all three of these is up on track to be the third month in a row taking a look at treasury yields youll see the 10year is yielding 0. 715 . Crude oil up above 40 for the First Time Since the lockdown in early march. Getting to the story it has been a wild ride overnight. Last night on fox news, white house trade advisor Peter Navarro responded to a question about the china trade deal saying it is, quote, over. At that point, futures plunged about 400 points but then recovered after he later clarified his comments saying it had nothing to do with the phase 1 trade deal which continues to be in place. He was speaking to the quote lack of trust of the Chinese Party after they lied about the origins of the chinese virus. President trump posting a tweet saying the china trade deal is fully in tact. The lesson is that the move is a good re
Protesters have created an opening for looters and police sometimes cant tell the difference between the two even from a purely business perspective, youd think people smashing up major retail destinations like the flagship macys would be bad for the stock market, right . Every time the market looks like its about to get clocked we get a stay of execution. Dow gained 268 points. Nasdaq advanced. 59 last night after president trumps fire and brim stone law and order speech, our futures plummet. Declaration of war replete with threatened deployment of the u. S. Army. Thats not the job, theyre war fighters makes you want to sell stocks for certain. Those futures looked ugly. All those images of looting didnt help. The futures stayed soft. I got up at 3 15 a. M. , expecting precarnage. Futures rallied again. An hour and a half later, the futures were up nicely you know what counteracted the pain a 4 rally in the german stock market with several of their borses not far behind. Yes, we actua
Going to session lows area traders have been looking past the escalating tensions to signs of the pandemic recovery. Hong kong is bracing for what the biggest protest in months as the City Government meets to discuss criminalizing disrespect for chinas National Anthem. Shery looking at markets trading at the moment, u. S. Futures are down. 1 as the s p 500 and the rest of the broader markets are in the green. Still fading in late trading sessions. The s p 500 going back below the 3000 level. It had stayed up but bloomberg reported the u. S. Is mulling sanctions on u. S. Officials and firms over Hong Kong Chinese officials and firms over hong kong. We got chipmakers exposed to china tumbling at the end of the session. The usual laggards led the gains today which was an interesting rotation when it comes to the markets. We had data, Consumer Confidence was stabilizing in may. Looking at a mixed session in asia as we get these conflicting signals like concerns over the u. S. China relatio