3386 is the number to watch for that s p 500 record close. 59 minutes until the close we have a big show coming up to day the s p 500 makes yet another run at that record close bob doll will tell us why he is expecting the economic recovery to be more choppy. And why hes cautious in the short term plus, gaming the impact of the dnc. Well speak with a policy expert who says this weeks Democratic National convention could be a negative for the market even though its happening virtually. Right now, were going to focus in on the big stories were watching to day. Bob pisani is tracking to days action we have the latest on growing tensions with china. And joining us with his outlook for stocks is tony dwyer bob, start us off with the Broader Market whats going on behind the scenes and whether you think we could see that record s p 500 close today. When you get this close within less than 1 he , you usuy can get over it. Were still not there. 3386 as you heard before is the old closing high t
Rotavirus coronavirus. A judge has denied a request for ghislaine maxwell. She had complained of onerous awaits trial she on charges of sex trafficking underage girls to her former boyfriend, jeffrey upstream. The judge also rejected her request to learn the identities of three accusers referenced in her indictment calling the motion premature. Global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in i am markountries. Crumpton, this is bloomberg. Is 1 00 p. M. In new york and 1 00 a. M. In hong kong. Welcome to bloomberg markets. Here are some of the top stories that we are following. We will be speaking with thomas with andd he is with the election around the corner we discussed downside volatility and how the results can change wall street and we talked the politics of finance with brian richards, chair of paul hastings. He says the election is a big driver of activity in his industry. Arricane laura post to become cate
Poisoning. Lets get to the first word news with leighann gerrans. Shows joe a new poll biden has a doubledigit lead over President Trump. Ae democratic nominee has 5242 advantage. Meanwhile, the survey also says in theden has a 6 lead battleground state wisconsin. In germany, chancellor Angela Merkel is now ready to link the nord stream 2 gas pipeline the poisoning of a russian dissident. Merkel, whoift for said that the russian backed pipeline should be completed and remains a separate issue. The kremlin has said it sees no issue that germany will block nordstrom. Moscow has denied any involvement in the poisoning. Now in hong kong, protests have resumed after weeks of calm. Police arrested hundreds of people. Among other things, demonstrators were protesting the decision to delay Legislative Council relaxants for a year Council Elections for a year because of coronavirus. India has surpassed brazil as the second worst hit country. India reported more than 19,000 cases more than 90,00
Kong and shanghai. 5t includes valuation of 22 billion, more than aramcos record sale. And polenta here is also going public. There were none the most valuable private companies. It could be silicon valleys biggest listing since uber. Shery we are seeing u. S. Futures coming online much flat after we had major u. S. Benchmarks ending the new york session mix. Investors are and waiting for fed chair powells speech thursday about the longawaited framework review. Dow was pressured down. 2 , declining for the first time in four days. Gains andung between losses but managed to reach an alltime high for the third consecutive session. Six sectors were higher, five lower. Energy was actually a drag on the s p 500. Take a look at what oil is doing. Pretty much flat right now. This of course after surging to the highest level since march. Not to mention gasoline futures were also at the highest level in five months. We have hurricane lower rattling towards the u. S. Gulf coast. More than 80 of
To the likes of boeing. 3 . Asdaq is down microsoft down half a percent. Several stocks rallying big, mgm resorts up 13 after the onlinestake for gaming portion. Twitter is up as well. They are in the mix to buy tiktoks u. S. Operations. Action overump took the weekend to extend economic aid, diverting disaster money to boost unemployment and payroll taxes for some workers. Executiven what to orders mean for the markets and the population, we are joined by wealthwise financial ceo loreen gilbert. What thoughts come into your head when you see these executive orders that may or may not even go into effect . For investors, it gives us a level of comfort that they will be ongoing support for our economy. We know we are not out of the woods yet. For those millions of people who are unemployed, having that extended unemployment benefit will keep consumers being able to spend. That is positive for the economy. While congress is trying to fight it out on what that stimulus package will look l