Company ipo in a year, if approved by President Trump. Is this ride hailer. Eeking to shore up cash haidi lets look at how we are setting up for the final trading session of the week in asia. After a pretty lackluster session, we had u. S. Stocks passing some of those parsing some of those losses, still dropping for a second day but finding support after bouncing off the 50 Day Moving Average on the s p. S p futures seeing a little positivity on the u. S. Fridays session, about 0. 2 higher. Tax leading the client is apple, facebook and peppe microsoft are weighing on declines. We saw a Little Movement in treasuries as well. In asia, the nikkei 225 is seeing an upside, 0. 1 when it comes to futures trading in chicago at the moment. Dollar weakness yen strength will be an issue, the. We have the yen appreciated to the strongest level in six months across broad dollar weakness. The u. S. Dollar index falling for a fifth straight session. We are also keeping watch on the dollar and how it
More americans are venturing out. Will the gradual recovery from covid19 hurt stay at home stocks . And a wild ride this week for Nikola Motors after announcing a 2 billion partnership with gm, the focus of a negative report by a shortselling firm whats next for the deal. On the round table, ben levisohn, carlton english and jack howe. Guys, its great to see your Smiling Faces again. Had a little hiccup at the end of august with a bike accident, but im back in the saddle. Ben, what goes up must come down was the story in the Nasdaq Market this past week. Yeah. I mean, it was a bad week for the market, but it was a really bad week for the nasdaq and tech stocks. With the dow finishing the week down 1. 7 , but the nasdaq off 4 . And it wasnt really bad news out there to really knock them down. Good earnings from the Tech Companies that reported from the most part. There was a little fear that stimulus wouldnt happen but nothing that really causeed it to go down other than the it seemed t
The concern about the stronger currency, not to worry just yet. We saw that euro jump. Ist weakness on brexit sparking a rebound in the dollar. Your offshore renminbi, we are set to break six weeks of gains. 683 right now. That is below 40 right now. We have copper also and gold on the back foot. Oil prices on track for the biggest twoweek drop since what we saw back in april. Lets get to the first word news, we have Karina Mitchell. Senate democrats have shut down a relief plan proposed by republicans. They failed to get the 60 votes they needed. Estimatedican plan is at anywhere between 500 and 700 billion dollars. The democrats are proposing to. 2 trillion. 2. 2 trillion. Boris johnsons government refused to scrap plans to reignite the divorce accord. The eu is threatening legal action if the u. K. Does not drop the legislation within three weeks. Thes president has painted an optimistic picture. Economic data suggests a strong rebound. They kept policy on hold for Economic Contract
Citigroup names james frazer Ceo Jane Fraser ceo, making her the first woman to run a wall street bank. Good morning. A massive milestone on wall street. The first female to run a major wall street bank. Is this a High Water Mark . It is a crack in the glass ceiling. We have a lot to cover this morning. Covid cases are kicking up, brexit drama, and, of course, no stimulus bill yet. Nasdaq yesterday closing down 2 , a crack in the tech rebound. Futures are up. 01 this morning. Here are your stoxx 50 futures in europe, showing a slower start. Down nearly 0. 3 . In the eurodollar, 1. 18. What lagarde said about the euro, not too worried, she seemed. Joining us now is janet mui, investment director at Brewin Dolphin. Good morning to you. I want to start with what is going on with the tech rebound we are seeing. I was looking at the bullinger, and you can see the nasdaq unable to get rid of that breakout of the midrange. Is this a signal of more erosion or will stocks start to trade sideway
Hold onto a recent rebound and global stocks head for a second week of losses. The European Union is giving Boris Johnson until the end of the month to back down on his controversial brexit bill. Cable holds at 1. 28. And citigroup names jane fraser ceo, making her the first woman to run a major wall street bank. She faces the challenge that alluded her predecessors, boosting the banks profitability in line with its rivals. Just under an hour away from the start of cash trading in europe. Lets take a look at where futures are pointing here on the dax, ftse, and euro stoxx 50. Futures all pointing down, although slightly lowered right now, with ftse futures off by about 0. 3 . Take a look at u. S. Futures quickly after the drops we saw yesterday, almost 2 drops. We have a bouncing futures bounce in futures. Anna lets have a look at some data out of the u. K. We are getting monthly gdp data. The u. K. Economy growing by 6. 6 in july. It is almost in line with the estimate of 6. 7 . No su