Nasdaq the dow also closing at a record high it looks like well open sharply lower. The dow losing 124 points right now, the s p down 13 nasdaq down about 44 what was weighing on the markets yesterday and probably today, the yield on the tenyear note 2. 584 right now thats the highest since march 15th a big move in the tenyear treasury yield thats challenging the equity rally today. The yen continuing its strength after the boj said it would continue its bond strengthening services the hang seng up by 0. 20 . Over in europe, right now at hope the dax down by 0. cac down by 0. 6 looking at the price of crude oil, highest level since 2014. Wti, 63. 43 breaking news this morning. Lets get to becky quick live in omaha. Good morning good morning. Theres breaking news from Berkshire Hathaway the company out with a statement saying that its going to be increasing its board of directors by two members to include two key members of its Operations Team who people have been looking at for a while
Features pulling back from record highs. Expecting a decline at the opening of trading about 130 points down one half of 1 . The s p 500 down and the nasdaq down two thirds of a percent right now 42 points lower expecting a lower opening this morning. European markets similar story. Cac in the dax all over between a fraction that almost 1 . Asia overnight markets closed mixed. The indices at the close with the nikkei average in japan was down a quarter of 8 . Shanghai index was up a quarter of a percent. Federal judges here but cisco has bought the Trump Administrations decision to end the daca. The judge said the obama air a program which protects 700,000 people from deportation must stay as the litigation unfolds. Early in the day the commanderinchief reiterated his commitment to Immigration Reform during a bipartisan meeting with lawmakers. Very far right and very far left they are very unhappy about what they are doing, but i dont believe they have to be. If we do this properly, da
5 billion this year. As donald trump insists he is the least racist person, the s minister calls him an asteroid of awfulness. This is Bloomberg Markets middle east. I am yousef gamal eldin in dubai. U. S. Markets close for mlk day. The Asian Session off to a strong start. The global map gives us the pulse. Gains in the hang seng, up. 6 . Asx 200 up as well,. 3 . On the foreignexchange side, a move in the mexican peso off the back of positive whispers around ,he future outlook for nafta the yen rising to a high against the dollar. Some of it on governor kurodas comments, but also Short Covering from traders. Interesting moves in commodities. The weaker dollar feeding into these trades. 1. 2 , leading the complex higher, even after china data missed expectations. Lets cross the board and let me show you other key asset classes. Brent crude, a lot of commentary , still new highest close in three years. More opec members calling for cuts to be kept through the end of the year. Story. Gain
Compromised by the russians as a possible of the actual russian agents running the House Intel Committee on the republican side i hope thats not the case i mean this is behavior speak about the me im not the first person whos raised as hes behaving like someone whos been compromised by. Investigators reportedly are interested in steins advocacy for better relations with russia any vote for stein is a vote that otherwise would have gone to hillary. Donna brazil would seemingly buy into false russian fuel propaganda spread by both the brushes and her opponent about her candidates. If those objections the senator from kentucky on the floor before i read this if theres objection you are achieving the objectives should lie to me. What the democrats want to answer that question is dead the nunez a russian agent yes but they know that theyll be sort of laughed off the stage for getting into conspiracy theories ive never thought this is about right. Russia collusion which isnt even illegal if
And london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 9am in tokyo, where japans nikkei index has sunk more than 4 in early trading. The malaise has spread to asian markets after share prices plummeted in the United States the dowjones index finished nearly 5 down, dropping by more than 1100 points. Its the biggest one day fall since the financial crisis a decade ago. You can see the asian markets here. The hang seng will start trading in about 30 minutes time. This fall in the asian stock market is the steepest in over one year due to fears of a surging us economy leading to sharp Interest Rate hikes by the Federal Reserve sparking speculation that banks may be forced to tighten policy aggressively. Shifting our attention now to the dowjones industrial average, shifting our attention now to the Dow Jones Industrial average, that finished nearly 5 down, dropping by over 1100 points. The nasdaq also down by 3. 9 overnight. Lets speak to t