Action from jay powell call it a pandemic breakthrough, the fda clears a near instant testing kit that could change the tide in washington, d. C. , lawmakers looking to make a deal over a skinny stimulus package. It is thursday, august 27, 2020 you are watching Worldwide Exchange on cnbc. Top of the morning to you. Im Brian Chu Dominic chu in Brian Sullivan this morning. S p lower by about two points, the nasdaq off by about six. Monitor day for the nasdaq yesterday. Coming off fresh alltime highs. The dow did end higher yesterday and is now less than 1 away from the break even level for 2020 that is 28,539 digging deeper, it is not just the big names keeping the rally alive. Looking at the semiconductors, both of those coming off intraday alltime highs. Up more than 2 this week alone. Cloud computing getting a boost. Three etfs tracking the space. Coming off the fresh high with a huge move, a massive move. Salesforce goes into the dow next week. That stock higher by 26 for its second
Jackson hole goes virtual. Jerome powell gives an update on the central Bank Framework review. We hear from bank of england governor Andrew Bailey and ecb philip lane. No more lockdowns here. Italy joined france and spain and rolling out another nationwide shutdown. Despite rising cases in all three countries. Global infections past 24 million. The eu trade chief phil hogan quit after growing criticism that he broke my wrist rules by going to a golf dinner. Just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading in europe as hurricane laura makes landfall in cameron, louisiana. See european futures swinging back and forth between gains and losses. Right now, dax futures up about 1 10 of 1 . The futures doing a lot of nothing. A bit of a stall after global stocks really had an alltime high again yesterday. I want to bring you some breaking news on wpp. The second quarter, organic sales at the advertising behemoth down 15. 1 . This sales hit was something that investors were focuse
That you are really good at portage is, so we are going to do a lot of canoeing. Back then, it used to be birchbark canoes. Of course, lisa was totally wired up in the adirondacks. Did you have anything at all . Lisa no communication, no internet. I am glad to be back, though. A pretty active late august, all things considered. Tom it is, lisa, without question, the most odd august since 1998. Mr. Ferro is still off. It has now gone from vacation to sabbatical for jon ferro. Lisa and i will get you through the week. Dow futures up to 70. We will get you to the data in a moment. Yields really havent moved, and that is a key item. Also, Lisa Abramowicz with some of the ideas of the morning. What do you have . Lisa not only do we have the political backdrop in the u. S. And also in europe, with the u. K. And the European Union continuing contentious negotiations this week. Last week, talks broke up friday with Michel Barnier warning that an agreement seems unlikely. New york city tentativ
Protests as police used Water Cannons for the first time. Manus welcome to daybreak europe. Ae question, are we just on staging post, all out 25 tariffs . Morgan stanley warned of a meaningful risk in the trade war of escalation and a risk of a global recession. If we move to 25 percent on all imports and it sticks. That is the new level of conversation. Escalation risk. Nejra extraordinary times. One trader talking about the fact that President Trump can wreak havoc in ways no one ever thought of. Weird would be one definition of it. Dollaryen, we have already traded through that. Dollaryen is the very personification of where you would want to lean in to. Yen againstlook at the lira. Demolition derby. The chinese vice premier, willing to solve the trade problem by dialogue and calm attitudes. You wantnt think that to buy treasuries at the lowest level since 2016, where might you put your money . Gold, the highest level in six years. Etfs sucking in the money. Have a look at your s p
Bank of america has more net Brian Moynihan seems little see little chance of a recession. Shery in the u. S. It was another relief rally with the dow gaining one. 2 . Every sector in the s p 500 in the green, chipmakers pacing the gains, nvidia positive resultss helping not mention circulation european officials could come to the rescue if economic numbers deteriorate more in the continent. We saw more optimistic. Optimism. The nasdaq was up. The future will be on jackson the fed chair has to say when he gives a speech on friday. In the meantime we have u. S. Futures up. 3 . Lets see how we are setting up in asia. Stocks this monday asian are ramping up for a positive start, kiwi shares adding. 2 percent while kiwi 10 year yields are above 1 level amid prospects for stimulus to counter some of these growth fears. Repairinghe pboc is borrowing costs. The rate refund. In hong kong, the warning of economic typhoon after we saw gdp contract more than expected. Switching the board on the c