It may be a small street but Billionaires Row. Where is it . You have to stick around to find out as power lunch starts right now. Welcome to power lunch. Im tyler mathisen. As brian said another big rally on wall street, the nasdaq topping 6,000 as you see right there. The first time in his are try. What got it there. Well give you the 13 names in the nasdaq hitting new record highs facebook, alphabet, microsoft among them. And another triple digit rally for the dow. If it holds this would be the first backtoback 200point day, days, i should say, gains for the dow since the election. Another notable stat the were only two days into this week but the current weekly gains for the dow and the s p 500 are the best to make them the best of 2017 if they hold. Almost 17 names hitting new 52week highs, best buy, expedia, lowes, home depot. Were all over this big bull run. And Bertha Coombs at the nasdaq. First, though, to bob pisani on the nyse floor. Reporter this is unusual trading, tyler,
That is not going to take place because of the slowdown in china and what that could mean for the economy. Also lets look at european equities at this early hour. You will see now things are in the green. Dax up about. 2 . The ftsi about. 3 . And opec ministers meeting. A live report in a bit. And todays squawk planet. Waiting to hear from the ecb. Decision due at 7 45. Followed by a draghi News Conference about 45 minutes later. The central bank expected to keep rates on hold but perhaps raise inflation forecasts. Two notes. Adp private payrolls due this morning. The private sector forecasts have added 170,000 jobs in maybe. Adp not always a reliable indicator for the jobs number but last month correctly fore shadowed. And a pair of central bankers to watch. Fed governor jay powell and rob caplan both speaking. In Corporate News uber in the biggest 3. 5 billion. That is just the total in saudi arabia. The total i think 5 billion. Ride sharing most recent funding gives uber a valuation
Civil suit. The Justice Department dropping its twoyear effort. Weve got the details on that coming up. Meantime, amazon is making a big bet on its echo device called alexa. All the alexas answering out there, people listening in. Theyre looking to make it a 1 billion business. Will increasing competition from apple and google get in its way. Thats something well look at coming up here. Plus, the end of an era. The partnership between American Express and costco will officially end on monday. Weve got new details on how American Express is looking to address the losses. What citigroup and visa are planning next. Lets start with the concerns over next weeks uk vote whether to leave the European Union. Will fred front is about to head over to london for coverage of that big event. Before you leave, though, will, give us the latest. Thanks very much. Campaigning on both sides of the Brexit Debate was postponed today following that Fatal Shooting of labor party, a member of parliament, jo
I am brian sullivan. And we come into the month on a sixmonth win streak for the dow. But thats not how this month is starting. Heres a look at how your money looks right now. The dow down a lot, not a lot 47 points, given what is going on with oil, tyler, it is no surprise that chevron and exxon are two worst performers in the dow. Much more coming up. Oil a big story today, brian, as you point out. Welcome everybody. Im tyler mathisen. Heres what else is happening this hour in your financial world. Crude oil falling below 40 a barrel for the First Time Since april. Oversupply and economic worries continue to pressure crude. Its down more than 20 from junes 2016 highs. And the gaming slump continues in macau. The chinese territory reported its 26th consecutive month of declining gambling revenue in july. The slide has impacted u. S. Companies that operate over in macau, like las vegas sans and wynn resorts. And googles next goal, searching for cures for disease. Googles parent alphabe
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