And full analysis. The stocks going into it are higher. Futures pointing to gain at the start of tradingment broader looks good. Look at futures. 280 points right out of the gate. S p 500 up 29, better than 1 and nasdaq higher by 115 points, one and a third percent. This after the dow, s p 500 much of the needed money. Lindsey graham right here. Former Vice President joe biden picking up major endorsement from former rival senator Bernie Sanders. Mornings with maria live right now. Maria Global Markets this morning also mix today. Take a look. Ftse 100 down 25 points. Cac quarante down 2 points but the dax in germany down by higher than 11. Better than 1 . French president aim to go start opening economy and schools on may 11th, in asia overnight green across the board, take a look. Good tone overnight for the asian markets, better than expected Economic News out of china this morning, exports were down in the month of march from a year earlier. Import down 9 tenths of a percent. Both
Not a surprise if you look to see whats happening with the shutdown of the economy, the forced shutdown because of coronavirus. Taking a look at the tenyear this morning, it looks like that is yielding about 0. 735 at least on the last time i looked at the boards it was. And then wti is the other big story today. Joe also mentioned opec plus deal it was an historic one opec and other nations agreeing to cut Global Oil Production by onetenth. Well talk about this in a few minutes. Wti is up by 1. 5 to 23. 11 a barrel. We have a huge lineup of squawk newsmakers including Mohamed El Erian, Richard Preston and dr. Scott gottlieb starting in a few minutes. Andrew thanks, becky hope everybody had a great weekend. Lets bring everybody an update on the pandemic. Of course, the number of confirmed cases in the United States now more than 557,000 and the death toll is more than 22,000 there are 190,000 cases in new york state with more than 9300 deaths that means new york alone has reported more
We will bring you those numbers as soon as they get the hit. They may very well impact markets. We will look ahead to jobs number coming up. Job losses could hit 47 million and Unemployment Rate could surge to 32 . Jim bullard is here later this morning, more on jobs, action by the Federal Reserve and what if any rebound we can expect from the crisis. Interview coming up at 7 00. President Trump Pushes Congress to pass 2 trilliondollar infrastructure bill now to help boost the economy along the road to recovery. The president says the bill willing very big and bold. Meanwhile this, the death toll in new york city has surpassed 1,000, mayor bill de blasio joining the call for help as more makeshift hospitals are created. This as more states go on lockdown this morning, mornings with maria is live right now. We want to check Global Market s. Dax index in germany lower by 277. Factory activity in italy contracting at the fastest rate in 11 years. 40. 3 and french factory activity calling
Indication of yesterdays rally. Dow futures up 121 points. Thats half 1 , s p futures up 13 and nasdaq up 24. Dow on track for worst quarter since 1987, s p 500 having worst quarter since 2008. Speaker nancy pelosi looking for a phase 4 coronavirus package calling for Infrastructure Spending now and more money sent directly to americans. Major retailers furloughing staff as Stores Remain closed, macys, stores, the gap, cutting payroll impacts hundreds of workers. Unemployment rate could top 32 . Mornings with maria live right now. We want to check Global Market this is morning. Last day of the First Quarter in europe, green across the board. Dax index in germany higher by 200 points. World Health Organization says there are signs the coronavirus may be approaching a peak in europe. In asia meanwhile markets were mixed, take a look at the numbers on asian markets, best performer there korea up better than 2 although japan was down 1 . China says factory activity is growing, purchasing M
This is 3 declines for each of these markets. Joe, it looked worse overnight well see what happens as we get a little closer to the opening bell youve been watching the treasury. It was lockdown. It was lockdown for quite some time. And it really was about i couldnt help but saying, this is the politicians fault. It was if they had done what they looked like they were going to do as of friday, i dont think it would have been like that but then again, we may have had the, all right, they passed it, were up and then that sells off. In this world, i dont know what to hope for anymore. This is how it works, though. Im going to read something in a second that im so excited about. I even got more excited about this than i did about the futures not being locked down is,000 points. Weet gel well get to that. It was 954 points or something. Yields have come down. The tenyear was down at 0. 829 . Again, that volatility is spreading not only through the stock market but treasuries. Its been amazi