Through a revolution what will 2020 bring and what names should you buy were going to begin with todays markets and bob pisani at the New York Stock Exchange. Happy new year. Listen, joe, we are way off of our lows lets take a look at the major average. All three of them still down, yet things are moving in the right direction. Apple turned positive. Nasdaq down here today dow industrials, youll see theyre down 95. S p we were 3216 was the low there. Take a look at the s p 500 essentially the lows were at 10 00 a. M. And buying came in. Its not heavy buying. The volume is about average for a day. But remember, this is supposed to be a very light volume week, so even average volume is better than normal. What has been weak in the market were way overbought, so big momentum names would be selling off. So semiconductors, Home Builders have been really strong, tesla is weak. Master card and visa, big momentum names, all of this makes a little bit of sense when youve had the price runups wh
We went to a bull steepener from a bear steepener. Time never global exchange. We bring you todays market moving news from all around the world. Joining us from hong kongs frombergs karen leigh, mumbai are bloomberg executive producer, and Michael Mckee is in washington. We want to kick it off in hong kong, where chief executive carrie lam invoked Emergency Powers and banned facemasks as protests continue. Not an easyis decision to legislate to ban the masks, but given the Current Situation in hong kong, this is a necessary decision. Alix karen leigh has more. Whats been the response . Not a great response from protesters. People are gathering in the city center as we speak. They started gathering while carrie lam was still speaking. People worried this would give police power to go and arrest people, search without a warrant , and in an extreme situation, shut down the internet. It has a huge potential to impact life here. It is something people are upset about. It could fuel proteste
Nasdaq had its ninth positive month out of the last ten. The worst performing sector, energy not a surprise given wtis performance, down about 6 thats the worst month for wti since march. As for the year so far, the nasdaq is leading the way. Its up more than 19 . The dow is higher by 11 the s p 500 is up by 10. 4 check the global markets. Things were kind of friendly in europe not much happening in the asian markets. Japan and the hang seng and shanghai european equities were more positive a half percentage point gain in average in most of the bourses look at the dollar got over 1. 20, back down to 1. 19 the tenyear, 2. 13 do you go straight do you have a gauntlet from your house to your car . Do you get in a garage do you know, it felt like fall was 55 degrees. 56r7b8g 55. Realfeel 50 i walked out in my sleeveless dress, grabbed a sweater came back out. Theres some leaves around. Rustling a bit. That went fast, didnt it. Way too fast. We still have this Weekend School starting we do.
Melissa stocks reversing course after the disappointing jobs report to end the day higher. Ashley webster at new york stock exchange. Ashley, were up today but not for the week. Up for the day, youre exactly right, melissa. Interesting the job report, all the talk is about Monetary Policy not only u. S. Economy bumbling along as that jobs report showed but also the fed will be worried what is going on overseas. Oh, by the way, we have president ial election in november. So maybe we should just stay a step back. They may, they say, according to sages down here, may make perhaps a rate hike in december to save some face. We shall see. Dow, s p, down two weeks in a row. Nasdaq down three weeks in a row. That is the longest streak since january. Although we see green on the screen today, overall its been a down week. As for individual stocks, shares of mcdonalds kind of getting like a stuck record player. That is old reference, isnt it . Lifetime high today. Six teenth time it hit a new hi
I dont know, im busy right now. I havent thought a lot about it. Thats today, wednesday, october 16th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Im matt lauer. Good morning. Im Savannah Guthrie along side al roker and Natalie Morales. Remember 24 hours ago when it seemed we might get a deal. There was optimism in the senate but that was so yesterday. Overnight everything came to a screeching halt. And the deadline is looming ever closer. Thats right. This race to end the shutdown is todays top story. Lets get right to Peter Alexander at the white house. Peter, what can you tell us . Reporter good morning to you. Most americans are asking themselves is it over yet . I just spoke to a Top Republican senate aide that said optimism abounds. But this is crunch time for congress now facing intense pressure to come up with a senate deal and get it appro