Australiachina relations think again with beijing slapping penalties. Australia will challenge the move at the wto. Shery lets get you started on how the markets are trading. U. S. Futures under a little bit of pressure, down 1 10 of 1 of the open. This after u. S. Stocks jumped the most in six weeks during the regular session. It was a risk on trade. Stocks finish at the highest level since early march. The s p 500 saw gains in cyclical stocks that have been battered leg energy, autos, banks. More than 90 of the s p 500 gained ground. More haven stocks did lag. The nasdaq rose 2. 64 . We did get some comments from fed chair Jerome Powell before the hearing tomorrow. The fed prepared to use its full range of tools as the benchmark lending rate reaches zero until the economy is back on track. See how markets are shaping up in asia. Sophie kamaruddin joins us in hong kong. Soph . Sophie the bulls perk up in asia. We have futures pointing largely higher. Nikkei futures fell somewhat but h
Within the s p 500 on a points basis. Goes back to the idea that the mega cap tech stocks continue to hold their own even with the cautious commentary. With more market analysis, lets bring back Credit Suisse chief equity derivatives strategist, mandy hsu. We are hearing from these different executives about the lack of guidance, lack of visibility. What is the take away for someone like you . What are you hearing from the commentary . Mandy i think the biggest take away from earnings is how little they matter for this earnings season. A lot of ceos are unable to give clarity, unable to give going forward. Much was from last quarter, which as you know, was very different. The most dislocated metric is still correlation, how high correlation is. Extremelyast week, an busy period of earnings, correlation increased back to the march levels, a sign that investors are still pricing this to be a macro environment rather than single stock focus. Romaine do you think there is anything that cou
Find a bid. We wait for more gloomy Economic Data at 8 30. Time now for our market moving news from our new york team. We are going to start with oil. The iea says the outlook for oil demand has improved somewhat, yet it sees crude production on track for historic decline this month, at the lowest level in nine months. Annmarie hordern joined me now for more. Annmarie this report is still bleak, but slowly but surely improving. They had to say is that outlook for the oil markets are improving somewhat. Amanda little stronger than what they were expecting, but really, the big take away from this report demand a little bit stronger than what they were expecting, but really, the big take away is that this month is on track for historic decline, the most in nine years. This week alone, we saw the kingdom, the uae, and kuwait deepen cuts for june. The same time, the iea is looking at producers outside the group like the united eights that are just being forced due to supply and demand the U
Tom wti is leading down, no question, francine, but i would look at the remarkable decline of floating oil, global oil, brent crude, well under 20 a barrel now. For it to sustain under 20, a splint to me how some of these nations move forward. You were talking in the last hour with the tourist rector of greece. I dont know if oil is good or bad for the tourist director of greece, but 20 brent crude does not get it done for a lot of other people. Francine i mean, i think the price of oil is secondary. If you are the greek minister for tourism, he was very careful because he wanted to speak to other nations to see if it was ok. But do you issue a Health Passport . How do you do with people congregating in lobbies . A thirdce, it employs of their population. Now to bloomberg first word news with viviana hurtado. Viviana a new strategy to expand coronavirus testing from the white house, that is our beginning on first word. States receiving new guidance on how to build testing capacity, les
Well get to him in a moment as well lets begin with our gang today. Jim, ill kick it to you first as we look at the markets here, it is this legit is this move of the last couple of days something to truly bank on you know i always want to give you a direct answer but this one i got to give you a solid, i dont know. Maybe im playing it both ways, scott. Ive got 8 cash which means im 92 invested after a move like yesterday, i wonder should i put it to work i think we retest the lows based on the degree of uncertainty than the 8 cash will be be such valuable currency to me buying to me what will be well below market or fair value prices that the mistake im willing to make is hold that 8 cash and not invest it right now. You must have a feeling of whether or not you think were going back to the lows are you feeling you want to move away from that because of what happened yesterday and this follow through today ill be totally honest with you, yes yes, i am. On the back of a positive change