Up it is march 12, 2020 and Worldwide Exchange begins right now. Announcer this is cnbc breaking news, market selloff good morning, im Courtney Reagan live at the marketsite in times square this morning. Stock futures set to extend the selloff take a look at futures dow jones indicated lower by more than 1,100, s p down 130 and nasdaq more than 82 points testing these limit down numbers where we have a mechanism in place to keep us from falling further. Yesterday, the dow lost 1,400 points to close in bear market territory. Down more than 20 the s p 500 just above bear market levels. If the s p hits 2,709, it will be the fastest drop on record. We are set to hit that level at the open the 10year level trading below 1 at 0. 39 . The 30year at 1. 2 . Oil falling and hovering around 31 down almost 5 it is really not just red in the u. S. , it is red across the board around the world asia and europe is lower you see the nikkei off by more than 1 . Ftse 100 off by 5. 5. And President Trump
Good morning and welcome to the show im dominic chu in for Brian Sullivan we begin with breaking news. U. S. Stock futures pointing to a sharply lower open as losses accelerate this morning. A flight to safety under way in bonds as well. Stocks moving to the downside. The tenyear yield dropping to its lowest level since july of 2016 in the wake of the brexit vote a rally in gold prices playing out. The metal surging to a near sevenyear high. You can see gold prices up 2 . 1685. 40 the last trade there a sharp move in crude prices as well for world benchmark tti or brent prices and tti as well wit this mornings selloff comes as investors continue to watch developments around the coronavirus outbreak and spread in places outside of china, like in south korea our own Frank Holland is here with the latest on those numbers. Good morning. Good morning to you thats right new numbers overnight on just how serious this crisis is becoming in south korea. There are now more than 230 new confirmed
Across the world the death toll in the u. S. Has risen to nine people a big night for joe biden for super tuesday with key wins across the american south. Wednesday march 4 and Worldwide Exchange begins right now good morning and welcome to the show well tick off the morning with breaking news. Investors bracing for another wild ride as futures are indicated higher sharply, 500 some points for the dow, 51 for the s p and 160 for the nasdaq that is implied. We have seen action wither away over the weeks that action has been anything but mild we were red early on todays massive gain was more than cut in half after triggering the rate cut only one green spec signaling possibly more support and admitting the cut may not be the fed or cure all. We dont think we have all the actions. We do think it will provide a meaningful boost to the economy but will avoid a tightening and help boost household and business confidence. Investor attention today turns toward the central bank of canada due ou
Covid19 throws the banks. It will be harder to hit that in 2020 we see the beginning of a Global Economic impact. Wpp shares plunge after the british media group plunge from a sales slow down and warns that 2020 will be flat despite the Company Delivering a solid set of numbers cfo tells me they are monitoring the situation in china with coronavirus. We dont see a slow down. We see a postponing or delays. We dont see a slow down in growth in china compared to 2019 urs futures pointing to a sharp open a california resident has contracted covid but does not know how the patient constituted. This could be the first time persontoperson transmission occurred in united states. For the first time, more new cases were reported outside china than inside. Norway, pakistan, italy and koran. Croatia, spain and barach also reported new cases looking at the stoxx 600 essentially flat the main benchmark now 1. 8 lower. 2. 2 investors pairing back losses and introducing more stabilization. The number
Weve ever been. We are doing great other countries have not our consumer is very, very strong very powerful economically hope comes in many forms. This morning, shares of one biotech are surging as treatment for the outbreak continuing. Stocks are set to continue their wild ride this morning as dow futures indicate an open that could be about 150 points to the down side you can see 150 points is where we would open. S p down by about 21 and nasdaq down by about 67 it may seem bad but it is earlier than it was. We were down significantly more so far this session. Since the selling zban, the dow has been down for five sessions in a row checking now the bond market as the 10year trades at its lowest level weve dropped 1. 3 twoyear note yields 1. 1. Record lows this week. Selling continues overnight with asian markets. Early trading in europe as well. We have Team Coverage this morning. Matt taylor in singapore Julianna Tatelbaum in london matt, well go to you first. Asian markets in the r