A round table discussion with industry executives so thats happening or about to happen at the white house, well bring you any comments that come from the white house this hour. The major averages are up for the second week in a row. You see the numbers the dow up well over 3 almost 4 in what was a holiday shortened week, the month the dow and the s p 500 up more than 4 a piece and look at the nasdac up nearly 7 , 6. 75 all up for the second month in a row so thats how we close out the month of may at least for trading. Lots of talk about today fox Business Team coverage we have blake burman at the white house, Jackie Deangelis at our news room in new york, Edward Lawrence reporting from washington, blake . We start with you on the north lawn. Reporter hi there, connell and melissa. President trump announcing at the white house several measures against china on the one hand, for chinas handling of covid19 , on the other hand, as well, for chinas crackdown on hong kong; however, as the
Some of these well known names here in the u. S. , these are chinese stocks that are listed here on u. S. Exchanges. China mobile, its up just under 1 . Youve got lenovo which, of course, is a chinese company, down half a percent. Alibaba is up one and a third percent. Jd. Com, that stock is also continuing to move slightly higher. As we look at some of these other names, alibaba Still Holding on to gapes of about 1. 5. But lets look at the semiconductors, because one would argue that they are the most exposed to what could have been yet another trade war, but it just doesnt sound like that yet. We have green on the screen. A little bit of a relief rally for intel, up two and a third percent, invidia up two percent. So thats certainly a good sign when you see that those names including other names that are bigger when it comes to, lets say, traderelated, tradesensitive stocks, everything from deere to caterpillar was that the fear was that we would start to see yet another trade war or
Hes here in a fox business exclusive about this new bacteria. The covid19 lockdowns forced many to whip out the credit card and buy essentials online. A publicly traded company is making all those transactions work. The incoming ceo is a wall street veteran who survived 9 11, the financial crisis and now the pandemic. He will tell us what he saw in early january that told him get the employees to work from home and out of a crowded business area. That was well before just about every u. S. Company had even heard of covid19. Charlie breaks it on the big name Trading Companies refusing to sign on the dotted waiver line that the nyse requires to walk on to the Trading Floor. And 24 hours before the dragon capsule roars into space. Less than an hour til the closing bell, lets start the claman countdown. Liz breaking news. They are testing the systems right now. We are just over 24 hours away from history as spacex prepares to become the first commercial Space Company to launch american ast
Not before the bears came out swinging on news that 22 states now see increase in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations, as social gatherings seem to be replacing social distancing. Ridesharing startup via found itself in the middle of the covid19 reopening whirl wind already forced to up end its entire carpool model and the uber lyft rival faces another curve in the road as the virus rears its head again, and we have a fox business exclusive on why theres opportunity versus calam ity. This is the debate over restaurants reopening rages on crowded scenes like this one leaving new York Governor Andrew Cuomo to threaten new lockdown orders. Coming up the secret weapon helping everyone with restaurants to the nfl declare victory against covid19. No wonder their product is sold out right now. And whatever you ordered online during the pandemic, theres a good bet bubble wrap came wrap ped around it as its stock charges 25 higher quarterto date. Were about to show you how bubble wrap king s
Yesterdays stomach churning day during which the dow saw its fourth biggest point drop in history. 1,861 points. Equity losses of 2 trillion dollars just shaved right off. One of the triggers from yesterday is the same one thats pulling the oxygen out of todays rally. Worries about a longer recovery and a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic rearing its ugly head. One of the most widely followed economists on the street, in this final hour, what he sees as the biggest obstacle to a more persistent and longer stretched market and economic rebound. Plus, College Football taking baby steps the put the pandemic behind it as players get the green light to begin workouts this coming monday. So could we really see oregon and cal and ucla and yes usc football in the fall . The commissioner of the pac 12 is here in a fox business exclusive. Yes, i will ask, will there be fans . Plus poking fun at the brand new playstation 5 . Portfolio margin protectors and charlie breaks it on the players l