Im seema mody in for sara eisen. Good to be by your side. I was off for two days, good to be back good to have you. The market off to some declines, 0. 1 we have had highs in volatility sings midseptember, but still low from historical standards. Gains of over 1 last week so yesterdays declines in perspective there. This morning we are pointing higher tenyear treasury note for you, last week finished at 2. 37 , just slipped afraction this week to 2. 35 looking at early trade, i guess well start with asian equities where japan has been on a nice run up 0. 6 closing higher for the day its now higher by 9 so far this year. The japanese nikkei trading at its highest level since june of 2015 a strong day across the board for asia hang seng, shanghai composite and the kospi are all supporting gains ahead of chinas big political event next week, the Party Congress on october 18th early trade in europe, better than expected data out of italy. September was the best month for italys industrial
By 15 points lets look at overnight in asia. The nikkei going strong closing at the highest level since 1996. A gain of 132 points that puts the nikkei at 20,823 hang seng was up by 0. 6 pfr . The shanghai was up by a quarter percentage point in europe, you will see that at least in the early going things have been mixed. These are modest moves in spain, stocks are under pressure down by 0. 9 this is coming as some concerns arise in catalonia. Well talk more about that in a moment we have news just out from the National Federation of independent business, showing Small Business sentiment dropping in september. The nfibs monthly index dropped to 103 for the month, that compares to 105. 3 in august. The group saying the immediate temptation is to blame the hurricanes in tex and florida but adds this is not case with Small Business owners across the country becoming measurably less enthusiastic but also points out the index is high by historical standards. Also in energy news, opec secret
Yankee greats in the famed monument park. The former captain of the bronx bombers had his number 2 retired during a ceremony last night. Those are some of your top stories on this monday may 15th. Announcer from abc news this is world news now. A good morning to you all. We begin this half hour with President Trump facing some pressure from both sides of the aisle after hinting at possible recordings of conversations he had with fired fbi director james comey. President trump is not confirming nor goodnying that the tapes actually exist but he did signal that a pick for comeys replacement could come this week. Abcs david wright has more. Reporter even as new candidates arrive at the Justice Department to interview for the fbi directors job, President Trump is still being asked to explain this tweet suggesting he may have taped his conversations with director comey before he fired him. Mr. President , are you recording any of your meetings in the white house, sir . Reporter the presiden
During a ceremony last night. Those are some of your top stories on this monday may 15th. Announcer from abc news this is world news now. A good morning to you all. We begin this half hour with President Trump facing some pressure from both sides of the aisle after hinting at possible recordings of conversations he had with fired fbi director james comey. Democrats and republicans say the president needs to turn over any tapes he may have of conversations he had with comey. The president is not confirming or denying that the tapes actually exist. Abcs david wright has more. Reporter even as new candidates arrive at the Justice Department to interview for the fbi directors job, President Trump is still being asked to explain this tweet suggesting he may have taped his conversations with director comey before he fired him. Mr. President , are you recording any of your meetings in t reporter the president declines to answer. On the sunday shows members of both parties say hell have to. Re
Charges. I need some good news baby and get ready for good news. Its christmas in july. The secret to scoring massive deals on tvs, tech, jewelry and more as one of the biggest sales of summer, amazon prime day, kicks off just hours from now. And it is christmas in july because michael is back from his vacay. South africa. Wonderful pictures. Those kids loved it. Yeah, they had a great time. You do want to be back for prime day. I wanted to be back because i missed you. Amazon prime day kicks off today, too. It kicks off today, 30 hours of deals which is a day its a little bit over a day but no new deals are posted every five minutes and well have more on that coming up. A lot of people online all day long. Welcome back to you both. Washington, lots of people back there as well. The president in congress. There are big stories there. The president is facing questions about his first summit with vladimir putin, even republicans complaining he may not have been tough enough with the russ