S p by 11, nasdaq up by about 42 there were a few areas of the market yesterday that continued to outperform including the small caps russell 2000 coming off an alltime intra day high. And then there is the khodow trs trading at a record high and right now it looks like the ten year is yielding just about 0. 8 the transports a lot of times, they are an early indicator of what is to come, but maybe more difficult to glean what is happening this time given the overall virus situation. Yeah, it is and it is really not things Like Airlines so much driving the transports actually fedex and u. P. S. Are arguably kind of stayathome plays and they are also big components of the transports so really just kind of gone sideways in the last day or so, not much of a pullback just yet. So well very to see how that develops and in this context especially with the White House Task force painting a bleak picture on the near term outlook. The most recent report warns that there is, quote, now aggressive
Coming up, in a few moments, Global Investor mark mobius will join us. Chinese equities see a big week of gains they slipped a bit this morning. Shares of carnival jumping after they gave an update on the state of its business. Well speak with the Ceo Arnold Donald in a cnbc exclusive and Major League Season starting the season in florida. Well speak with the leagues commissioner about the risks and reward of taking to the field. We look forward to all that. Sara, up 0. 7 on the s p 500 lets start right there with the markets. The we have seen a big swing intraday futures starting off in the red. Hopeful signals then coming from gilead about the coronavirus treatment. Helping turn things around early. The company saying it was associated with an improvement in clinical recovery and 62 reduction in the risk of mortality compared with the standard care. Lets get to mike santoli tracking the moves in the names and sectors today. Yeah. Sturdy Performance Today solid week you would have tho
Today in some of the comments out of retailers like burlington, anf, dollar tree, and Dollar General yes, if you look at the Dollar General, the numbers are just extraordinary i actually have never seen a Comp Store Sales number this good 21 versus 7 estimate. Dollar tree is going to be the one, david knows this well, people look like, you know what, now the dollar tree Family Dollar merger which had been so on the rocks, the judgment is its working and that stock could power much higher. Dollar tree. The opening trade is sapping the money out of tech. I dont know how much longer it can last thats such a great book in gary because he knows so much about what people are spending theyre essential because they have food, and i look at this market and i think how long with the dow up 4 can we actually say, hey, the reopening trade is just starting . Its already maybe too far too fast its very hard to figure, particularly because faang is being distorted by the president s tweets, facebook
Announced, but the big story is surrounding big tech earnings like microsoft, facebook, and even comcast and qualcomm. It look like some of these companies were basically created for this moment if you didnt know, the microsoft quarter was just a thing of beauty a lot of that is because theyll have a product like teams or like azure that are incredibly strong linkedin doing very well facebook quarter was good, and boom, they say april is stabilization. One of the themes were seeing in tech, or you have service now, well have Bill Mcdermott later today. They have an unbelievable quarter. Maybe the best in the history of the company. So youre seeing companies that frankly not only do not have to make any excuses but are saying good things. You know, qualcomm, ill say, secular trend, 5g, and then highspeed internet is one of the most lucrative parts of comcast. Yes, of course, theme parks not going to happen, but theyll open up again. But high speed, it will never go back you dont switch
Online more Central Bank Action from japan helping fuel the bulls and despite all of that, oil plunging again, down more than 20 as we see one Energy Company file for brankruptcy. Ahead on todays show, were taking a deep dive on the path forward for retailers. That sector deals with the fallout from the lock down well speak with about the issues facing the industry and be joined by former macys ceo as Department Stores deal with their own challenges and bankruptcy concerns swirl around the sector were up 5 on the s p with 59 minutes left citigroup is up 8 still down 42 year to date. Lets focus on the big stories were watching today mike is is tracking the market moves. Meg has the latest mike, lets kick it off with you and the broader markets. After about two weeks of going sideways, the s p 500 gets a little bit of a boost today to basically the levels it saw at the post crash highs of ten days ago. Take a look at how it fits into the broader picture here 2874 is a number that we firs