Yesterday thanks to walmart and the good numbers we saw there. S p futures are indicated up by 28 points. The nasdaq up by 96 points again we are on the worst week for the stock market since may well see what happens today with the gains, or if they can hold on to them through the opening and the close later on today. The treasury market was different story. A lot of concern about whats happening with yields. The 30year fell below 2 for the first time in history. This morning its yielding 2. 026 the tenyear fell to the left level in three years this morning that yield is slightly higher, 1. 564 . Tenyear twoyear no longer inverted overnight in asia, we saw some green arrows some gains there the nikkei up barely the hang seng was up a percent the shanghai was up by a third of a percent in europe, londons ftse ohm ed higher after a nearly twohour delay because of a Technical Glitch elsewhere in europe, you can see the green arrows are there across the board the smallest advancer is the f
Euro, and he is now accused of tearing it apart. Tom where will germany be monday morning . Brendan i do not see how this fails, but germany is talking about having a discussion with itself about the euro, and it is entirely possible that they may be ready to contemplate after some time what we have been talking about. Tom lets get to top headlines. Here is vonnie quinn. Vonnie thank you, tom. Lawmakers in germany are getting ready to vote now on the new greek bailout. The plan is expected to pass backed by the majority held in parliament by Angela Merkels party. The german chancellor spoke this morning in favor of the bailout. Angela merkel the dramatic events of the past days in europe cannot be overestimated. These days are dramatic, first and foremost, for the country that is the subject of our thoughts and consultations greece. Lets imagine for a moment what it would mean is at home in germany pensioners would be queuing in front of closed banks to wait for their weekly pension of
This hour europe is down a little bit. Were giving back just a little bit today after another great session but descent session yesterday. You can see if youre not listening on the radio, were down about 40 points on the dow jones. The nasdaq is going to benefit from the great numbers from google. It benefitted earlier this week by netflix and has i wouldnt say diverged from the other averages but certainly been much stronger than a relative basis. S p is down less than a point. In europe, there were green arrows after what has been a pretty good week and since last week when the feeling that this would be resolved favorably in terms of greece started and seeped into the markets. France. The only index at this point up but upright at a fifth of a point. Asia this morning is better with japan higher. The hang seng higher. And what were watching closely is shanghai up sharply. Up 3. 5 in a snap back. Crude continues to be on the weak side. Now down under 51. Next stop potentially under 5
The cac and ftse are weaker. But spain has picked up, 1. 2 gains there after the catalonians did not go ahead and declare independence lets look at whats happening with crude oil prices. Yesterday another gain in crude oil prices this morning up 41 cents now talking about wti above 51, 51. 33. A couple other stories were watching china urging the United States to halt the threats of violence against north korea. Chinas communist party own newspaper saying the war on the Korean Peninsula would be craftic and dialogue remains the best option. Concluding trumps strategy could backfire bigley. They used bigley . They used bigley. Yesterday the u. S. Flew two bombers over the Korean Peninsula in a show of force fireeye reports that hackers linked to north korea north korea recently targeted electric Power Companies using fake invitations to a fundraiser to target victims on todays wall street agenda minutes from the fomc meeting come out at 2 00 p. M. Eastern time we will hear from charles
About what we saw in the u. S. Delegating, treasuries falling. The latest of elements in showingon seem to be optimism on the markets. Rebounding after the selloff we saw yesterday. We are looking at gold heading for its fifth weekly drop. Save havens seem to be losing favor with investors today. Those are your markets. We have a great guest lineup today. And others join us. As theresa may negotiates in brussels, opposition labor gives us his take on brexit. Lets get to the bloomberg worst the us get to the bloomberg first word news. Sebastian Angela Merkel has called on the you to shift their stance so a Brexit Agreement can be reached by the end of the year. Theresa may signaled she is willing to offer more on the divorce bill. May urged leaders to help her find a deal so she can sell them to sell it to skeptics at home. In spain, both sides of the standoff over catalina are often the ante. Standoff over catalonia are upping the ante. Catalan could declare independence within days. I