We did just get the closing bell on u. S. Equities, which have been trying to break free of the range they have been in for some time. 2971 is where we are ending the day on the s p 500 the nasdaq indices up 2 on the day. 2 . Russell 2000 gaining energy, financials, and Communication Services leading the charge. Twitter among those names. And along to Analog Devices also with an interesting rise. Royal caribbean loses a little ground. Scarlet i want to jump in with breaking news. The regulator of fannie mae and freddie mac has come out with a plan that calls for more than 200 billion in capital. The regulators proposing the mortgage giants be required to hold hundreds of billions of dollars in capital to guard against potential losses, and this could eventually have an impact on Mortgage Rates and the Trump Administrations efforts to basically free the companies from government control. We are keeping watch of this as are needed fors existing government control. Is ben still with us ma
York as u. S. Inventories declined. And coffee slumped on its return to trade. Unease there. Lets get you started with a quick check of the markets trading at the moment. We are seeing u. S. Futures opening slightly higher. This of course after the regular session saw the sapp 500 climb to a 10week high. We have optimism over reopening of different economies. Not so much in key retail earnings showing signs of resiliency, so we have those and target reporting sales that top the estimates. The sapp 500 really erasing all of tuesdays losses. And really the gains being pretty broad. Were talking about financials, industrials and Energy Leading all 11 sectors higher. The sapp 500 more than up more than 30 since its march low. The nasdaq composite at the highest level in more than 12 weeks. Oil, we saw another day of gains for w. T. I. , gaining ground for a fifth consecutive session. Right now under a little bit of pressure but still at around the highest level in almost 10 weeks as we con
Do their own thing. The s p 500 up 0. 1 , the dow up 0. 2 , and the nasdaq down more than 0. 1 . Its high. Ff a little strengthening, and we now. T 7. 1612 spread atnbund 1. 86 . We will be speaking to the European Commission budget commissioner a little later on in the later of in the 11 00 hour. We will definitely be i had be asking about the euro stimulus. Matt the equity indexes continuing to rally is really the story here. They are doing much better across the continent and in the u. S. We are still looking at 1 plus gains on the broader benchmark stoxx 600 index. We have a more than 1 gain on the cac 40. And thes injects stimulus injection each day, the storyline the first day with airlines. Then was autos. Then it was the rescue plan. Now we are seeing the luxury goods makers doing well. 3 ,methods up more than carrying up to. 3 . Investorscally like think people are going to go shopping organ shopping again, or continue to go shopping. The euro gaining a bit of ground, over 1.
Damage the coronavirus crisis, he says, raises those longterm concerns that he was talking about. The u. S. Response to that point he says has been swift and forceful the fed has acted with unprecedented speed and force. He cites a survey that shows in the month of march, 40 of households making less than 40,000 has lost a job carl lets get to the webcast. Here is the fed chair. Its very hard to imagine we could have anyone better than jay powell thank you for coming back to the Peterson Institute, chairman powell thanks very much, adam. Its great to be back. I have some brief remarks and then ill look forward to our discussion the coronavirus has left a devastating human and economic toll in its wake as it has spread around the globe. This is a Worldwide Public Health crisis and Health Care Workers have been the First Responders showing courage, determination and earning our lasting gratitude. So have the legions of other essential workers who put themselves at risk every day on our b
Getting back to work versus the Public Health interests here billions upon billions of new debt has been issued, as companies try to fortress their cash hoards. Well talk about the big debt bomb that may be looming and later, the cleveland fed president horror retrloretta me join us to talk recovery and whether the rates are really on the table or not cannot wait for it. Tyler, thanks. Its the financials and the Energy Sectors which are leading the declines again today for more on the selloff, lets get to Robert Pisani hi, bob. Hello, there. And two buckets here this is about the reopening and its about questions on the valuation of the market and the big rally weve had. 60 of the losses weve regained here thats whats going on here. And you can see it in the sectors. Tylers absolutely right banks just having a horrible week were down like 13 for the banks this woke. This week the russell 2000 is getting clobbered. Retail has been drifting lower as well. Energy down about 8 or 9 , resum