As the seasons begin to turn, there could be more deaths and of course serious illnesses ahead. City, we saw the new york rate of positive tests at more than 3 for the first time in months. Lead to possible lockdowns either officially by the government or unofficially as residents opt on their own to stay home again. The Economic Data seems to be turning in our favor. We saw data with regards to consumer spending, Consumer Confidence. It is still a pretty delicate stage right now. Joe there are always concerns people are talking about, the lack of fiscal stimulus, the fact that we might get another wave with the virus. Gains inntinue to see Consumer Confidence. It is hard to see on this chart but it is the biggest one month sequential gain of this headline measure in 17 years. Right now, the arrows are still going up. Romaine if you would to be a glass halffull or halfempty, i should say you look at the idea that we have not quite recovered from prepandemic levels. This is a subsection
Stake. And, one more reason to leave the bay area. Devastating wildfires burning through californias wine country again. We will take stock of the damage. Those stories and more. Vmware shares up today on the back of vm world. Overall, the rebound faded today. Lets get a complete picture with Sarah Ponczek in new york. We just got some breaking news out of disney. Offcompany now laying 28,000 workers in its parks business. They had been struggling in the midst of the pandemic. Many of these workers had been furloughed with benefits but now they will be officially losing their jobs. More devastating news. Weit is just a reminder that could see more layoffs as the labor market improves. On,fact that, as time goes if we do not resume normalcy, Companies May have to make amends. And that could mean further layoffs. When you look at the Broader Market today, it was really a wait and see day. Volumes across the major stock exchanges, the lowest Trading Volume in over a month. Onlly waiting a
Prepare for their first debate. Says it is close to compromise in australia that would force it to pay for news desk get a quick check of the market. Usurers are under pressure. Futures are under pressure. The s p 500 lost half a percent in the regular session. The volume was lower than the 20 Day Moving Average given that we had the first president ial debate coming up at about three hours. Data was positive. Consumer, its jumping u. S. Consumer confidence was jumping. Companies imported more on demand. That news sent the dollar weaker. We got some fiscal stimulus negotiations and talk about a potential deal continuing to affect the markets. Look at what oil is doing. It continues to fall down toward 39 per barrel. Thats the lowest level in two weeks. It is plunging below the 100 Day Moving Average for the First Time Since june. Top traders are saying that oil will not meaningfully recover for at least another 18 months. The resilience of the chinese economy that drives the ecocalenda
Employees are walking off the job after the ceo barred political activism at work. We will have a live report. Venture a longtime capitalist who just took his company opendoor public dont just for look at public and private markets amidst a pandemic and an election. First, stocks climbing on speculation a stimulus plan will get done. Doolittle, walk us through the Market Action today. Abigail something a bit new today, thats the fact that markets were relatively calm, although the word relatively is important. We did have a bullish ending for stocks, the s p 500 finishing at its best level since early september, and for the most part stocks were higher all day. There was one little wobble late in the morning here on the east coast when speaker of the house nancy pelosi said she wont accept a skinny deal on the airline stimulus are bailout for the airlines unless it is colluded included in a bigger deal. Action withe more the dow transport, another. 8 percent. About then that headline c
There we have active futures on the s p up by. 5 . Nasdaq as well. Just seeing what is likely to happen with the start of the indian session and about one hour and 44 minutes. Nifty gaining about. 2 wednesday, looking like we are adding to it. Have some news as well. There were fears among bond traders bond that could have played havoc on the bond markets. That is the yen. We have the pound which has been emerging as a strong currency against its u. S. Counterpart as we get brexit negotiations taking place and certainly it is the way the u. K. And European Union come to an agreement as to what happens after the u. K. Officially leaves the European Union. Seeing some progress with regards to all that. Haslinda lets get the first word headlines for you. President trump signed an executive order to expand u. S. Production of Rare Earth Materials. Amid concerns that Global Leader china they restrict exports. They are used in a vast range of goods. China accounted for 80 of americas imports