Slightly the nikkei up by 0. 2 . Shanghai composite under pressure as was the hang seng, down by a third of a percent the hang seng down by a third of a percent, shanghai composite down by a half percent in europe, in early trading, mostly green arrows. The dax is up by almost 1 the cac in france up by a half percent. If you check out crude oil prices, yesterday up 1 to 49. 16. This morning wti back down to 48. 99. Lets get an update on Hurricane Irma heres what we know. The most powerful atlantic hurricane on record ham agriculture string of northeastern caribbean islands with winds up to 180 Miles Per Hour its a category 5 storm. Its killed at least eight people and millions are without power. On the island of barbuda, 90 of the buildings have reportedly been destroyed for the latest lets get to nbc meteorologist kale dionne. Its an active time in the Atlantic Basin we have three hurricanes irma, jose and katia thats the First Time Since 2010 the main topic is irma as it marches clos
Well quick check on the futures looking strong after we capped off the best month for stocks. The s p, dow and nasdaq since back in february coming off of a very strong october, which is seasonally a weak month it looks like were starting off november solidly in the green. Dow futures rallying 100 points. S p is up 8. Nasdaq futures are up about 29 points teeing off some strength that we saw overseas, especially in the japanese market, when the nikkei surged another 2 . Having been up 8 for october. Well get to the market picture in a moment. First new details on yesterdays terror attack in new york city 8 people are confirmed dead a dozen others were injured after a man drove a vehicle down a bike path in manhattan Contessa Brewer has the latest reporter what youre seeing behind me is the rented home depot truck used in that attack. Its still there b two milaboute of the west side highway are shut down, and the truck surrounded by crime scene tape and investigators. Yesterday afternoo
Check out crude oil prices, which went fuderwacken again yesterday, according to mark grant. Wti is up by just 1 , to 46. 36. Brent crude sitting at 44 th49. President trump abruptly fired james comey. Comey learning of the firing while speaking with fbi agents in los angeles. This morning there is bipartisan outrage as congressional members on both sides express concern about the sanctity of the Ongoing Investigation into President Trump and his ties into russia. Eamon javers has more on this continuing to develop story. Good morning. It was a dramatic and Stunning Development last evening as the white house announced that the president fired the fbi director. This is something that caught all of capitol hill by surprise. It caught all of the Law Enforcement community by surprise. It caught the Intelligence Community in washington, d. C. By surprise. Heres what the president of the United States wrote to the fbi director who is conducting an investigation into whether or not officials
Good morning happy friday welcome to Worldwide Exchange on cnbc. Im sara eisen im mike santoli in for wilfred frost. Its new music friday. This is what we do. Kicking off the weekend with drakes latest called signs. If that wasnt in the te teleprompt teleprompter, would know that . I would not i know this is drake. I might have guessed that. Another slide yesterday led by technology where the nasdaq closed lower by 1. 8 futures are pointing to a higher start. Futures were higher yesterday at this time. Then it all fell apart did have some pockets of strength in the session including financials dow futures up 40. S p up 4 nasdaq up 2. Lets check on the f. A. N. G. Stocks they led the selloff yesterday theyre still down fractionally in the premarket worth watching, they make up such a big portion of the market and a big important Leadership Group for the market tenyear treasury note yield, a lot of people are blaming the jump in yields for the sudden selloff in stocks. Its something weve
Streak yesterday look at whats been happening with the markets youll see overnight in asia, you can see what happened with japan. Down by 0. 4 hang seng slightly weaker. As the president is preparing to speak in poland, market theres are a bit weaker dax is down by 0. 6 . The cac is the biggest decliner, down by 0. the ftse is off by a half percent. Crude oil prices, which yesterday fell for the first time after eight days in a row of gains are up once again a gain of 65 cents to 45. 78. Sorkin, is he back tomorrow no. He may be back on monday not sure i will tell you about the three big stories. I hit this up to see what three big stories. Look how much i have to read look at that im looking on my machine about what is heavy duty lifting that youre feeling i dont even have andrew i even want him to come back to take no ill do this. Ill give it the Royal Treatment it deserves. The enthusiasm here are the big stories today tloos three of them. New this morning a crash test brings into q