3. 5 . The s p, a similar gain, about 2. 5 there. And the nasdaq composite up just with over 2 . That is clearly a rally. Helped by the Federal Reserves bond purchases, thats money printing, a report from bloomberg on a possible trillion dollar plan for bridges, roads and 5g access in rural areas, thats the stimulus plan, a new one. Also helping, really helping, news from an Oxford University study, a breakthrough in the treatment of the virus using steroids. It significantly reduced mortality. We also have the rapid opening up of businesses all across the country and maybe an improvement in u. S. china relations. Mike pompeo meets senior chinese officials in hawaii tomorrow. And then theres this retail sales in may up 17. 7 . That reflects the partial reopening of some stores. It is a very strong number. The president just tweeted about it. Ill read it for you. Wow, may retail sales show the biggest one month increase of all time, up 17. 7 . Far bigger than projected. Looks like a big
Significance, that infection rates fall after lockdown orders are lifted. Repeat, thats jpmorgan saying that. Big deal. All right. Now listen to this. Scuffles between probeijing and prodemocracy hong kong legislators. Why are hethey doing that . Thats the wrong tape. Show me the legislators scuffling, please. China just moved to take control. Those freedoms promised to hong kong when the british left are being wiped out. U. S. china relations turning very sour. Initially, that didnt go down well on the market. Futures turned south but then substantially recovered. Right now, were up about 20 points for the dow, modest gain for the s p, tiny, actually, fractional loss for the subpo p. This is a very important day. You will see the president at the white house saluting veterans. You will hear from officials and businesses across the nation about the great opening up. And we will tell you what you are allowed to do this weekend, and where you are allowed to do it. Varney company is about
Ive got another one for you. 25 million of us were indeed out and about over the last two weeks and that is a big increase. Its not back to normal but we are coming out of the total lockdown. Dead on arrival. Thats the speakers 3 trillion spending plan. It would have encouraged staying at home. It would have bailed out the Postal Service. It would not have provided any Liability Protection for businesses. It was a votebuying scheme. Thats my opinion. Thank heaven its dead. Now this. Fed chair powell is speaking right now. This is the man who is in charge of printing money so whatever he says is important and it can move the markets. Edward lawrence is with us. Whats the headlines, edward . Reporter yeah, stu, the Federal Reserve chairman saying right now we are in the worst recession since world war ii. He says that this is a severe decline of Economic Activity and that job gains over the past decade have been erased. He says the coronavirus is the largest shock in history. Hes talking
Going to prosecute. The governor calls these businesses selfish. President trump goes to pennsylvania on thursday and later on this program, we will have numbers from businesses in states that have allowed a partial reopening and ill tell you now, business is good. Moments from now, we have Shelly Luther with us. Shes the salon owner who went to jail for opening early, an American Hero on this program today. One hour from now, dr. Anthony fauci begins his virtual testimony before congress. Reportedly, he will say opening too early means needless suffering and death. The democrats will try to drive a wedge between dr. Fauci and the president. We will have, by the way, the latest on the explosive revelations coming out about what president obama was doing to instigate and set off the russia collusion mess. Turns out joe biden was in the key meeting. He was asked about it this morning. He did not have convincing answers. The status of joe bidens candidacy, the markets stunning recovery, o
Facebook premarket, zooming after a big gain yesterday. Its Financial Report suggested some stability returning to the advertising market. Facebook getting 98 of its revenue from ads. This company is a truly global platform. Over 1. 7 billion daily users. Stocks up another 6 this morning after a gain yesterday. Look at microsoft. Big gain yesterday, modest gain this morning. Its close to its alltime high. It says the virus had little impact on its business. Up 1 , microsoft, this morning. Its true to say these trillion Dollar Tech Companies are again pulling in a big chunk of investors money. One more for you. Tesla. Yep, another big gain. Elon musk is furious at the california authorities for keeping his fremont plant closed. He calls them fascists. More on that in a moment. Look at tesla go, 854, up 54. Overall trn overall, its a down day. The dow is looking to be down 280 points. The s p down 33, and the nasdaq, despite the success of big tech companies, thats going to be down as we