Australia, markets have just come online. Annabelle im in hong kong, county down to asias major market open. Little momentum as u. S. Inflation and retail sales reads are coming, Strong Demand for a 30 year auction. Haidi many japanese workers are set for the biggest wage gains in decades, a positive sign for the bank of japan before he meets to decide on ending negative rate. Annabelle a bill to force a sale of tiktok in the u. S. Has the Senate Setting up a fresh flashpoint between washington and beijing. Haidi let us get you straight to the start of trading in sydney, alphabetically we are seeing already a bit of upside when it comes to trading. We do have a modest gain to close in the session, largely being supported by banks and Consumer Discretionary stocks. We are watching wind stocks again with framing of expectations of those punitive 220 tariffs after three years of being in place. Those are the biggest aspects to this market, gaining yesterday. Look at the aussie dollar, hol
This is Bloomberg Markets european close with guy johnson and alix steel. Guy at a headline level the index is not moving very much. The stoxx 600 catching a little bit of a bid. 441 is where we are tracking right now. Single stocks there is plenty of action. Ongoing problems with a range of issues right now. Many related to its original acquisition. It has issues with trains on the new elizabeth line in london. Ongoing issues in a number of places. We have management saying maybe we need to sell some assets and that is what seems to be knocking the stock. The outlook not looking that favorable. How they stabilize the ship. Puma is down 10 and ripping into stocks like adidas. They are going into a blackout at puma they had a call last night. They had a call where theyre not painting as favorable out of picture. The stock has reacted very strongly to that. It has been whipping around. Coming into the close that stock down 10 . Puma is how you would say it. Alix we do. I dont know why we
Fothe lawsuits is slated for the iowa dot ght now is testing a new tool that could wawa ivers when theres ice on the road. Solar powered sensor that has lights that flash blue when temperatures are under 32 degrees and when theres moisture in the air. The iowa dot is currently testing two of the devices in ames. Officials say theres still more work to be done on this warning tool and theyre giving feedback to pateyes developers. The iowa dot is the first in the u. S. To test the device. At the same time, the dot is seeking your feedback about interstate 80. They want public input for a study of the interstate to see how its performing, and to find ways to improve the highly used roadway. Reports will be released online as they become available. Available. E. We put a link to the survey on our newly redesigned website, cbs 2 iowa dot com. Even though its winter, Road Construction is taking over parts of cedar rapids. First avenue and other roads around the area have been reduced to one
While. That from the bullish ben willis. Thank you, sir. That does it for the first hours of the closing bell. Dow down 25 points. Stay tuned for ebays earnings among others with the second hour of closing bell and Maria Bartiromo. See you tomorrow. And it is 4 00 on wall street. Do you know where your money is . Hi, everybody. Welcome back to the closing bell. Im Maria Bartiromo on the floor of the new york stock exchange. The market is snapping up a fiveday winning streak. The Dow Jones Industrial average finishing lower today after five days of gains. As you can see, the Dow Jones Industrial average down about 27 points at 13,508. Nasdaq and s p 500 higher just by a fraction. The nasdaq picking up 6. 75 point. Certainly sold off from the highs. By the end of the day, Technology Still one of the better performers on the street. S p 500 higher by a fraction. The banks mixed to fractionally better on the session. Just moments away from ebays quarterly numbers. First though lets get str