Senator ted cruz will join us on why he thinks there should be more backlash for tech power lunch starts right now welcome to power lunch. Im dominic chu. Real estate, financials in the green as well. Technology stocks, though, the worst performing sector in the s p 500. On the dow youve got walgreens, the best performer after its Earnings Report this morning the company expecting 2021 Profit Growth despite the pandemic worst performer, it is vertech pharmaceutical kelly, ill send things back over to you. Thank you very much stocks well off their worst levels of the day. No stimulus, jobless claims higher so are covid cases earnings may be the only hope. To bob pisani for more on that bob. And, kelly, were near the highs for the day but there are reopening worries out there if you look at the markets you can see thats all the travel stocks are weak again so the airlines, expedia, weak, even work from home stuff like ebay, salesforce, same thing mastercard and visa and American Express
Nominees. And, election security. It is at the top of everyones mind. What the cloud flare ceos company is doing to thwart cyberattacks. Plus, highlights from my interview with Disney Ceo Bob Chapek in the last hour. Disney plus shares jumped in afterhours trading. First, lets get up to speed with all of this market move. Tech dominating the day. Mastec registering its best day since april. Abigail doolittle, what a day. Abigail the nasdaq 100 having its best day volatilead all of this action, speaking to the big gains in august, the big selloffs in september. We now have the nasdaq and s and p trying to take back on those alltime highs. A new wants to this is this year, in 2020, these big internet stocks are considered to be quote unquote defense. The companies have really been outperforming from the stayathome trends. Apple up more than 6 . Its best day since july 31, when the stock had surged by 10 . That is the degree of the buying power. We are seeing how much the investors and tr
They know nothing theyre hanging on every word from Speaker Pelosi or secretary mnuchin, watching Mitch Mcconnells body language. We need to know if cash strapped states and Small Businesses will get the help they need but the stock markets already made up its mind it doesnt matter. Thats how we can some solid action today nasdaq soaring, 1. 42 hall hey lielujah were starting to hear about huge layoffs, okay disney, smaller ones at goldman sachs. Possible avalanche of firings at the airlines these people are losing their jobses through no fault of their own, and i hope the government can get its act together to help them, because its the right thing to do. The broader economy needs a stimulus package, America Needs a stimulus package but the market, oh, man, the market doesnt see a recession it seems a secular boom in Certain Industries i know this because were starting to get earnings from defensive companies that would normally give shareholders huge windfalls. But theyre greeted wit
President trump says hes only willing to go as high as 1. 5 trillion. Signs of the pandemic getting more prominent. The u. K. Reporting a Record Number of virus cases today. With more on how it is playing into the markets, Abigail Doolittle in new york. Tech shares going back and forth but tech leading the way out of the red. Walk us through the day. Abigail another amazing one, but probably more so than a reason days because of the whiplash. The nasdaq 100 at the lows early on, down 1. 1 . It was at one point, up nearly 2 . Just about flat and then closing higher by about 6 10 of 1 . What that volatility tells you on the day, the week, the month and on the year uncertainty. No one knows. When you have firm control from the buyers or the sellers that you can make the case between february and march, the sellers were on control around the uncertainty around the pandemic. The buyers took control but on the year, just about flat for the s p 500. It is a real stalemate as we go into the el
Relationship as slackers take time off. Interesting to see just as far as going back to work, we are getting some data out of macys, showing betterthanexpected results. The loss not as bad as people expected. Are your banker friends getting back to work . Paul schools in many new jersey towns are opening again. I dont know about the suits, though. I think work from home is through the end of the year at the very least. Lisa it looks like tom keene and jonathan member and Jonathan Ferro have not gotten the memo with everyone back to work. Very much in focus is jobs. 8 15 or later this morning new york time, we get u. S. August adp employment change. Bloomberg economics saying it will show a modest gain before things start to sour a little bit more. 10 00 a. M. , july factory orders, as well as durable goods orders. Interesting to see if we get any sign of Capital Investment by companies. At 2 00 p. M. , the fed releasing its september beige book, called the beige book because it is usua