Protesters have created an opening for looters and police sometimes cant tell the difference between the two even from a purely business perspective, youd think people smashing up major retail destinations like the flagship macys would be bad for the stock market, right . Every time the market looks like its about to get clocked we get a stay of execution. Dow gained 268 points. Nasdaq advanced. 59 last night after president trumps fire and brim stone law and order speech, our futures plummet. Declaration of war replete with threatened deployment of the u. S. Army. Thats not the job, theyre war fighters makes you want to sell stocks for certain. Those futures looked ugly. All those images of looting didnt help. The futures stayed soft. I got up at 3 15 a. M. , expecting precarnage. Futures rallied again. An hour and a half later, the futures were up nicely you know what counteracted the pain a 4 rally in the german stock market with several of their borses not far behind. Yes, we actua
About seven basis points. Still an awful long way to go on that story. Vonnie in the u. S. , it is a positive session, slightly risk on. We have some guidelines for when the economy might start to reopen in new york city and in various economies around the country. Markets hanging onto that. Banks are the best performers in the s p 500, which is up 0. 9 right now. They are followed by Consumer Services and real estate. The yen is stronger today as well, off its highs now. 107. 20. T crude down at 12. 40. That continues to darken. The 10 year yield is now up to 65 basis points. Slightly risk on tone today. Talk a bit about what is happening in a little more detail. Italy, france, spain announcing plans to ease lockdown restrictions as the british Prime Minister pours a little cold water on the idea. Giuseppe conte in italy raising concerns about a possible second wave of infections that could trigger irreversible damage to the economy. Lets talk about the risks surrounding reopening and
Stay above the bankruptcy waters. Imax which counts amc as its biggest u. S. Partner, is watching closely. A fox business exclusive with the imax ceo on how hes focusing the lens of his company for the unknown. Plus we will ask him when does he think chinas screens will light up again. They tried to open them, then promptly shuttered them in china. We will ask rich that. And businesses big and small tapping government loans to stay afloat but what about all of those mom and pop microbusinesses desperately trying to survive . The godaddy ceo with us on saving millions of his web service customers. But look, we have green on the screen here. Markets betting the economy is about to get its engines revving again. Whether thats true or wishful thinking, tech is driving a robust rally with the nasdaq poised to exit its bear market hibernation. All the nasdaq needs to see is a gain of just over 40 points. Could it happen with less than an hour to the closing bell . Got to stay with me. Lets s
That china would take more measures to bolster its economy. Companies from adidas to tyson are spelling out what the impact will be on their bottom lines and the pace of homebuilding fell less than expected and it surged to a 13year high our closer today, with the debate just showers way, former chair sheila bair willbe here to discuss a wealth tax, financial transaction tax and how markets are responding why she says as a republican shes voting for warren. Thats all coming up after the bell joining us for the hour, keith bliss, welcome back, keith. Thank you very much. The question has been asked a lot of times, and yet you still look at these markets and record high territory going up every day despite the coronavirus warnings and fears and cases and you wond frer if theres a disconnect. I dont think theres a disconnect i didnt think there was going to be much to this story its a serious story and could impact the markets the longer it goes on. Now were starting to see the trend is c
A fairly strong currency move this week. Time now for global exchange. We bring you todays market moving news from all around the world. From hong kong to london, frankfurt and new york come our bloomberg voices are on the ground with this mornings top stories. In asia, the coronavirus continues to spread, with south africa reporting a surge in was also inand that south korea. Joining us is stephen engle. Give us the latest. Stephen you have another revision out of china as they get previously unreported cases out of five different prisons in three provinces. You have those supposedly isolated clusters adding to the total again. They revealed the numbers and then added more. In some cases, more than 200 ands in chengdu province another in hubei province. More provinces could report outbreaks as well in those supposedly isolated ecosystems like prisons. As well, we are seeing additional clusters in other parts of asia, not just china. You are seeing a surge in cases of another 52 in sou