Time now for our top market moving news from our new york team. Joining me Bloomberg Opinion columnist brooke sutherland. What were some of your Key Takeaways . Brooke i think what is interesting is target talks about First Quarter comparable sales being up, but nearly all of that was from digital. Digital comparable sales were 141 in the quarter. Those sales come at a cost. They are more expensive. The natural supply chain dynamics of delivering products to homes rather than having them purchased instore is more expensive for target, so you are seeing that market squeeze. Clothes,rent buying where target gets more of a higher profit margin. They were buying food any essentials. Is this a structural shift . Are people getting so used to ordering online that they will continue to order these items . They did also callout market share gains, which is key. Given Amazon Logistics troubles, are you going to be seeing customers rediscovering target and walmart, some of these longerlasting st
Drug failed in trials. Good afternoon afternoon and good evening, good morning. This is viviana , this is bloomberg surveillance. First thing is first, this is what your markets are doing. A lot of the focuses on earnings. A lot of the focus yesterday was the fact that we saw this blunder through w. H. O. Leaking. We understand gilead and the impact we saw on the markets because the trial was not as successful as a lot of people were hoping it would be. Overall, your markets are also focusing on oil. Touch today, west texas actually extending the recovery, treasuries climbing with the dollar, and a lot of the focuses what is going on with italy, the Italian Government bond fell after the europeans felt signed off on this plan, immediate follow from the pandemic, and we also look at Corporate News and some of the earnings. Ifo german Business Confidence falling, but it was expected. Of the 79. 7 figure. Again, that is the lowest ever, and in about 30 minutes, we will speak to the head o
Antibody tests. Good morning, good evening at everyone. I hope you are safe at home. Our thoughts are with you, and together we are stronger. Yesterday, or two days ago, we had that huge swing, that huge impact that we saw with negative prices on wti. It is now filtering through the brent. We are nowhere near negatives, but if you look at the price action, it has been pretty brutal over the last 24 hours. Selling pressures definitely intensifying. Wti downok at brent, more than 4 . Lets get to bloomberg first word news in new york city with viviana hurtado. Viviana hi, francine. Here in the u. S. , finding a new pandemic relief package totaling 40 484 billion, including some for the paycheck protection program, to help Small Businesses keep workers on the payroll. The money will also go towa rd coronavirus testing. Donald trump says he will suspend illegal immigration to the u. S. For at least two months to help americans out of work because of coronavirus crisis. The president says it
Green, but seeing significant weakness in Consumer Discretionary today. Mcdonalds reporting relatively weak earnings compared to what the street was expecting. That is weighing on the indexes a little bit. We also got bad numbers out of ups. That is also weighing on the s p 500. Treasuries come of the dollar, gold all seeing bids come back into those. On that treasury yield, right now the bondholder undeterred after we had that selloff. They are back in the market today, looking around to buy. Hat dip seeing a little bit of strength in the dollar tethered to what is going on overseas with the pound, also with the yen. A lot of notes out on the future of gold, what is. Going to drive it higher weve been hovering in the what is. Going to drive it higher weve been huff what is going to drive it higher. Weve been hovering around 1500 mark. Guy in europe, we are watching the pound. Boris johnson says he will pull the Brexit Agreement if the timetable is not agreed by mps. Keep an eye on tha
Matt miller in berlin. Lets check in on whats going on in the market. We do have gains across some european indices, right now you can see the stoxx 600 up. 2 , the broader European Index is gaining. The dollar is also strengthening against the yuan, you can see one dollar now buys 689. 71 offshore, and the pound is weakening. You can see it down 123. 38. As we get closer to the possibility of hard brexit or new elections, investors continue to sell sterling. Now to the first word news with Viviana Hurtado in new york. Chief executive carrie lam has condemned the violence in her first News Conference on the city since the end of british rule. Fresheclaration follows demonstrations with Police Firing tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters. This week, u. S. China trade talks are set to resume in shanghai, the first since discussions broke down almost three months ago two days of talks are scheduled to begin after president s trump and xi reached a troop at the g20 although deep tensio