but his opponent liz truss says the solution lies in lowering taxes which he brought in as chancellor. also on the programme. urgent polio boosters for children under nine in london, after the virus was detected in sewage. a four day amber extreme heat warning for parts of england and wales is due to come into force at midnight. # we re walking in the air. and the storyteller who enchanted us all, author and illustrator raymond briggs has died at the age of 88. and coming up on the bbc news channel. golf s big battle reaches court again with three liv golfers told by a judge they cannot overturn their ban to compete in the pga tour s lucrative end of tour play offs. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. with fresh warnings about soaring energy bills over the next few months, and with borisjohnson due to step down next month, the chancellor nadhim zahawi has said the treasury is preparing options for the next prime minister. but there are concerns that households
The nasdaq is on track for its best monthly gain since july of 2016 the s p 500 is at its biggest monthly gain since last february the s p and nasdaq have risen seven of the last eight trading days if you were waiting for things to slow down, you are still waiting. Triple digit gains for the dow already this morning overnight in asia there were gains this came after the strength yesterday with the dow up 200 points. The hang seng was up by 1 shanghai was up by 0. 1 . The nikkei did give back some ground in europe this morning, there are some green arrows across the board. Gains of a quarter percentage point for germany and the ftse in london. The cac in france is up by a third of a percentage point. If you want to look at treasury yields which have been picking up ground, you will see the treasury yield for the tenyear, sitting about the same, 2. 544 lawmakers in germany reached a break through in talks to form a new government the euro rising. You need a government. Euro rising to new
Be wary of . All things to talk about coming up here. Plus, speaking to a top strategist for a take on which sectors could be big winners of the uks move to leave the European Union. And one industry really hurt by brexit has been the cruise lines. Coming up, carnival ceo with us telling us how the uks plunging pound could affect his companys bottom line in a little bit. Also, nike set to report earnings after the bell and give investors a good read on the state of the consumer spending. We will have instant analysis of those results here on the closing bell. Lets start with rebound and whether its a head fake or not. Bob pisani, what say you . For the most we are doing well and going into the end of the quarter. Just off the highs of the day. Oil is moving up, as well, in the middle of the day. Take a look at the sectors and tell l you whats important. Most beaten up sectors in the quarter moving. Bank stocks and retailers that are horrible and restaurants and thats the jets, the airl
Initially come investors were not so sure. Julie we were looking for direction and the jobs report did not provide it initially. Where it took a long time for investors to figure out what to make of the jobs report or there is Something Else going on driving stocks up. All three averages at their highest of the session. A commodity driven rally here. Energy and materials are the two bestperforming groups here on the imap. It is a broadbased rally, but those are the two standout groups in todays session. Oil and gas prices are both higher today as well. Crude oil up 3. 6 . Natural gas finally seeing a bit of a rebound to that 17 year low. One of the can to beating factors, likely is the jobs report and the idea that there would be more demand. We also got the baker hughes weekly rig count, falling for the 11th straight week. We will be seeing talks on a production freeze. It is a tail wagging the dog situation here in terms of stocks and commodities in the jobs report. There is the one
It was possible she was on a training run. There is no evidence of foul play. But at this hour the investigators remain tight lipped about the circumstances surrounding her days pearance. Maureen thank you, jay. I want to apologize to the mittendorff family. I misspoke and called miss mittendorff rebecca mittendorff. Of course her name is nicole mittendorff. Developing right now d. C. Police announce two arrests in the murder of baldwin. They are charged with the first degree murder in the 2015 shooting. They believe the pair tried to rob officer baldwin. Bellamy is charged in the easter murder of 15ye in d. C. Leon in a scene that is too common, firefighters, police and First Responders paid respect to firefighter. John ulmschneider laid to rest this afternoon the hollywood, maryland. Shot while responding to a call friday night. Fellow firefighters say the 13year veteran nor his family will not be forgotten. We will be there with the family as long as they need us. The other fites in