This is what markets are doing now, steady as they go. They seem to be range bound. A lot of focus is on President Trump and his health. A lot of focus is on the risk off move we saw friday not filtering today. The yen is retreating, trends study, pound weakening as they start a two week period of brexit talks. Lets get to our top stories. Its been a weakened of speculation over President Trumps health. Sean connolly now admitting to giving a statement about the president receiving oxygen. What do we know about the president s condition right now president s condition right now . Doctors in a press conference sunday sounded upbeat, saying he was improving and could be discharged as soon as later today. But remarks were inconsistent. They withheld information about level,gs and his oxygen john conolly telling reporters the president did indeed receive oxygen friday. Connolly previously said he did not. We also know the president has been given three experimental treatments, remdesivir,
More than 90 have topped their earnings and sales expectations which are ridiculous numbers. Shows how hard it is to try to predict these accurately. But the bar is also high for companies. They really have to beat by a lot. Investors are expecting it, and so if they dont, you can see pullbacks. Overall, earnings season is a great time for the market. Its averaged about a 4 gain over the last four quarters. During the five weeks when its really at its peak. I think its pretty important for us. Jack thank you, ben. One area where were seeing very little good news, jack, we heard Regal Cinemas were shutting more than 500 theaters, and worst of all, wonder woman put off, james bond, batman. Whats happening in the movie business . Well, if you take wonder woman as an example, we were supposed to get that in june, then pushed back to october. The latest i heard is december, but as you say, jack, if you see a wide theater release of that movie this year, i will dress as wonder woman on the l
High level talks end with bipartisan deal. Office of trade and manufacturing policy, Peter Navarro joining me at 8 00 a. M. Hour live coming up. It is jobs friday. Economists are predicting 850,000 jobs added to the economy in month of september. Unemployment rate to tick down to 8. 2 . Special long coverage begins this morning, all hands on deck at 8 00 a. M. Eastern. Markets reacting to the President Trumps coronavirus test. They are negative. Dow futures down 440 points. S p down 57 as the markets react to the president s diagnosis. This after choppy first session of the Fourth Quarter and ended in positive territory. Dow industrials up 35 points, nasdaq up 159 and s p higher by 17 at oclock on wall street. Mornings with maria is live right now. Take a look. European indices down, dax index lower by 139. Korea, hong kong all closed for holidays but nikkei average in japan open was down twothirds of 1 , breaking news overnight President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested
The banking index very much under pressure. Names like bnp paribas dragging at lower. Rising case count likely to put pressure economically on europe. That is going to feed back into the Banking Sector. By 0. 4 . S up arodollar now trading with 1. 16 handle. We are down by 0. 4 . Alix as you were talking about travel restrictions and lockdown light, european leaders grappling with how to bring the virus under control. Hospitalizations are climbing following a surgeon cases. There are concerns about madrid being overwhelmed at a hospital level. Joining us is maria tadeo from brussels. Walk us through what we might see over the next 48 hours. Maria thats right. There isnt a single approach here from every european country from every european government. Every country is doing this differently. France had a record 16,000 cases. Of course, that is much higher than a neighboring country like italy or germany, which the french government keeps repeating that they dont want to go for a nation
City is major spy hub. Markets pointing higher, dow industrials up 52 and the nasdaq up 39 and s p 500 higher by ten minutes. The dow moved 560 points between highs and lows, the Technology Startup set for a big price tag as it readies to go public with offering next week. We have all the numbers coming up. Speaking of tech, amazon unveiled a whole new slew of gadgets to boost gaming experience. Candy craze, more americans are stocking up halloween candy despite no worries of trick or treating this year. Mornings with maria is live right now. Take a look at indices. Things have worsen in the last few moments. Markets in europe poise today see the worst week in june as uk reports rise in coronavirus cases. Mixed story in asia as well,ation markets finishing flat but a mixed story. Japan and korea were up. Hong kong and shanghai were lower. Some of the top stories that we are watching out right now. President trump handing out drug discount cards to seniors as he lays out to America Firs