The index is down 10 from its record highs for the month the dow fell 4. 5 pshs, again, its worst month since march and second down nont a row the stp and nasdaq coming off twostraight losing months as you can see here the moves in october not great hanging into november. But it wasnt all red arrows we have been keeping an eye on small cap stocks they fell 1. 5 on friday, they did end the month higher by 2 for their sixthstraight positive month or sixth positive month out of seven crude under heavy selling pressure u. S. Benchmark currently 35 per barrel, 2 of the downside here for wti crude. Remember, lockdowns across europe are beginning to go into effect and thats sparking demand fears much more on that coming up. But first, around the world, a mostly higher session in asia over night on china manufacturing data hang seng in hong kong up 1. 5 europe is getting their day started. Were seeing positivity in the european markets ftse 100 up. Sticking with europe any developing story thi
Employees. Weve got those details. But first we start with some breaking news. The electoral vote count stands right now at 227 for mr. Biden and 213 for mr. Trump. And we still have eight uncalled races. In wisconsin, which is still too close to call, biden holds a narrow lead of just 20,000 votes. Well within the margin of error there. Well within the drift that lets the president call for a recount. The Campaign Says they will immediately do so, request a recount. Another place biden holds a narrow lead, thats michigan thats where we find Brian Sullivan in grand rapids any update on this very close race reporter yes, and no how do you like that im like an economist on the air. Im going to give it to you both ways heres where we stand right now. Heres the reason i answered that way number one, heres the count 94 of michigan has come in. Its that last 6 that is the issue. Now, youve got joe biden who is up by about 45,000 votes right now. To your point, there are far more outstanding
Surging as the u. S. Rounds the corner on a vaccine. But how exactly will a vaccine work well speak to stanford medical dean, dr. Lloyd minor. Power lunch starts right now thank you, ty. Welcome to power lunch, everybody. Im kelly evans. Tech is the best performing sector today, up 2. 5 as it regains some ground it lost over the past several sessions. Take a look at big cap tech name apple, microsoft, amazon and facebook all higher today. You can see amazon and microsoft up about 3 . Flipside of the coin, Energy Stocks are lower the Energy Sector etf, exl up 14 . Taking a breather today. And despite all the volatility, the s p is up a whopping 9 to kick off november. Wow. Dom chu has more. We have talked about this rotation, whether its a great rotation, whether its a microrotation into some value type sectors like energy, industrials. We have some massive moves on some of the most beaten up stocks in the s p. This righthand side, this move higher than been led by many of those deeply
Alphabet seeing outsized gains and treasury yields are under pressure giving back some of their recent pop, thats weighing on the financials the Kbw Bank Index is down around 3 with 59 minutes left in the session, banks one of the few decliners, sara, broader markets ripping up. We have a great lineup of guests over the next two hours to help make sense of the election, the market and your money. In just a few moments Guggenheims Scott Minerd will join us with his take on the rally and later we will hear from long time pharma exec fred hassan about the impact of the election on health care, those stocks zooming higher, plus kyle bass with a take on what all this means with the u. S. Relationship with china and bob diamond will weigh in on the banks. Lets get straight to the market rally that is happening. Mike santoli tracking all the action. You see a move like this, its very sudden, very dramatic in response to a widely watched known catalyst and you have two things, one is whats the
Yields have continued to fall in italy. Stocks in europe. We will provide the details in a moment. The s p is up around. 5 . A stable day. We are seeing a rotation back towards the tech stocks. The top the stoxx 600 benefiting from the ecb largess, which were now expecting more of. The stoxx 600 up 1. 12 . Aboutyou are talking Christine Lagarde saying the ecb will be there for the second wave of the virus. The Central Banks primary tools will likely stay the same. Lagarde while all options are on the program, the have provenros their effectiveness in the current environment and can be dynamically adjusted to react to how the pandemic evolves. They are therefore likely to remain the main tools for adjusting our monetary policy. Alix joining us from frankfurt is paul gordon, who leads bloombergs western european Central Banks coverage. Bdp is getting the most out of that statement from Christine Lagarde. Yields down. What was your biggest take away about how she said she would support th