States right now in washington, fragile hopes for a stimulus deal remain Speaker Pelosi and secretary treasurer mnuchin are expected to talk this afternoon in hopes of getting a deal done. A full economic recovery has a long way to go and another expert said many lost jobs may not come back. All 11 s p sectors are lower 59 minutes to go we are making new session lows with the dow down 400 points. Lets get to the market downturn we just referenced. Mike santoli is tracking all of the action no trigger but a clear response. The only trigger that seems clear at all is the mark of 2 30 eastern time, when the downturn accelerated. It seems as if it is essentially kind of getting ahead of the close, peeling down exposure we did have that good rebound into last week from the late september lows we had some positioning indicators suggesting people were full up on equity there has been a pattern of strength overnight in equity futures opening up strong and selling throughout the day it seems li
Italy is seeing its worst coronavirus numbers yet. The Company Country reported 8800 new cases today, up from 7300 the day before. The number of patients in intensive care also rose. Imposed aime minister series of new curbs on nightlife, social events, and amateur sports as the pandemic intensifies throughout the country. Global news 24 hours a day, onair, and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. Im Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. Vonnie it is 1 00 p. M. In new york, 6 00 p. M. In london, and 1 00 a. M. In hong kong. Im vonnie quinn. Welcome to bloomberg markets. Here are the top stories we are following on the bloomberg and from around the world. London and paris among cities ordered to clamp down and curb an increased spread of coronavirus. Countries looking to avoid reinstituting lockdowns. Lena komileva joins us to talk about the virus and the passing of the october 15 deadline for a u. K. Eu trade deal. Coronavirus
Further. We are joined this hour by finance minister. The other big story today, lawmakers in washington take aim at the power of big tech. Saystitrust investigation they are abusing their dominant status. Australia coming online. Lets turn to Sophie Kamaruddin in hong kong with a checkup on markets. A two day rise, we are seeing pressure come through for the benchmark while the aussie dollar is testing that 71 popl after forming a double early this october. We are seeing action in the bond space. The front end of the aussie curb slipping with the three year yield falling as much as four basis points earlier in the session. This after australias updated debt issuance coming in less than expected. I want to highlight bhp shares. We are seeing the stock fall as much as 2. 3 this morning. Tesla bhp in focus be at flipping the board to check in on futures, s p eminis under pressure. The yen trading study but theres upward pressure on the stimulus deadlock. We are watching iphone makers aft
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Plus. Theres a lot of potential here. Tony zhang points out why now could be a good time to dig into c caterpillar. And Professor Mike khouw is running through dueling options exercises on how to play nike going into next weeks earnings. If you already own the stock or not, you can just do it. Its time to risk less and make more options action starts right now. Welcome. I love doing this show, but ive got to take an issue with that deepvoiced guy. He says barrel of cheeseballs like its a bad thing. Really come on. Well, it has been a maybe not bad but tougher year for the consumer space the xlp Consumer Staples is up but just over 1 so its underperforming the Broader Market carter worth, a man who maybe has seen a barrel of cheese balls in his day, says there could be an even Bigger Consumer crackdown ahead. Carter, what are the charts telling you . A bunch of things going on. One thing to consider is that the dollar, which has been very, very weak, has started to stabilize. Second onl