Flat that really does obscure a lot of drama up at least 2 s that has been pretty dramatic. Also why the nasdaq has been down so a lot of those profits are coming out of there. The hang seng up by 1 3 4 mentioning those tariffs that china will be taking off those goods. We have more on that front in a moment also an American Chamber of commercesaut u. S. Chamber services have been getting hurt and many of them are moving away more quickly than anticipated redirecting businesses there in the meantime, lets look at what has been happening. For the most part, green arrows. The ftse is up the dax up about. 75 . And cac is up. The trezy market and yields, they have firmed up. The 30year trading almost 2. 2 . 10year at 1. 714 . Twoyear note at 1. 67 breaking deal news, Hong Kong Exchange proposing a 36. 6 billion cash and stock offer for the London Stock Exchange saying it approached the lse with a bid last year, they agreed to buy refinative in a deal peloton says it plans to price shares b
It is seen as a trade war olive branch. American farmers remain under pressure. Bid from thees a hong Kong Exchange. Lawmakers are concerned about potential National Security questions. Shery lets get you started with a quick check on how markets closed. We saw the s p 500 gain ground and close above that 3000 level for the first time in six weeks. We had Health Care Stocks and tech leading the gains. Interesting, the nasdaq finishing at the highest level since july, rising for the first time in four sessions. Into valuee rotation stocks. They subside a little bit. The u. S. Futures unchanged, but lets see how we are setting up for asia. Sophie south korea closed until monday. We are seeing futures knowledge higher nudge higher. The nzx 50 treading water. Euro, it isthe little changed after briefly theing below that ahead of ecb meeting which bank of America Merrill lynch is calling the most unpredictable of the past five years. In asia, switching the board, the highlight will be malay
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Shanghai and tokyo were moderately lower the nikkei finished down by almost 0. 9 . The shanghai was down by twothirds of a percentage point. This comes as we were getting manufacturing data out of china showed theyre still contracting. It was better than anticipated the number was 49. 7. That was better than the 49. 6 anticipated. Still below 50 in hong kong, the hang seng was down 1. 3 . Trading was cut short there because of an impending tropical storm. Markets were normally close at 4 00 p. M. Were suspended for the second half of the day this morning there are a mixed picture. The dax is up. The cac is up slightly the ftse is down a bit finally look at whats happening here in the treasury markets the tenyear right now ahead of that fed meeting, 2. 054 lets look at whats happening with gold. That could be a mover after todays fed decision gold is up more than 10 in the last three months. Apple big number of the week and its our top corporate story. Earnings and revenue topped estima
Today on this july 7th, i am willie geist, i hope you enjoyed a good long weekend. If you lived in california, it would have been an eventful weekend. The state covers with thousands of after shocks. We are live from the epicenter to assess the damage and the potential for something bigger just hours from now, the u. S. National soccer team takes on netherlands with the World Cup Finals Team usa is ready to finish the job and bring home the cup later the debut of seinfield, we revisit Jerry Seinfield later the later the debut of seinfield, we revisit Jerry Seinfield talking about his long career as a stand up and the moment only recently when he realize the impact of his iconic show. I thought thats what you are doing for people. They cant see that but you can reach them through tv and it talking about his long career as a stand up and the moment only recently when he realize the impact of his iconic show i thought thats what you are doing for people they cant see that but you can with