Usmca, china, theres a lot in the mix today. There sure is as we start squawk alley. Glad to join you carl and deirdra bow is a also with us this morning major indexes still higher, though the dows best performer over the last quarter was apple so, we can continue to watch that stock as well its been interesting, deirdra, to see this move in apple over time thats where were going to start. The dows best performer again over the last quarter. In the midst of this platform shift right now, we have to see whether they can continue this momentum as we head into a Holiday Season where the headlines are questionable whether theyll be able to churn out enough of the 5g iphone based on production delays that theyve encountered in the midst of the coronavirus absolutely. And its not just apple, right, guys tech had a big quarter at large. Youve seen them lead the way once again, although alphabet little underperforming so youre starting to see more breadth in this market one of the major questi
And some confusion reigns in brussels. With the help of western media, an atmosphere of fear is being created in slovakia, this opinion was expressed to us in an interview by the former minister of justice and former chairman of the Supreme Court of slovakia, stefan garabin. He does not rule out that the elections could be rigged. According to the information i have, at least 85 of the countrys population is against the supply of weapons to ukraine and against supporting bandera. Mode. In slovakia, people know what bandera did in the fifties, in fiftytwo, fiftythird, when they fled to the west through north slovakia, they killed people. There is a strong suspicion that the elections may be rigged, because the votes are counted by the statistical office, which has an agreement with the it company esed, the same one that officially cooperates with sru. Smers main competitor is the Progressive Slovakia Party led by michal simicka. A former member of this party was the current president of
Lets head straight to the markets desk where julie hyman has the latest on this energyfueled rally. Julie we see major averages gain traction. They were little changed at the open. 3 on the dow and s p. Up about 22 points. It has to do with the energy market. The Goldman Sachs call is feeling a gain in Energy Stocks. Look at the groups on the move. Energy shares up 1 as our materials. We are seeing that just Oil Prices Higher but some of the other materials as well. On the downside, utilities and telecoms slower. Otherwise, we have a lift in the commodityled groups. Oil prices are working higher on the call from Goldman Sachs. Gold is also on the rise today. It is up by about 1 . Interesting we are seeing a lift in stocks and gold at the same time. Part of this is fueled by the e. T. F. Buying of gold. E. T. F. Dex tracks holdings of gold in the u. S. We have had a big lift this year as gold prices have risen. It is the 14th straight day these funds have seen inflows. It is a streak of
In the equity markets on this side of the ocean, you can see the european markets as well have steadied to say the least but thats about it. After again a nice twoday rally there, although that ftse, a lot of people saying thats not the one to look at. Yeah, its back to where it was before brexit but thats because most of it is international exposure, not necessarily exposure to domestic uk. Lets get to our road map this morning. It does start with a big day on wall street. Its the end of the first half of the year. Weve got a look at the winners and losers and whos poised for perhaps a pop in the second half of the year. Lions gate buys starz, 4. 4 billion in cash and stock. I will give you the detailtss on how the deal came down and what it means for the companies and industry overall. The results are in, we will have a look at the Bank Stress Tests and what it tells us about the strength of the sector. We are heading into the final trading day of the Second Quarter and the first hal
Seeing single digit cold temperatures. Quite a different scene earlier this evening when the flurries were flying around Rittenhouse Square. The story tonight, that bitter cold weather. Good evening everyone, im chris oconnell. Good evening im dawn timmeney. Temperatures certainly are tumbling. Scott williams live outside our old city studios. Hope youre bundled up, scott. Well, i am bundled up as much as i can be right now dawn and chris. Its an arctic assault taking place across our area. Winds have been gusting over 40 Miles Per Hour and those temperatures are tumbling. Lets get to the maps and show you whats happening. That front has been blowing through this evening. Snow squalls across the area some locations picking up a coating up to an inch with those fastmoving clippers. Now, as we look at the wind chills right now, you can see already feeling like 9 degrees right here in center city. It feels like allege below already in the pocono mountains and what about 11 degrees current