Fbn a. M. Starts right now. Cheryl the song is block hawk. Were going to have black hawk. Well have that coffee, donut debate later on in the show. Good morning, im cheryl casone. Lauren good morning, im lauren simonetti. Cheryl you may have been surprised if you saw markets react to the yo attacks in iraq against u. S. Soldiers. 24 hours ago we were talking about a Global Market selloff. Futures are now higher by 89, s p is up 11 and a quarter, nasdaq up 43 andahalf. The nasdaq closed at a new record last night. Lauren lets take a look at commodities, oil prices are up today by 16cents, below 60 a barrel, after rock he et a rockn baghdads green zone. Gold continues its sell off. Cheryl taking a look at stocks in asia, stocks finishing broadly higher with japan leading the way. The nikkei gaining more than 2 and a quarter percent. Hang seng and kospi, strong numbers in asia. Lauren investors reading all this as a deescalation of conflict in the middle east and iran. The dax is gaining
Be from the United States. The dow is down 77 points, s p down by 2 and three quarters, nasdaq down by 13 and a quarter. A stunning reversal for markets after initially falling overnight. Lauren maybe responding to no u. S. Casualties. Lets the take a look at the initial oil reaction. Wti is higher by 0. 4 , 62, 95 a barrel. Gold pierced through 1,600, but now 1585 an ounce. Cheryl stocks in asia taking a hit from news of the missiles being fired into iraq. As you can see, substantial losses, asian markets closing, we should add, before more News Headlines coming out. The nikkei losing more than 1 andahalf percent. Shanghai down more than 1 . Kospi lower as well. Lauren european markets responding to all of this right now. They are trade offing to the downside. The worst performer is the dax in germany, down half of 1 . Good morning at home. Im lauren simonetti. Cheryl good morning, im cheryl casone. And we begin with this breaking news overnight that iran has targeted u. S. Troops in
Its a Beautiful Day and i cant stop myself from smiling. I know theres no denying. Its a Beautiful Day, the sun is up, the musics playing. Cheryl it is a clear, Beautiful Day here in new york city. Good morning, welcome to fbn a. M. Im cheryl casone. Lauren it actually feels like spring. Good morning, im lauren simonetti. Cheryl lets look at how your money is moving this morning after the s p set a record last night, we have green arrows across the board as Fourth Quarter earnings kick off. We start this morning, jp morgan, citigroup, wells fargo, the trade deal with china about to be signed. Lauren this is helping sentiment in asia, sending mondays session mixed for the most part. The shanghai composite was down overnight. Cheryl you have green arrows in europe, the ftse 100 out of london, that market is p up three quarters of a percent, cac and dax higher as well. Lauren back to china. Fox business learned some key details in what is in the phase one trade deal with china. The deal i
Now im a believer. Not a trace. Or doubt in my mind. Im in love. Im a believer, i couldnt leave her if i tried. Cheryl were believing that it is tuesday and welcome to fbn a. M. And good morning, everyone, im cheryl casone. Lauren good morning, im lauren simonetti. Cheryl lets take a look at how your money is moving this morning. Were seeing slightly positive numbers as the tense situation with iran continues. There was early pressure on headlines crossing overnight. Right now, green arrows. Lauren a major turnaround yesterday too. Take a look at oil prices, they are continuing their slide after reaching their highest level since september in the immediate aftermath of the soleimani killing. Wti is down half a percent. Gold is down a buck 20. Cheryl stocks in asia are focused on trade optimism as chinese officials are pre prepag to sign a phase one deal with President Trump, we expect the signing next week. The shanghai composite is up three quarters of a percent. Lauren certainly a gl
Cheryl veronica . I hosted so im ready to be done. We have a lot of news coming up this morning. Our top story this hour was, well, it was christmas, americans spending more money online for the Holiday Season, ecommerce sales jumped more than 18 compared to last year overall. Holiday retail sales excluding cars rising more than 3 . Thanksgiving did fall later this year which pushed a lot of retailers to start sales earlier. President trump touted the news, heres what he tweeted. 2019 Holiday Retail sales were up 3. 4 from last year. Biggest number in u. S. History, congratulations, america. Veronica, your reaction in the middle of all this political abusinesabyss thats happening , you have an economy and consumer thats on fire and we have numbers to prove it. It sounds like youre trying to get away from washington but this is great for the party of washington, for republicans, for the president. This is a great economy for him to be going into 2020 with. Theres a ton of devi divisiven