We go to work. Straight home. This is the one business show you cant afford to miss more in washington coming up tensions are still high in the United States following nearly 2 weeks of protests against Racial Injustice straight ahead we recap the un rest and what moves are being taken to address inequality in the United States plus privacy remains a concern in the age of co but 19 at the United Kingdom has disclosed Sensitive Health data to a u. S. Firm owned by billionaire peter thiel and later markets continue to search despite ongoing global chaos how far will optimism carry this ball run and is it sustainable we bring you that and more today so lets jump right in. And thousands of protesters continue to take the streets worldwide calling for reform to the Justice System after george floyd was killed in Police Custody in minneapolis minnesota couple weeks ago here in the United States demonstrators continued in nearly every major city including washington d. C. New york philadelphi
Investors weighing a reaction that could further destabilize the Global Economy. President down to asias major market opens. These are our top stories trumpe for social media after his tweets are fact checked he says twitter and others are trying to silence conservative voices. Breaking news out of south korea. We are getting the Industrial Production numbers for the month of april and we are seeing a huge contraction month on month, a plunge of 6 . The expectation was for a decline of about half of that and this of course also is after gains in the previous month. Year on year, it is a contraction of 4. 5 percent. Again, really a much bigger contraction than expected. Hearing year, we are talking about the biggest contraction since the financial crisis. We have not seen such a big decline since 2009. In the month of april, and south korea, we have continued to see the restrictions over the coronavirus pandemic. Already, we are seeing a second wave of infections in south korea and talk
That shape which would be very good news. Taking a look at some stocks, apple as you mentioned alltime highs, adobe, amazon, microsoft, all close within 3 of alltime highs. Thats a range of different kinds of stocks. Apple and microsoft are the two most valuable stocks that i track, two of the most valuable companies in existence right now. Adobe had been more of a kind of growth momentum play type stock despite fat k despite fact its big and strong and has strong growth. For that to be as close to high as it is and up nicely this morning as well, serge sacertais something morgan. Weve been talking about it all week, the rotation into the stocks and sectors that are tied to this reopening narrative that were seeing play out across the country and really across the world in general perhaps unsurprising to see airlines, leisure and hospitality, banks and financials, the type of stocks leading the market higher today, even though from a sector standpoint in the s p every sector is in the
Spacex, and it is actually playing out in the market. Because spacex is privately held but if you look at the handful of more pure play space names, virgin galactic, not affiliated with any of this right now but represents Space Tourism play is higher today also the ufo space etf is trading higher ahead of the launch its scheduled to happen a few minutes after 4 30 p. M. Eastern right now but well see how the weather and Everything Else plays out here, john. You talk about space a lot, its a an important story, an Important Technology story also. I cant help but look at whats happening to silicone valley and tech at large over this incredible year especially that weve had. If you think back over the past decade, the elon musk brand of tech that is hardware, big hardware, difficult engineering, its tesla, spacex, that wasnt the popular thing. It was more the instagrams, the airbnbs, the we works. I think weve seen in this, you know, virus crisis that swept the globe its some of those in
59 minutes left of trade nasdaq 100,. 2 from a record closing high set in february hard to believe. Seriously is hard to believe. Were up 0. 4 . Coming up on todays show, despite growing dissent, tech stocks once again nearing all time highs well discuss the outlook for the sector amid new challenges with investor dan niles. Plus, powerful words from one of the biggest icons in sports, nba lenld, Kareem Abduljabbar will join us with his compelling message for all americans about the need for what he calls a rush to justice. Lets focus in on the big stories we are watching in this final hour of trade. Mike tracking the Market Action as always. Julia boorstin following the cory russ of dissent inside facebook and courtney covering the civil unrest mike, start us off with the Broader Market and this continued strength we are seeing yes, continued, persistent strength its a day when its gone a little bit away from the nasdaq leaders that were were so familiar with. That trend has remained