Suffering a record drop. Earning season is in full swing. Pharmaceutical giant merck topping estimates but cutting its guidance as the coronavirus pushes the rest of its portfolio to the sideline. The ceo ken frazier will join us for an exclusive interview in just a few moments kelly. Looking forward to that. Health care and tech are two of the stock sectors leading stocks lower today. Lets get to bob with a lot more for us just the fact were up three points on the s p is remarkable. This is the second day in a row this has happened. I cant remember when but were down 1 or 2 on all the big names. Microsoft and apple, google and amazon look at all those stocks down. The s p is still up 3 the reason were up is because banks and industrials have helped out today look at these industrials. 3m is seeing growth in some of the safety the blue angels just flew over theres a big roar outside pepsi, xerox, u. P. S. , Harley Davidson withdrawing guidance. Here is a list of the companies withdrawi
All of faang higher with names like paypal up 5 today. We have two bad final hours of trade over the last two sessions and we have sold off over the last couple of hours off the session highs as we stand. Ahead on todays show, well speak exclusively with Thomas Barkin on the heels of another massive jobless number why he says we may be at the bottom of the downturn he just said that on a podcast about an hour ago. Plus, former treasury secretary, jack lew, will join us to discuss the governments tuss efforts and whether cash is going to the right places and the countdown to another big afternoon of earnings. Uber, roku, dropbox and trip adviserme adviser. Well bring you all the numbers you need the know as soon as they hit were off the session highs. Dow high was 430 points. Up 206 just shy of a percent s p 500 and nasdaq still up more than lets focus on the big stories mike is tracking the market rally. Meg has the latest on moderna jumping on news surrounding its vaccine candidate, b
Boris johnson announces the first step to easing its lockdown. Donald trump combats an outbreak in the white house as he tries to return to work. Vice president mike pence spends the weekend in selfisolation. The European Commission threatens to sue germany. Therong rebuke over Constitutional Courts ruling on ecb bond purchasing. This is the picture weve got. Welcome to mondays program. Of futures, euro stoxx 50 futures up by 0. 4 . Ftse futures upice 0. 7 . Up by 0. 7 . We have seen the nikkei doing quite well. The hang seng doing quite well. Less well in the chinese market, but broadly speaking, positive. In response to a lot of talk about stimulus, we have had talk from the pboc and china, policy coming through in india. Lots to think about in asia. Also thinking about the european context. We will look to where all of that conversation goes. That expectation of fiscal policy doesnt seem to be underscoring the positive move in equities. Reopening gradually, very gradually. Economies
Drug failed in trials. Good afternoon afternoon and good evening, good morning. This is viviana , this is bloomberg surveillance. First thing is first, this is what your markets are doing. A lot of the focuses on earnings. A lot of the focus yesterday was the fact that we saw this blunder through w. H. O. Leaking. We understand gilead and the impact we saw on the markets because the trial was not as successful as a lot of people were hoping it would be. Overall, your markets are also focusing on oil. Touch today, west texas actually extending the recovery, treasuries climbing with the dollar, and a lot of the focuses what is going on with italy, the Italian Government bond fell after the europeans felt signed off on this plan, immediate follow from the pandemic, and we also look at Corporate News and some of the earnings. Ifo german Business Confidence falling, but it was expected. Of the 79. 7 figure. Again, that is the lowest ever, and in about 30 minutes, we will speak to the head o
House passes and aid package and some corporate bailouts may come at the price of corporate equity stakes. And gilead shares crash as reports suggest its potential covid19 drug flopped in trial. Good morning, everybody. Program. O the we see a sluggish pace reflected in european futures. Much weaker. Features down, plenty of reasons to be gloomy if youre looking for them in terms of u. S. Jobs data, eurozone pmi data. We saw that certainly have an impact. Lets have a look at u. S. Futures. We do see some negativity and u. S. Futures in u. S. Futures. But not to the same extent. As we continue to watch the earnings stories coming in, lets get a bloomberg first word news update for you. The u. S. House overwhelmingly passed a nearly 500 billion. Oronavirus aid plan the white house says President Trump will sign the legislation today New Washington time. Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin once equity stake in exchange for a share of 17 billion in aid. He says Public Companies critical to N