Giants thats benefited from more money in american wallets earlier this year. For more, i want to bring in abigail, whos been following all the action in the s p. A big day, catching up to the nasdaq. Tech is helping. Abigail we have this record high. Market watchers have been waiting for the s p 500 for a week very closely. The nasdaq has been hitting record high after high. Tech, especially with amazon and other tech names, really driving the gains for the s p 500. Morning the this s p 500 briefly went negative after putting in an alltime high. We have this wall of worry. Not only do we have no still is, a second deal is not on the table yet. We have a election jitters, u. S. China trade jitters, the possibility of a second wave. It was not a robust finish for the s p 500, that a record high. One day versions are a little high, given the others closed a little high. The last time this index put in a record high was almost two years ago. Its really the habs and and havenots. Vs techno
Colleges are told to offload holdings of mainland companies. Australia signs a deal to make any covid19 vaccine for all. The government will distribute should it prove successful. More vaccine optimism playing out in australia. Lets look at how we are shaping up in terms of the u. S. Future session. Another renewed push of momentum in u. S. Markets overnight, hitting the record, propelled again by the same names. Also betterthanexpected u. S. Housing data. 2016 helping out sentiment, as well. We have positivity when it comes to the active futures trading at the moment. The nikkei 225 trading in chicago, looking flat at the moment ahead of a trade balance numbers, as well as machinery orders. We do have the topix, best performer in terms of Global Markets so far in this month of august. We are looking at broad weakness when it comes to the u. S. Dollar. The dollar sinking to his lowest levels since may of 2018. Im worried about the u. S. Economy with yet no relief package, stimulus pack
Morning. I could go on and on, mike santoli, but when i have you on the program with me why would i bother i might as well send it over to you. Set us up for the action today, particularly given what weve seen there was that rotation earlier in the week, but it already feels like theyre coming back to growth. Rotated, with he unrotated, we will we will rerotate i do think its indicative of this market that has generally speaking hesitated right underneath the all time highs. We are all looking at that its fascinating as sara and i talked about last night on closing bell we would otherwise be saying, oh, its a quiet post earnings august period, markets in a nice uptrend, s p is up 3 month to date, its supposed to be a negative week, everything looks fine, markets maybe just pausing because its had a 50 run in 100 trading days, but because we are on the verge of that number it seems to gain outside significance in terms of people trying to figure out whether thats kind of an end point fo
Many people. Tencent is one of the most active investors in the world. More than 450 investments under the companys umbrella and that is more than the number in softbanks universe and includes names like tesla, snap and epic. Thirdly, american businesses operating in china, like mcdonalds and starbucks, they rely on the wechat app for their operations so being cut off could jeopardize their business there. There are so many questions still outstanding but its really hard to understate the importance the daily role of wechat for chinese internet users. Its called a superapp people use it for everything from messaging and booking a doctors appointment and we dont have an equivalent here. Tik tok is popular in the u. S. Its looking at a sale to microsoft so it could get around that ban there is no such option for wechat, carl weve tried to explain to investors just how important it is on the other side of the world. Lets bring in global head of Technology Investment strategy at deutsche.
Counties that are on the watch list for increased coronavirus activity. Abc 7 News Reporter Lyanne Melendez has local reaction. Reporter School Districts in the buy area had every intention of welcoming back students in the fall. Until covid19 numbers recently forced the state to roll back business reopenings in several counties. Marin county, for example, is one of the districts on the states watch list because of its rising numbers. Yet this morning some parents came out to support inperson learning. Already children who have not schooled since march 16th and 17 whoth need to get back in front of the eyes of our teachers. We believe it can safely be done. Reporter the white house has threatened to cut funding if schools dont fully reopen. When he says open he means open in full, kids being able to attend each and every day at their school. Reporter therefore continuing with the Distance Learning model has not been an easy decision for many School Districts. Heres the state superinten