The banking index very much under pressure. Names like bnp paribas dragging at lower. Rising case count likely to put pressure economically on europe. That is going to feed back into the Banking Sector. By 0. 4 . S up arodollar now trading with 1. 16 handle. We are down by 0. 4 . Alix as you were talking about travel restrictions and lockdown light, european leaders grappling with how to bring the virus under control. Hospitalizations are climbing following a surgeon cases. There are concerns about madrid being overwhelmed at a hospital level. Joining us is maria tadeo from brussels. Walk us through what we might see over the next 48 hours. Maria thats right. There isnt a single approach here from every european country from every european government. Every country is doing this differently. France had a record 16,000 cases. Of course, that is much higher than a neighboring country like italy or germany, which the french government keeps repeating that they dont want to go for a nation
Good morning im Frank Holland in for Brian Sullivan here is how your stocks are shaping up the dow is open, the s p up about three. Nasdaq implied open up about 35 points still on pace for the broader losing streak. Closing down more than 1 with amazon closing down two and a quarter percent. The russell 2000 up more than 3 since monday where its best Weekly Performance since august 8. Perhaps a rotation on the way. More on that coming up first, we have to check the stock of the week. Thats snowflake after the surge of trading on wednesday, the stock was down 26 yesterday and on track for more losses this morning that stock down about a percent and a half well continue to watch those shares checking action around the globe, matt taylor in singapore and karen tso in london. A fairly lack luster week in the markets. We did modest gains coming through. We did see weakness when it comes to australia or new zealand. It was a lateday rally ending up more than 2 . You were talking about the na
Flat theres the s p up a corner. Tech is out performing today steve, i look at the notes from all of you today and sounds like youre growing more and more cautious on where we are and more importantly where you think we could go. I think thats right. My position is simple. Were going to get a vaccine the timing is uncertain. Its not going to be distributed on a mass basis until next year. The election wasnt decided until middecember from election day to middecember, the stock traded down 8. 4 . We have a market on steroids i think you continue to see issues which is really gutting the Technology Sector which has been leading the market. We saw more today. They want to call the ceos from google and facebook down to d. C. Again. That is the current administrations platform. Lets get tough on trade lets get tough on tech. Its been disasterous or could be disasterous Going Forward when you take a look at valuations, you know, theyre very vulnerable here if i could be 1010 club, i probably
Runs out and shares of Bed Bath Beyond are surging, the retailer reports comps of 6 , online sales soaring 89 , jim so earlier in the week, jim, and even last week you seem to be pessimistic about the prospect of a compromise coming together. Do you feel any different this morning . Look, i think the Airline Layoffs are looming large because with layoffs come a cut in roots, with a cut in roots is a pain point, but i think its the senate, we keep talking about mnuchin and we keep talking about speaker pelosi, but i think the senate is buying into the president s vshaped recovery and i think Mitch Mcconnell is buying into it which says why do we need more we have a v shape, its just Certain Industries that can be triaged. I know that the industries represent small and mediumsized business so im against that, but i would say in favor of the mcconnell position, at least if you are looking at the stock market, this set of earnings, now, that is not what they care about and i dont want to m
By was johnsons plan passes its first hurdle in parliament. But he faces big obstacles in the house of lords. Heated debate President Trump clashes with california state officials over whether Climate Change is causing wildfires in the region. And the acts falls at the the citi,lls at citigroup resuming job cuts. Anna absolutely, lets talk about the jobs market, specifically in the u. K. , we are getting jobs numbers coming through. Jobless claims arising by 73,700 in august. To give you some context to that, that is lower than the previous number. In the prior month, jobless claims numbers rose by 94,000 in july. Perhaps if you are looking at that rate of change or the pace of the surge we have seen in jobless claims, it is not as much as last month, but we are living in a very strange o job market in the uk given the furlough scheme that is keeping in a lifesupport certain businesses thereby limiting the number of jobless claims. In the unemployment rate, the same applies. For threeo