U. S. One report says the case has already been pulled. Jack ma seeking more than 17 billion in hong kong as a dual listing. It says it does not need cornerstone investors. We have the latest on this blockbuster sale. Shery he was futures coming online flat after u. S. Stocks fell to an eight week low in the regular session. Warnings from various fed officials of the need for more fiscal stimulus. We saw the selloff continuing. Volume below the average over the past 30 days. 11 sectors on the s p 500, all of them lower by more than 1 . Energy the worst performer as we continue to see Dollar Strength rising against every g10 peer to a seven week high. Oil is extending its losses. We saw some gains earlier in the new york session stop bullish york session. Gains limited by fed speak over the economic recovery. Haidi lets look at how the Asian Session is shaping up. Taking a look at new zealand stocks, we continue to process the rbnz rate decision. A steady beat of the drum roll toward po
Restrictions in new york city is boosting education about masks and social distancing. U. S. And china ramping up tensions. Washington rejects beijings claims to the South China Sea and top senators are facing mainland sanctions. Shery lets get you started with a quick check of how the markets are trading. U. S. Futures opening higher, gaining one quarter percent after stocks fell in the regular session. Sharply higher throughout most of the day and then we saw a bearish reversal in the afternoon. Marcus dealt a double whammy with data showing that virus cases surged in california, as they that makes up 15 of u. S. Gdp. Not to mention escalating tensions between the u. S. And china. The u. S. Denounced chinas claims to the South China Sea. The s p 500 at one point hit the highest level since march before falling in the afternoon. Led by tech and communication stocks. The nasdaq composite hit another record high. At the end of the session, the biggest fall in more than two weeks. Take a
And infections surge around the world with outbreaks and 65 countries. Withe a 50 jump in cases 34 people know dead. Well, what a day. Take a look at markets right now. Lets start with bonds. Were going to take a look at the aussie three year, hitting a record low at. 35 . The aussie 10 year, pretty weak. The new zealand 10 year also slipping. Were seeing yields on bonds falling to levels previously unseen. Barrel. Ude 49 a wti is below 45 a barrel. Lets check in on currencies. Dollargot the kiwi trading like this. Coming in betterthanexpected , 2. 6 . But this predates the coronaVirus Outbreak. Weve seen exports rise in new zealand to 1. 7 . The yen was a big mover, strengthening 3 against the u. S. Dollar. That trend looking to continue. A 54ussie dollar has handle, and that happened after we got those absolutely shocking pmi numbers out of china for february. So, hows that setting us up for Equities Trading around the region today . New zealand up and running and off 3. 2 . We have
Been popping up today. Firefighters knockdown flames of a new fire near lake sonoma. This fire started around 7 30 am west of geyserville. We have video from skyfox. You can see the fire burned a small area of brush. There were no major damages. And daly city, crews put out of the grass fire an hour ago. That was reported around 10 45 am near hamilton avenue interstate 280. No one was hurt and no word on how either fire started. Firefighters are optimistic about the progress overnight against the kincade fire. Allie rasmus was after their 40 containment and firefighters are considering that a victory for now. On this ongoing battle against the fire. Reporter you can see the smoke in the distance behind the house where we are. We are east of lake sonoma. Skyfox has a view of the fire lines from the Sonoma County, the other side of the fire. Sonomalake county borta. 5000 firefighters and personnel are on the front lines. The firefighters and Engine Companies across the western u. S. , we
Protesters in hong kong, saying the nba has acted like a subsidiary of chinas communist party. Bogard onn bulgari. We bring you our exclusive interview from shanghai. Shery later, we bring you more on amazons after hours stock plunge, but first, lets get you started with a quick check of markets. We see u. S. Futures unchanged at the moment after we sawtek shares leading the gains on the s p 500 which closed above that 3000 level. We had Semiconductors Leading the gains. The Philadelphia Semiconductor index gaining 2. 5 after we got a positive outlook coming out of lam research. The dow, though, underperformed. Had three of we results showing the Global Industrial slump we are seeing is really weighing on the company. Of course, this just part of a raft of earnings we got today including microsoft and tesla gaining on solid earnings, and as we said earlier, amazon plunging after hours, so we will dissect all of those numbers later in the show, but first, lets get you started with a qui