From theto the concern economic hit caused by the pandemic. We have job losses here with a more modest hit in this part of the world. Else is going on out there and quickly looking at the dollar index is. We do have the dollar steady at the moment. We had the surge in the dollar seeing a little bit of a spike taking place. Being seen as a haven currency. The yen, 104. 49. New york crude, what we have here is a plunge taking place overnight. Nearly 5 . They recovered a little bit from that. 8 10 of 1 . 67 a barrel for wti. Gold the steady, but not really acting as a safe haven. We have breaking news, the dow jones reporting that it may close to buying nc, according to people and what would be the second Big Semiconductor tie up this week as the industry rapidly consolidates this deal. It could be worth 10 billion. Thats according to the dow jones. Dow jones reporting marvell could be close to buying inphi later this week. Lets get our first word headlines. Not european leaders are impos
Not quite as thrilling after day as we had yesterday. Ashley connell it, would be hard to repeat. S p and nasdaq dropping because of a covid 19 vaccine fading a little bit. Investors pull out money from the tech companies, that benefited most from the pandemic. Look at the dow and s p and nasdaq down. I want to get tech stocks red across the screen. Microsoft, facebook, nvidia, Big Semiconductor conductor down 6 . Adobe systems down 4 . A lot of the stocks higher on the year but a victim of the rotation of money out of tech. If it is coming out of big tech where is it going . Lets take a look. Consumer defensive names. Companies likes walmart, costco, target, proctor gamble. There they all are. Weve gone from a red skeen to a green screen. Target, all the others also higher. Industrial stocks giving boost from a csx railroad gaining more than 3 as did ge, right around 3 . Raytheon up 4 1 2 . We should mention boeing, gaining more than, well, see in the final analysis 5. 2 . It was up m
Upping its offer for an aid package to 1. 8 trillion, President Trump tweeting go big a positive development on the covid treatment. Gileads treatment helps infected people recover five days faster than average and tech stocks are outperforming as a massive deal is in the work the week capping it off with a bang. Absolutely. The russell 2000 is up 6. 4 for the week the dow is currently positive for the year as a whole, just. Lets get to the stimulus news in washington and the reaction to it. Bob basketball has a look inside the market rally ylan moi, and Dana Peterson from the Conference Board bob, lets start with you on this very nice end to a strong week. Good news and bad news, will. Good news is, s p is up about 3 on the month the bad news is i am seeing a little bit of an inversion of the stimulus play today. Thats concerning if you are a believer in stimulus remember the stimulus play, bicyclicals materials and banks and industry and energy and go light on technology. That was wo
Thank you. Wall street is waiting on the deal on more stimulus from Washington Well have more on that in a second first as we head into the last month of trading before the election, october bring a number of hurdles could there be an october surprise for the markets bob has more on what to expect bob. There usually is. The good news is we have a positive start for the quarter the big story remains stimulus and the chances for getting the stimulus through the other story well hear a lot is earnings. They are better than expected. The early quarter is much better than expected. We had one of the Big Semiconductor companies came out with positive guidance thats moving all of the Semiconductor Stocks thats a big important sector. Elsewhere Different Companies out there but they have beaten the earnings constellation pepsi reinstated their guidance. That stock has been moving bed, bath and beyond they had 50 cent na they are expecting a loss. The positive trends continue into september tha
Trying in all ways to understand this new culture. Or you are not of in a tourney are the guests you want to become a citizen. In for migrants your platform for reliable information. Much on. U. S. Retailers suffer their worst 2 month sales drop ever can businesses recover lost ground as they slowly reopen were the wave of bankruptcies in the making. Also coming up as if things werent strange enough europe is rooting for german football the bundesliga is starting back up. And with the car parts market at a standstill one German Company revs up its production lines to make protective equipment. This is your Business Report im Stephen Beers in berlin its good to have you with us. U. S. Retail sales plunged by a massive 16 percent in april far worse than analysts had expected as the crowbars pandemic kept americans at home and the retail slump puts the worlds biggest economy on track for its worst 2nd quarter since the Great Depression businesses are reopening as states and local governme