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shanghai composite up by 0.2%. the dax is down by 2%. the ten-year yield, 2.24%. a couple of big headlines we re watching. first one, crude prices. wti crude trading higher after the ministers of saudi arabia and russia agreed needing to extend the cuts. including russia agreed to cut output. deciding whether to extend that agreement. a lot of folks will be watching for that. also, a big developing story out of north korea, the company announcing the missile that carried a heavy nuclear warhead is capable of hitting targets in the pacific. the latest launch was widely condemned by the u.s., japan and south korea. the white house calling north korea a, quote, fragrant menace. and urged allies to enforce stronger sanctions. and then on this week s agenda, it say big week for retail earning. those earnings have been not so hot. home depot and tjx. and wednesday, target and l brands. thursday, walmart and gap. also getting results from cisco, alibaba and campbell s so ....
state victories and macron s swearing-in. oil up on news of more production cuts and an empire manufacturing the first negative read since the election. our road map begins with a cyber warning after hackers attack 1 50 countries over the weekend. microsoft said it should serve as a wake-up call to governments around the world. and there s an agreement on the extension of the oil production cuts. the white house is hopefully to quickly pick the next fbi director. will democrats make that possible? first up this morning, asian governments and businesses reporting some disruptions from this wannacry ransomware worm this morning. it s locked up hundreds of thousands of computers in more than 150 countries since friday. security experts warning of further disruptions as more systems come online today. we have examples of schools for instance in south korea warning their students not to fire up their computers today for fear this could get a new leg as people turn thin ....
good morning. welcome to worldwide exchange on cnbc. i m sara eisen. i m wilfred frost. good morning to you from me as well. let s check in on the markets after another record close for the s&p and nasdaq. got a half percent gain for stocks yesterday. breaking out of that dreade dreaded 0.2% move. let s show you where we are this morning. dow futures down a point. s&p futures down 1.5. nasdaq futures remain strong as the nasdaq continues its outperformance. it s coming off of four straight weeks in gains. the s&p and dow broke their winning streak last week. the dollar is the mover last night. this is where we saw reaction to the report from the washington post and the new york times that the president shared some highly sensitive intelligence data with the russians. you saw the dollar weaken sharply. the biggest move was against the euro. it soared to 110.41. the dollar wiped out all of its post election gains. the dollar shot up on this idea of all of his pr ....
the president had with our own jeanine pirro, maybe wholesale changes are in order. we ll looking at that, what that could mean. whether a change in staff is something that would be constructive or something that the president s critics have likened to rearranging the deck chairs on the titanic. there is no middle ground here. to the federalist, bree peyton, gop fund-raiser, noelle nikpour, and former trump michigan co-chair. how real are the rumors are? we hear them percolating after a white house crisis, however real you call this, how do you take this? will happen and question when and what magnitude. the president has been forced into this situation. it is important for him to act, to send a clear message that everybody that works for the administration it is important to protect confidentiality, protect the administration as goals. neil: all right. noelle, you could go back and say much of this is of the president s own doing. he kind of keeps aides in the dark. ....
could be just a test run today for something way more sinister. from sinister to outright scary, north korea has now succeeded in launching what it calls the perfect weapon. a missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead that could reach here to the united states. as china watches, it isn t waiting to capitalize on at least the void that the u.s. appears to be leaving when it comes to trade. china building the new silk road that it hopes will lead to infrastructure deals around the globe. senator byron and gregg on both the real and economic attacks from the east. oh, yes, and we ll ask them when do they think what their expert and experienced guys will have a tax reform plan or at least a tax cut. russia tells saudi arabia we re with you on this, pushing oil prices to three-week highs. as you can see oil right now is at $48.80 the nasdaq and s&p 500, though, in record range and a fox business exclusive virtual reality and what s next? next vr is going to do something ....