That really has been down to currencies. The dollar index is up at the moment, but if you look at it over 24 hours, actually, its down by. 3 ,. 4 percent. One of the main beneficiaries of crown weakness has been strength. Sterling has been propelled about 1. 5 in the last day or thereabouts. The dollar weakness has been felt with the yen also moving to the upside. Theres another reason we are seeing upside on equities in japan. Gold not a major beneficiary, though it was at oneweek highs at one stage after the dollar was sagging earlier on. Thats a look at markets. Lets head over to tom. Tom lets get you up to speed with some of the other first word headlines. The Trump Administration is ramping up tensions with china once again, designating six asnland Media Outlets foreign which it says are controlled by beijing. They include the economic daily, which provides a look at beijing economic news. The Administration Says all six are substantially owned or by atively controlled foreign gov
Following last weeks catastrophic explosion in the city we follow a russian team of medics lending a helping hand. Get even with our International Just on 7 oclock here in moscow tensions in the russian capital of minsk to continue to saw citizens have already started to gather in the city center and Armored Vehicles are reported to have moved in as well it doesnt come in the wake of sundays disputed president ial election which has plunged the country into chaos our correspondent reports from the city. Because moving extremely slowly literally in 1st gear all the drivers are honking their horns and waving marathons there are lots of flowers serving as though it says something unimaginable is going on in the center of minsk this is the way the people are driving the women is standing alone independence avenue well if Something Like that. But ill swear in belarus these are the images from inside western city of brest where people formed a human chain there to show their support to the p
Were red now across the board as we show you where the major averages are down. The s p down about 1. 5 . Josh, i turn to you. A lot of hurdles to get over were watching texas and florida. The banks are under pressure because of the regulations from the fed about dividends and buybacks you have the nike news with the big miss off its earnings. You have a Tall Mountain to climb today. Yeah, i agree with you. Theres a lot of stories swirling around right now and most arent feel good for stocks the big story is the virus and its resurgence. I think thats the only thing that matters to market right now. You see it in whats working and whats not sometimes things are complex right now things are simple. Dollar tree, costco, clorox all look outstanding now even the stocks that went vertical given those vertical moves they are hanging very high and thats really impressive. They are not even pulling back for a consolidation in any significant way. Look whats rolling over, exactly what you would
Calls for unity as the death toll across europe continues to rise. China boz almost all foreigners and entering the country to slow the number of cases coming from a group. A dangerous combination the Health Workers in the news are treating coronavirus patients without protective. More cases of corona virus have not been confirmed in the us than anywhere else in the world President Donald Trump says hes committed to getting people back to work as soon as possible thats as a record 3300000 registered as unemployed last week rob reynolds begins our coverage. The number of confirmed cases of coded 19 in the us now tops 83000 more than have been recorded in china or italy more than 1100 people here have died from the corona virus with no vaccine and no proven drug treatment the countrys top medical experts say social restrictions are the only way to curb the rate of infection whenever you put the clamps down and shut things down you do it for 2 reasons you do it to prevent the further spre
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