Effective, it brought down the market up the day about 39 points s p 500 had given a run for the money. We are below that 2,800 level. S p up about 4. 5 keeping in mind the treasury yields right now, the 10year seems to be yielding 0. 606 andrew, ill send it over to you. Well give you an update now on the pandemic numbers. Global cases have reached 2. 7 million with 869,000 in the United States. The death toll in the u. S. Is nearing 50,000 new york cases have hit 263,000 and new jersey over 100,000. Georgia plans to reopen. They have the most confirmed cases with over 21,000 well talk about that throughout the morning. Yesterday, new york Governor Cuomo shared early results from the study of 3,000 people that said one in five new york City Residents tested positive. That means as many as 2. 7 million in new york already encountered the virus and survived and never knew it questioning the available of the test but said new yorks test was reliable enough to determine immunity thats base
Travelers. Biogen, set to seek Regulatory Approval for a treatment for alzheimers for early next year. U. P. S. Shares sinking ahead of the open, despite a pretty nice ecommerce boost to profit. The ceo will join us later this hour. The ceo of verizon as well will be here at post nine in a few minutes. An interesting announcement, another guest as well, but i guess it is a mystery. Well wait to solve it in a few minutes. Lets start with earnings, dive right in. Tale two of dow components, p g up, quarterly beat helped by Strong Demand by premium Beauty Brands and mcdonalds falling on an earnings miss as growth on us comps came in below forecast u. S. Mcdonalds 4. 8, looking for 5. 2. Jpmorgan told us the quarter would run light. Im glad you messengered that a lot of people are saying this is a big surprise, a negative surprise if you listen to what jpmorgan said, you would have been ready for exactly this number, which basically to me says not as bad as feared. 5. 9 , thats a number th
The nikkei was off by. 10. Hang seng managed to edge higher by 1 3 of a percent. Shanghai comp down. 4 of a percent. Over in europe, take a check there. We have red arrows aside from italy which is managing a. 6 percent of a gain. The dax is down by half a percent. As for treasury yields, it seems to be in focus it has been in focus as we are waiting. Fed chair jay powell might say about a potential rate cut in july the twoyear now 1. 925 . Quite a steep rise considering that the recent low is 1. 696 . 195 on a close. Amazing yields. Obviously stretched lower in trade news, top u. S. Officials, talks back on the hill the first high level talks with the chinese counterparts yesterday. They continue to try to work out a trade deal people close to the conversation say both sides are going to continue talking but that existing tariffs could be, in their words, the new normal. Netflix is losing another high profile tv property next year friends is moving to warner streaming service hbo max.
Was checking in around 6 00 a. M. To squawk box but still looking up road map this morning, it starts with a potential trade boost, stocks as you saw pointing to what would be a pretty good open at least if youre long after treasury secretary mnuchin said there is a path to a deal with china. Plus, trade head winds hitting home, fedex saying the ongoing disputes are creating, quote, significant uncertainty for its business outlook. Micron surging this morning, this on strong Quarterly Results. The chipmaker also resuming some sales to huawei and forecasting demand recovery this year. Stocks are looking to rebound this morning, this after treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin expressed optimism about trade talks in a cnbc interview. Here is what he told hadley gamble in bahrain. Im hopeful we see a deal there needs to be the right efforts in place this isnt a deal for having the sake of a deal we were about 90 of the way there. There is a path to complete this but well see where we get. Quo
Italys Prime Minister said it would derive from properties on h derived from higher Interest Rates. The net income exsceeding the growth for 2022 and 2023 citi estimated that would be equal to 19 of bank net profits for the year the tax would only apply to domestic Net Interest Income if this were to happen in the United States it is not happening i know. I dont know what would happen to the world. It is like when hell freezes over scenario. 40 windfall profit tax on banks. Do you think this is such a game changer that you would ever be in business in italy ever again . I think they view banks as utilities in italy i think investors will think about Certain Industries now at the beck on call of the government it can be wiped out just like that it changes your money. Chinese communist out of nowhere with the Tech Companies in china the trading Certain Industries. In other bank news, moodys cutting ratings with several banks and downgrading the biggest lenders. The credit strengths will