0. 719 andrew and we have numbers to bring you this morning from United Health group just out with its quarterly numbers. Reporting Quarterly Earnings of 3. 51 per share. It beat the consensus estimate of 3. 09 revenue also above forecasts, saying that medical care trends that had been disrupted by the pandemic are moving closer to normal you are looking at that stock up just marginally this morning and we have three more financials, bank of america this hour, Goldman Sachs in the 7 00 hour and then wells fargo in the 8 00 hour. Joe. Thankthanks, andrew. Another Clinical Trial halted over safety concerns, eli lilly late stage trial has been paused by u. S. Health regulation tors it used a Health Sample from one the first patients recovered from coronavirus ill given you more details. Because it leaves out something important. Of the trials ongoing of the antibody, they decided to add remdesivir along with the antibody and that is when they had to halt the trial for some kind of safety
A live report from that region is apple making the best for october . What it is saving for the fall wednesday, september 16th, this is Worldwide Exchange on cnbc. Good morning, good afternoon, good evening wherever you are watching thanks for joining us. Here is how your money and local markets are opening. Maybe you cant because you are driving. They are higher. Dow futures indicate they are opening higher futures are up 97. The decent day rises on tuesday. A positive breath day. About 70 of all stocks rose the third positive session in a row for the dow and s p 500. Small caps continue to be a rising star. The russell 2000 adding to the mondays 2. 5 gain from the recent 52week high. Small caps, again, a group to watch. Another one are the transports a new 52week high a leading indicator. That is the transports highest level. That record set almost two years ago today but something to watch. This morning, oil is rising on concern that Hurricane Sally will not begin production. We are
Companies we are falling following. The way stocks are positioned today, a lot of the focus is the positive news about the vaccine on the positive news by the vaccine and chart and trials resuming. Bonds in spain, portugal and france rising. Yields on german debt steady. Lets get to the first word news in london. The ball is in china posco or to seal a deal. Pot court chinas court to seal a deal. The block is stepping up its demand the china open up its economy even more. Astrazeneca is vaccine trialsnecas vaccine remain on hold in the u. S. As regulators examine a side effect suffered by patient. The interruption raises concerns about one of the fastest moving experimental shots being developed is seen as one of the likeliest to reach the market. President trump will preside over the signing of historic lomatic deals between speaking exclusively with qatars foreign minister ruled out their country following suit. Global news 24 hours a day on air and at bloomberg quicktake, powered by
Blake burman at the white house. We have Lauren Simonetti watching the market action. Edward lawrence reporting from washington at the but on this up and down day, lauren, we start with you. Lauren lauren its with up and down day. I had to look over to see if stocks finished the green. It is changing constantly. This is the new normal. Investors are totally unsure how to price in politics. Not just the expected turbulence around the election, but the future of stimulus. Stocks got a major stimulus from comments on treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin he and House Speaker nancy pelosi theyre going to keep talking about a new relief bill as House Democrats reportedly are ready to scale down a package of their own. Doesnt mean it is going to happen up investors like they are talking. We call it the mnuchin maybe, maybe. The s p 500 avoiding falling into correction territory, up, after the closing bell by just nine points. Yes, it is positive on the year by a whole 16 points, guys. Take a look
Selloff, but stocks will open lower this morning. Disappointing housing numbers really not helping, the dows looking for a loss of 370 points. Thats quite a drop right there. S p down 58, nasdaq down 288. A lot of red ink on the lefthand side of the screen. By the way, 860,000 jobless claims this week, thats the lowest number since march the 14th. All right, there is a mask and vaccine fought. President trump saws well have 100,000 next doses. That will be super fast. The cdc says, hold on, youll have to wait until the middle of next year, and joe biden says he doesnt trust trump, he trusts science. College sports, yeah, making a comeback. Ncaa basketball returns in november, big ten football in october. And sally, ouch. That storm has dumped more than a foot of run in some pluses and, get this, a storm named teddy is forming. Could go up the eastern seaboard. Big show, of course. Aoc wants even more implements for the social u. S. Es. Fomo, fear of mussing out missing out, have Retail