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Brent. 52. 35, not down as much as it was earlier. The 10 year yield down another basis point at 2. 09. We are climbing ever higher to the 2900 mark on the s p 500, up just 3 10 of 1 right now. Guy lets kick off with hong kong. Another day of massive protests yesterday as chief executive carrie lam says she would indefinitely suspend consideration of a controversial extradition law. Joining us from hong kong, Stephen Engle, bloombergs chief north asia correspondent. Do you feel these protests are going to continue until carrie lam departs . Stephen yeah, that could happen. Of course, they are at a much smaller scale during the workweek, a full day after the estimated 2 million hong kong people took to the streets yesterday in that defiance against the extradition bill. Right now we still have several hundred smaller pockets concentrated down here, in front of embattled chief executive carrie lams offices. Theyve been here pretty mu ....
It is a pit of a freak key friday in the markets. I am Lauren Simonetti in for liz claman. Lets begin with a fox market alert. Look here, you can see stocks searching for direction all day, switching between red and green. Right now the dow is up 80 to points, near the highs of the session. The s p 500 is fractionally higher, not even a point. The nasdaq is lower by 2426 26, and the russell 2000 is down by 2. 5. We are within reach of records for all three of the major indices. Right now the dow needs to close higher by more than 38 points. It will then finish at a record high. It did cross 40,000 yesterday but has yet to finish bo that level. As for the s p 500, the Broader Market needs to gain 11 points for its record close, and the nasdaq needs to finish up by 44. Of course, anything can happen in this final hour of trade, and since were coalescing right near those recor ....
We leave this event and go live to the u. S. Senate. Call p, pending . The presiding officer were not in a quorum call. Mr. Menendez i rise today as brave citizens in iran are taking to the streets to exercise their fundamental right to freely express their opinions and protest against their government. As a democracy founded on core values, including the freedom of speech, equal rights under the law, and basic human dignity, the United States must always stand up for those peacefully advocating for these principles. For decades america has championed these principles not only because they are right but because they promote our interests. We know that nations whose governments respect human rights and freedom of expression, that uphold the rule of law, that protect the civil rights and liberties of their people, these nations serve as americas most reliable allies, most Strate ....