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momentum heading into his own debate on sunday. melissa: back to the markets. the dow ending the day up triple digits, led higher by shares of goldman sachs, caterpillar and jpmorgan. oil also moving big as hurricane matthew closes in on the u.s. phil flynn of the price futures group is a fox business contributor. he is watching the action from the cme. lori rothman is on the floor of the new york stock exchange. lori, retailers getting a big boost today. i think it is fair to say, melissa, that the positive tone was set earlier with finally good news on the u.s. economy. ism non-manufacturing survey, into things that comprise a lot of consumer-based names came in much better than expected. it was the best month for the services industry in the last 11. and there you can see some. jewelers did phenomenally well today. signet jewelers up 4.6%. fossil, sears, gap, range of retailers with pretty significant moves to the upside today. let s talk about twitter because the ....
going to like today. the lows are cooler but it will be a little warmer. santa rosa going 75. up two for san francisco. livermore from 73 to 76. san jose from 72 to 74. and tony in daly city, 52 and feels like fall. plus clear skies in daly city. that is breaking news. clear skies in daly city. looks like a nice day except on the north coast. 40s and 50s. much cooler on the lows. wood side at 42. menlo park also in there as well. we will rebound with a lot of low and mid-70s. temperatures warming up a smidge there, sal. steve, thank you very much. it will be busy in the east bay as you see by some of the pictures i m about to show you. a 42-minute drive to the macarthur maze. when you drive into san francisco from oakland from the bay bridge, the traffic will be busy. take a look at the bay bridge. traffic is backed up there as you can see. seeing a lot of slow traffic in the east bay. go to the silicon valley commute where a lot of people are up to saratoga, cupertin ....
this time warning of a breakup. and small manufacturers are embracing i.t. and the clouds transform the way make things. typhoon chaba has been downgraded to a severe tropical storm. it s roaring off the coast of japan after leaving five dead in south korea. chaba is now moving east off the west coast of the country. it s packing winds of more than 100 kilometers per hour. it struck jeju wednesday morning. it moves on to busan. at least five people were killed. local reports say one person died at a construction site while another was blown off a rooftop. tens of thousands of homes are still without power. officials in southern japan closed public schools in nagasaki prefecture on wednesday. air and sea traffic has been disrupted with more than 140 domestic flights to and from the region canceled. japanese weather officials are telling people to remain on the alert. sayaka mori from our weather desk has been monitoring the storm and has this update. yes, dangerous ....
follow me on twitter. don t forget to use the hashtag as well. hong kong underway in 30 minutes. singapore and malaysia are online. shery: stocks are rebounding from yesterday s losses. we are seeing positive sentiment from wall street as a result. u.s. stocks are gaining on a bit more positive. we are seeing the asx 200 gaining 3/10 of 1%. we have australian trade deficit numbers this morning narrowing more than expected, coming in at $2 billion instead of the expected 2.3 billion aussie dollars. also, the july trade deficit revised lower. down 6/10 ofalls, 1%. leading the gains in asia, the nikkei up a tense of 1%, being held by a weaker yen. the cost yield up for tenths of 1%. take a look at the japanese yen. although it is not doing much, this comes after weakening for seven consecutive sessions. right now, holding at 103.47. also, analysts say we are going to see more u.s. dollar strength, so we could see a japanese yen wakening, especially before the december fao ....
mark the accord takes effect in : a month. russia has suspended an an agreement. russia calls the move a counter to u.s. sanctions. on monday, moscow canceled an agreement with washington on the disposal of weapons grade plutonium. the syrian government will reportedly reduce the number of airstrikes inside aleppo. it could allow civilians to escape to safer zones. in the meantime, the u.s. will relay satellite images from rebel-help parts of aleppo showing damage believed to because by airstrikes. i m mark crumpton in new york. bloomberg technology is next. emily: i am emily chang and this is the newly named bloomberg technology. tech is global and so are we. we re bringing you the stories that matter most from san francisco to shenzhen, tel aviv, and more. we would like to and but you to bloomberg technology and say farewell to bloomberg west. it is been one year since jack dorsey returned to the helm at twitter. he is one of bloomberg s biggest shareholders. ....