Should be focused on what is it welcome to power lunch we are in rally mode the nasdaq hit its first record for december the dow jones and the s p 500 on the fourth straight week of gains. Consumer discretionary moving big. Underarmour moving higher. Kohls also. And take a look at the electronic retailer, up more than 50 this year thank you we begin this hour with tax refo reform expected to be agreed torsion signed, eventually unveiled to the public later today we still await the final details of what is in and what is out. Live in washington reporter two sources now confirming to me marco rubio does plan to support the republican tax bill. They put in some lastminute changes to win him over. Namely increasing the refundable portion of the Child Tax Credit. Just about an hour ago, kevin brady who chairs the ways and Means Committee spoke about at the chances of the bills passage, not just through house but also the senate where republicans have a very narrow margin im confident at the
This is Bloomberg Markets middle east. Im yousef gamal eldin. What a week we have had off the back of the fed decision, and a dozen Central Banks around the world. Here is how the u. S. Equity session closed off. The s p index, dow jones, nasdaq. This is on optimism about the proposed u. S. Tax overhaul. Theres also a lot more volatility, 74 higher volumes than the daily average. Theres another event feeding into this, quadruple switching. It happens every quarter, futures and options on indices and individual shares. Then the bloomberg dollar index, a story of a stronger dollar, up. 4 , a major move, a fresh session highend the fifth day of gains. The u. S. Dollar gaining compared to all of its peers save for the kiwi dollar, which led weekly gains. Lets crossover in show you the other key Asset Classes, relatively. U. S. 10 year uninspiring. Gold, up. 3 . But look, the reality is you have traders dumping bullish bets at the fastest pace in five months. Do people care about the dollar
South african politics members of the governing anc begin to vote on a new leader who will likely become president in next years election. A very positive morning across europe so far when we look at equity training. The stocks at 600 up nearly 1 right now a lot of green across the board. Lets take a look at the specific markets action across the continent. The foots see up 1. 5 . The cac ka rant in paris up and lets take a look at the specific sectors that are driving that positive movement this morning we can see from across the entire country the sectors, lets take a look at the numbers as they come through coming very shortly. Waiting for that foots see action there very slightlyup more than half a percent. Lets talk about whats going on in the United States so talking of taxes, President Trump has defended the 1. 5 trillion expected in cuts that could stem from the new tax reform bill. He said the economy, meanwhile, is going to, quote, start to rock the bill will create jobs and
Sara eisen. Good morning. Happy holidays. Happy holidays indeed getting closer to christmas morning. Thats trading on the markets. Well come in in a moment. Travel alert things slowly starting to come back online at atlantas heartsville jackson. More than 1,000 flights were delayed or canceled. The timing couldnt be worse well have more on that in just a moment first, lets get a check on the Global Markets this morning. Weve got green arrows really across the board as u. S. Equity futures point to a higher open dow futures are up by triple digits right now indicating an open at 138 points higher. S p 500 futures poised to open 14 points higher the nasdaq poised to open 51 points higher. This, of course, after record closes for all three of those indexes on friday as everybody is sort of focusing on tax reform and whether lawmakers will pass that through before christmas this week. Absolutely right. Fridays section slightly flat on the week as a whole up over 1 the s p is up less than 1
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