Welcome to squawk box. Im Andrew Ross Sorkin along with joe and melissa lee, becky is off the s p looking to open about 12 points higher. Well explain why some of this is happening and lets show you treasury yields as well the ten year note right now looking at 0. 931 . But maybe a little bit of an explanation coming up here, melissa . Yeah, some optimism Mitch Mcconnell said that compromised deal was within reach and well get a live report from washington at 6 30 a. M. And we heard it before, but it seems like btoth sides are comig a little closer. On a much lower number. And im just thinking about, i dont know, andrew, what did we do to deserve this i mean we are living right or i mean, who ushered in the new week on squawk box on monday who is helping us usher out the week that was on squawk box . A monday and a friday. Is this46 w was this planne melissa, what did we do to deserve this not wouldby not by me how long has it been, stimulus vaccine i guess the election, although we do
Shares of pharmacy giants are under pressure after amazon said it was jumping into the Prescription Drug business bowe is off a little pour than 100 points nasdaq and s p clinging on the gains. Coming on todays show, retail earnings season full swing. Shares of coles are higher after topping eps estimates this morning. We will talk with the ceo. Plus, as the u. S. Is seth coronavirus records we will talk with dr. Eric gooseby. All of that still to come. First lets focus on the big stories today. Mike santoli is tracking the market phil lebeau has more on teslas spree into the s p 500 and we will talk about the pharmacy space and amendss move into it. Mike santoli lets start with you. It was the morning was off the lows a mild pullback. Market seemed like it needed to cool off and rest for a day. Right now riding the upper rail here we close at a record yesterday remember that. Above 3600 working below week ago mondays high hard to tell whether thats going the matter or not. Thats about
Report help to boost sent men this morning with the u. S. Economy adding 638,000 jobs in october. The Unemployment Rate fell to 6. 9 the coronavirus surge remains in focus, the u. S. Setting a record with more than 121,000 cases on thursday according to Johns Hopkins data 59 minutes left of the session in what has been a crazy week. Today though essentially flat, sara. Holding onto the gains i would argue, which are very strong so far this week. Ahead on todays show we will ask jeff sonnenfield how americas Corporate Leaders are thinking about the heated election race. Big news out of cvs as larry merlo announces hi retirement. We will also speak with the ceo of hershey asking about how cappy sales fell during this years unusual halloween season. Lets get to the final hour of trade, the markets and the election mike santoli tracking all the action for stocks. Frank has the vote count in pennsylvania ylan moi is covering the balance of power in the senate how georgias undetermined races
Good morning, im in today for Brian Sullivan lets start off with our your money and the Global Markets are shaping up on this monday morning. The dow will be higher by around 90 or some points. Gaining some ground in the past few minutes. You can see the s p higher by 4 points and the nasdaq rarely an underperformer now you can see implied open lower by 16 points now this is coming after solid gains for the major indices last week more on that in one moment here. Turning to the bond market as well, the yield on the benchmark ten year Government Note or just around 56 basis points the two year note yield about 13 basis points and the 30 yearlong bond a hair below 1. 24 or 124 basis points taking a quick look at the price of gold as well, remember, hovering around the record highs. That key one to watch, the last trade there, gold futures up about three quarters of 1 lets go worldwide karen is in london in the newsroom what can you tell us about the trading there. Seeing those u. S. Futu
More than half are in four Southern California counties. Statewide, that puts in total number of cases at 356,000. Unfortunately, the state reported 118 people died on tuesday. We have more on the Mask Research from ucsf. Reporter the cdc recommended cloth face coverings back on april 3. There seems to be resistance, or reluctance. This report says where one, not for others, but for yourself. You want to get back to normal life . Wear a mask. Reporter the doctor, an Infectious Disease expert, professor medicine, and a big fan of mask. Coronavirus would collapse if we were mask consistently. Reporter she admits that they got a rough start in the United States were shortages of medical equipment and shifting guidance led to a difference. Now, she says it is no accident, we are the pandemic epicenter. When you give the animal more of a dose of the virus, they get more sick. Reporter it is called my run inoculum, demonstrated in animal and human studies. In the current pandemic, it is test