Busiest in surveillance is maria tadeo in brussels. She is door stopping. You have done a lot of door stopping. How do you doorstop anxious politicians in brussels . Nejra you call out their name with a big smile, you hold out your mic, and you fire your questions as quickly and ferociously as you can. We certainly have seen that this morning. There has been so much optimism priced into the Recovery Fund in terms of european equities, but also the btb bun spread. Some investors say we have been here before in terms of brussels often taking its time to come to an agreement, so you might not necessarily see a lot of pessimism and markets next week if we dont get agreement straightaway. As investors say, it will come eventually. Tom i am an amateur here. In thes that mr. Rutte netherlands is front and center. Is that how you see it . Never echo yeah, as usual, when you go into these meetings, you may get the ascents that we may not get an agreement straightaway. There is a lot of work tha
Johns hopkins universitys big moments ago we have now hit 3 million in the u. S. That is reflected in the sector composition. We see it is technology outperforming, up 1 . It is those more cyclical growth sensitive sectors, industrials, energy, materials, a very hard in todays session. David which takes us back to the coronavirus, which makes sense. Gold has been climbing. Where is the dollar . Kailey the dollar is weaker. We are getting mixed messages from each of the asset classes. A weaker dollar indicates more risk appetite, more confidence about growth. Youre not seeing that reflected in gold. Gold is at its highest since 2000 10 since 2010. Clearly there is appetite on the part of investors to hedge some kind of rest if the markets are moving higher. At the same time, the fixed is relatively modest. The vix is relatively modest. Kailey we are right around 29. It is all relative when we talk about volatility. We are not where we were in march, but we are still elevated relative to
The bank index up 2. 1 , telling you all you need to know. The 10 year yield is down to 67 basis points. There was a little bit of an increase in volatility today, up to 33. On the actual session, the vix index is slightly lower. Scarlet fu joins us halfway into the trading day for some more details on the scene. The scene seems to be about finding stability. If history is any guide, we are likely to get it. Seven times the s p 500 has fallen 2 or more since the market bottom on march 23. In six of those instances, the s p 500 came back to close higher. Indications we may continue to build on this advance. You mentioned leading the gains, regulators rolling back some of those put in place after the crisis. That should free up about 40 billion in capital. Regulators are modifying the bulk to allow increase of investments in d. C. Funds. You mentioned the stress test results after the close. Im keeping an eye on homebuilders because one trend that has emerged is the strength of housing.
Domestic and geopolitical tensions, everything from what is going on in minneapolis to the president versus twitter. We will obviously be taking you through those stories and a lot more throughout the day. The s p 500 is down 0. 25 . Dollar general is once again the best performer today, but retailers lower in the s p, from gap to nordstrom. Harley davidson down 7 , matt. I know you take a special interest in harley. Yuan something we are at. Ng a close look some pretty broad we getting this last week. Right now offshore, the yuan is 7. 1666. At the dollar has been weaker, but it has also been above 99 this week as well, so plenty of whippy action for the dollar index. Gold futures up 0. 8 . A lot of fed speak as well. We will be discussing what Loretta Mester said to bloomberg a little earlier on in a few moments, and we have Jerome Powell coming up in the next hour. 6 t Harley Davidson down yesterday, so it has lost basically 1 10 of its value over the last couple of trading sessions
Small caps. Day fromw up 7 on the the march lows. Energy is now up. It is incredible, the risk rally. David unfortunately, we do ask you to repay your credit card. Is there any hesitation in the bond market because we are ready to go out with Something Like 3 trillion this quarter. Abigail the issuance is incredible, wondering whether or not there will be the demand. We do have a pullback for bonds, but nothing along the lines of what would be stunning to the market. One expert to join us for a bloomberg segment, saying from a technical standpoint it does look like bonds are set to drop. Whether or not that comes on a risk on mode where investors do not want bonds, or if there is something scarier where there is not demand remains to be seen. At some point we will have to pay for this, but right now jay powell is saying dont worry. Lets get out of the crisis. Investors are listening. David thank you so much for that report. That is Abigail Doolittle reporting. One of the things that ma