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the major averages trading at the moment. we are seeing a big boost coming from the news that kevin walsh could be the next fed chair. we are things that s&p 500 trading at a record high. the dow jones feeling the pressure, not coming after two big of a gain, still seeing the longest quarterly win streak in a few years. the nasdaq gaining 1%. top story today, president trump and steve mnuchin are set tohave met kevin wars discuss a potential nomination for the fed chair position. saw a minor reaction in the kbw bank index, the contest for the position remains open. also already met with other candidates. mckee, andhael elaine associates eva, economist for bloomberg intelligence. with today s coverage that kevin warsh is a front runner. we don t know that, it doesn t seem to be a case of reading into a headline that was incomplete at best. it was followed by the white house saying the president met with other people. in an ordinary world, you might view this as a tri ....
like celebrity apprentice. speculation. talking about how president trump was meeting with janet yellen. mike pence. pins and needles. kohn., taylor, a wait and see. donald trump has us on pins and needles. stuck in a wait and see mode. been treadinge water. we have seen a trickle through in the asia-pacific. the anzac, 1/5 of 1%. expecting the new zealand prime minister to announce a new coalition deal later on. this is the head of the inflation data on wednesday. 7811 for the aud. in 1988 a record we saw after that victory for shinzo abe. the yen. ramy: that slight pullback you just mentioned, taking a cue from u.s. markets. the first time in a week, after hitting record highs last friday. the s&p list down 4/10 of 1%. tec h, some of the biggest laggards, down about 2%. , just under $52 a barrel. sectors in the1 s&p 500 index were down. utilities were up. microsoft,ebec, amazon, they all report next quebec, twitter, phabet,ft twitter, al microsoft, amazon all ....
resigned, posting on twitter it has been an honor to serve the president and the country. he will remain at that position until next month. the u.s. government is banning citizens from traveling to north .orea this is after all a warm beer died.- otto warmbier he fell into a coma in a north korean prison. and washington and five other powers world powers sided with tehran after a pact of seven nations. moroccan demonstrators, frustrated over inequality and corruption clashed with police at an unauthorized protest today. police surrounded the city center and fired tear gas. scattered into sidestreets. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i m alisa parenti. this is bloomberg. julia: live from bloomberg world in new york, im julia chatterley. joe: and i aim joe weisenthal. scarlet fu is off today. we re counting down to the close of trading. julia: financials under pressure. industrials, too. joe: ....
freedom of peaceful assembly and association. that is something we are repeating now. situationhugely tense , we want to repeat calls for calm and peaceful protest. leaders urgingn people to boycott sunday s election for delegates to rewrite the constitution. peacefullyrs ended in jerusalem. israel he police had been on high alert. the have been at the center of .rolonged tensions israel installed the metal detectors at the mosque when two police officers were killed there two weeks ago. it was a move to expand control over the area. more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i m mark crumpton, this is bloomberg. julia: live from bloomberg s world headquarters in new york, i m julia chatterley. scarlet: i m scarlet fu. joe: i m joe weisenthal. 30 minutes from the close of trading here in the u.s.. julia: disappointing earnings shaking tech shares and the dollar lower on weaker gdp revisions. joe: the question is, what d you miss? scarlet: north k ....
can see the dow jones industrial average up to 10th of 1%. quarter of af a percent at the nasdaq is the leader again, up more than half a percent. begin to stabilize amid tensions between the u.s. and north korea. president trump has ramped up his war of words today, tweeting, military solutions are now fully in place. locked and loaded should north korea act unwisely. hopefully can jong un will act another path. u.s. equitying in it s hard not to in.that were conne word peter, welcome. wire markets not reacting more to this ramp-up in rhetoric? citizen, you could be concerned about the geopolitical rhetoric ramping up, but generally speaking, markets have typically always looked through the geopolitical tensions. back in april when the did it strike on syria, the markets the following they were flat and a 10 year yield actually increased. averse reaction to these things. typically markets tend to look past the situations. vonnie: we have a chart here that you provi ....