Virgin australia tracks interest from indias largest by just budget carrier. Shery lets get you started with a quick check of how the markets are trading. We are seeing u. S. Futures under pressure, this after the regular session ended mixed. Markets pretty optimistic about reopening some parts of the u. S. Economy, but also a bit more cautious given that we have seen flareups around the world. The s p 500 finished unchanged. Health care led the gains, but financials weighed on the index. The nasdaq composite getting for the sixth consecutive session, outperforming again. The longest winning streak this year. Take a look at what oil is doing. Wti gaining ground, above 24 a barrel. This after it fell and erased earlier gains in the new york session. Tohave saudi arabias plan output, providing a boost but that was not sustained. We have opec given its Monthly Oil Market report on wednesday. Haidi in the u. S. , President Trump has responded to reports china is considering scrapping the p
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Adjustment taxes. Really tricky. The im sure all intricacies will be up for debate today. Who are you going to be speaking to . David the ceo of General Motors. I will get a chance to sit down with her oneonone right after she meets with President Trump later today. Alix i will be speaking with Richard Lefrak. He is cochair of President Trumps Infrastructure Council. t miss the in review interview coming up later. Utures up modestly 105 days without a 1 down move on the s p. The longest streak since 1995. It is a weakerd dollar story. Sessionhighs of the after the Weekly Earnings drop in the u. K. Fiveyear down by two basis points. The fix slightly lower vix slightly lower. Thats a look at your current board trade. The global head of ethics strategy. Heres what he said. The fed is a pussycat that would like to change its spots into Something Like a leopard. Spots it changes its joining us now is george osullivan. D jim that is basically alluding to can they get hawkish height hikes on
Reuters reporting he was a member of the u. S. Army reserve. Authorities say there was no connection to international terrorism. Dallas police chief david brown says it appeared the shooters plan to injure and kill as many officers as they could. The bloodshed unfolded blocks from where president john f. Kennedy was slain in 1963. We will have more as the situation unfolds. Again, were waiting for the attorney general to take the podium. Now lets send it over to scott wapner for the Halftime Report. Thanks so much. Sue herera. Welcome to the Halftime Report. I am scott wapner. 2 top trade this hour, saving stocks . At the highs of the day. With us for the hour today, jim lebenthal, jim brown, sarat sethi, and Steve Liesman here onset as well. We do begin with the markets. I said, session highs today, a strong rally following that blockbuster jobs number. 287,000 jobs added last month. Way better than expected. A number of class asset, not only stocks. Bonds selling off today. Gold as w
Have built up pretty steadily. There was a gain for wti. Its down a dollar. And heres whats on the agenda economically. Tomorrow, look for july new home sales, followed by existing home sales and thursday, thats why its called weekly jobless cams and on friday, its the second estimate on the Second Quarter gdp. Two for two. Second estimate on the second. First on the first. Third on the third. Symposium in kansas city. Oh, no, its jackson hole. And i guess luhoyia was taken. Hp, tole brothers. And now to the latest on the battle over control of viacom. It looks like this battle is over. And i believe dauman will be sticking around unsill september 16th. And redstone removed dauman from his trust and planned to sell paramount pictures. His daughter largely behind much of this. Hes going to receive about 72 million under the settlement agreement. This was probably the way you had to imagine it went with the redstones owning 80 of the vote. Check out shares of viacom. Theyre up. And final