The department of Justice Reportedly now taking a closer look at potential fraud. Boeing saying, no thank you to the government bailout taking matters into its own hands it is friday, may 1, 2020, here on cnbc. Good morning, good afternoon, good evening and welcome im Brian Sullivan thank you for joining us on this friday and applicants 427 days are now over it is may 1 but stocks are looking weak to start the month. Futures are off sharply 450 on the dow as President Trump threatened new tariffs on china partly because of the retaliation on the coronavirus pandemic and what he views as misinformation all of this as the s p and the dow closed out their best month in 33 years. The nasdaq, their best in 20 shares of apple are under pressure this friday seeing weak iphone sales around the pandemic but services did surge as everybody is sitting on the cloud. Ceo tim cook pulling apples guidance saying, quote, he has great confidence in the longterm business for apple in the short term, it
Brent crude hits its lowest price this century as the demand crash hits the Global Benchmark. An impromptu opecplus call reaffirms commitment to cuts but no action. Repeat,see brent, brent. The u. S. Senate passes new Pandemic Relief Funds totaling 500 billion. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin says it is likely to be the last roche sees a bump as they work on developing tests for covid19. We will speak with the ceo of roche at 8 00 a. M. U. K. Time, 9 00 a. M. On the continent. Just one hour away from the start of cash equity trading throughout europe. Lets take a look at what futures are doing this morning after that drop in u. S. Stocks yesterday. Euro stocks futures, the benchmark European Index futures. 7 5 . Ts trading at ftse futures up just over. 5 right now. Take a look at what is going on in u. S. Futures. Also seeing green arrows they are. A little bit of a bounce to be expected for sure but we see s p futures up. 5 , nasdaq futures . 6 these are the top stories from the bloo
After 10 00 this morning. The p has been calling for rate cuts and more of them, the reaction was essentially they didnt do enough. This is the president s tweet, the Federal Reserve shut asking, further ease and come into other countrys competitors. Were not on level playing field. Not fair to the u. S. Finally time for the Federal Reserve to lead, more easing and cutting. After that, jay powell gave his press conference, 11 00 here on the east coast and the chair of the Federal Reserve was asked whether or not there was any political pressure for this move. As he has, time and time again, he said no. Here was powell from earlier today. Well always make our decisions in the interests of the American People to Carry Forward and try to achieve mandates congress has given us and were never going to consider any Political Considerations whatsoever. We will not do that and it is very important that the public understand that. Reporter right now here in washington President Trump is speakin
In services, we saw our first contraction, and that has put jitters into the market, not least of which, into the treasury market. We saw the 30 year yield hit a record low190 1. 90 and change. Guy this is what is happening in europe. Stocks are down. You are seeing around the world. The fear is definitely there when it comes to what is happening with the coronavirus. The data out of united states. Has comen tenyear back to unchanged right now. We are seeing a bigger reaction on the u. S. Curve, but curves are flattening, and that is a factor. The pmi data in europe was actually ok today. What you have seen as a result is the u. S. Pmi data has been a significant squeeze in eurodollar. Onedollar now trading at 1. 0854ight cents at now. Vonnie lets get to bloombergs Sophie Kamaruddin. She joins us from hong kong. What is the latest . What are authorities telling their citizens . Sophie we saw some revisions upward. Hubei province upping its count for the past two days, increasing confir
Hugerade agreement is a change between the worlds economic superpowers. Shock overhaul. The ruble slips before pairing losses as Vladimir Putin unexpectedly replaces his long serving Prime Minister and a major constitutional shakeup. 5g ambitions. Beats itsin chipmaker Sales Outlook on hopes that five ag 5g rollout. Just about an hour away from the open of cash Equities Trading. Lets look at how futures are looking after mixed trade in asia overnight. We did see some red arrows across asian trade. We see green arrows across european futures. Climbing on record car sales. Positive features in the u. S. You have those december car numbers. Anna lets get to this story because this is something we need to keep an eye on all the way through this morning. European car sales surging in december ahead of new emissions rules. A record for the region. Those are some of the headlines coming through. The details around the story. European car sales surgeon december. That is the headline. In mind t