Crude oil prices plunged to record lows as coronavirus drags Global Markets down again. And backlash in kyrgyzstan after Health Workers are forced to apologize for claiming about a lack of protective equipment. And he simply sportiness woman who will never talk of it. Vaccinate himself against coronavirus even if that means he will face a delay in returning to the courts. Now some governments in europe and asia are loosening those lockdown restrictions as the romber of coronavirus deaths falls daily germany has reopened some shops and schools Nursery Schools in norway are reopening to the Czech Republic denmark and poland also lifting the shutters on some businesses but European Union Health Experts are warning the battle is far from over with infections nearing 1000000 india has partially lifted its long down allowing agriculture manufacturing and construction to resume tighter controls remain on of the sexes at least for another 2 weeks the International Monetary fund is again warnin
Losses in tech. The s p is looking at the best year, potentially here in two decades. Deirdre bolton kicks us off. She is at the New York Stock Exchange whether thedre . Thats a great question, blake. You mentioned the s p 500 is on track to havehe year since 1997. Todays red on screens doone foe year. The groups putting most pressure on the markets right now are ones that outperformed last week. Really sent stocks to all new highs for the christmas rally. They include info tech, consumer discretionary, also communication stocks. Youre seeing that pattern as individual stocks too. Some of the biggest winners of the year are lower today. Here are some top three weve been following. Apple, microsoft, visa. They are all stand out stocks for 2019. Apple, we have to highlight. It is the best performing stock on the dow for the year. It is up 82 . The gains pushed companys market cap back above the 1 trilliondollar mark. Analysts talking a lot about wearables. They are beating forecasts. By
And london with the top stories from europe including. Chaotic scenes in montenegro as parliament as subs protest a new law which could affect the Property Rights of that orthodox chad. Also a plane crashes after takeoff killing 12 people but many on board have walked away. With other sports news russia is to appeal its 4 year ban saying its entirely disputes findings by the world anti doping agency. The United Nations is going warning of devastating consequences for civilians in syrias last rebel whole province it leave you the 250000 people who fled the area in the past 2 weeks parts of it live being on the daily aerial bombardment part. Russian backed Syrian Government forces president bashar assad has repeatedly vowed to take back the province and his offensive has intensified despite a ceasefire announced in august that he syrians are on the move north towards the Turkish Border but turkeys president has warned his country cannot cope with another influx of refugees progovernment
European stocks are down a little bit, a lot of focuses on trade. A lot of focus on what happens next. We heard from donald trump saying hes not ready to roll back tariffs, some and we heard from his advisors last week. The focus is on alibaba as a litmus test of the strength of the chinese economy for a single day and the numbers are staggering. China approving new loans coming it 661 billion yuan. Pound at 1. 2805. We will be speaking to u. K. Chancellor, that interview was later today. Lets getntime straight to bloomberg first word news here in london. Spain has left more ungovernable than ever. Their leader now has fewer lawmakers than before, he now faces torturous negotiations to form a government. Australia is bracing for another week of devastating bushfires, flames in the eastern seaboard and even areas of great sydney are facing catastrophic threat. More people have died and than 150 homes destroyed as fires rip through areas hit by a two year drought. Chinas consumer inflati
Norman withan ralph the latest on the House Democrats impeachment inquiry. At 8 30 am, more on the inquiry with Virgin Islands delegate stacy plaskett. Host good morning on this friday, october 18, the end of the legislative week in washington. We will begin with your top stories from the top five days. Republicans, 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Independents, your line, 2027488002. Text us with your first name, city, and state at 2027488003. You can also go to twitter at cspanwj or facebook. Com cspan. We will get to your thoughts in. Minute the newspapers dominated with headlines about the following fromes, u. S. Withdraw syria and we are learning from press reports in europe that sporadic clashes are ongoing in a battleground despite turkeys announcement. The Vice President in turkey yesterday announcing what they called a ceasefire. We are learning it sounds like possibly. As began, acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney in a briefing yesterday wasts ukraine aid mishandled withhel