Close proximity to a president ial election. We will hear from him throughout the day and the focus will turn to the jobs report. After u. S. Unemployment claims figures even this reading of the labor market we will be joined by larry kudlow from the white house for his reaction. Lets get to our main markets story. U. S. Stock futures continue their slide after the main gauge clocked its biggest plunge in three months, tech shares took in a selloffeating that knocked down the highest flyers. To put it all in context is dani burger. 750 billion wiped off the nasdaq, a painful day especially for a lot of the retail favorites, like tesla, falling down. Let me show you how this breaks down the chart. I want you to concentrate here, the nasdaq composite versus the s p and the equal weighted version. You can see most of the past month on the way up the nasdaq leads. The green day is the biggest so far. This little chunk at the end of the chart, you can see the biggest chart is the nasdaq fal
Happened. The bears breathe a sigh of relief. But is it all over as soon as it started . The cash trade is just an hour away so lets see if this has legs. Here are your top headlines. With thes a big blow nasdaq down almost 5 . The s p severs it steepest drop since june. And suffers its deepest drop since june. Bill ackman tells market jitters the National Bank to challenge santander. So, a lot going on today, as well as german factory orders. They are now out. Ofth over month, the gain 2. 8 not nearly as much as a survey, which was 5 . Over the prior number, which was 27. 9 . Yearoveryear, its a drop of 7. 3 , which is worse than the survey drop of 6. 0 . And a slight improvement from 11. 3 on the prior numbers. So during factory orders german factory orders not shining light on this. Just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading. Futures are down in europe. And remember, yesterday we were looking at gains on the dax of more than 1 . Then we closed losses of more than
Unrest in America Portland rorked by violent protest overnight. President trump trying to bring safety and security back to america cities announcing surge in federal Law Enforcement. Coming up at 7 30 a. M. Eastern this morning, former new York City Police commissioner ray kelly is here live. Market this is morning pointing to higher opening this morning earnings driving story take look dow futures right now, up 123 points and nasdaq up 98 and s p up 14 and a half. This after hopes of a new stimulus plan and optimism over Coronavirus Vaccine, fuel market yesterday. Dow industrials were up 165 points at the close yesterday. Nasdaq up 25 and s p 500 up 18. Play ball baseball openingday today the game without fans in attendance on this openingday 2020. Plus it is day four of a week long look at instagram stars today an detective that is blowing up online. Gaining popularity with destructive art. Mornings with maria is live right now. Global markets taking a look at thed s p up 40 points
Enough clarity on the economy to justify restarting payouts yet. That decision is not yet final. Global news 24 hours a day on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. I am Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. It is 1 00 in new york and 1 00 a. M. In hong kong. Welcome to bloomberg markets. I will be speaking with bill ackman. We will discuss the debut of his new Blank Check Company which raised 4 billion in its initial offering. He will weigh in on what kinds of companies he wants to target with the money and other investments. First, lets look at the markets. We are higher. The nasdaq has erased all of its gains. 25 . P 500 is up mark forck at the 70 the you in the. With heating up today expulsion of the envoy from china. I want to point to the fact that we will be talking about in a moment and that is the Blank Check Company that is trading up an ipo today. The expectation was to raise 4 billion and we will be talking
Coronavirus death toll has now hit 11 in america. The latest in california. The president and Vice President meeting with the ceos of airlines and diagnostic labs at the white house today, as the search for a vaccine goes on. One of the stars of netflixs docuseries pandemic is here. Jacob glanville, founder and ceo of distributed bio will break things down in a fox business exclusive. Less than an hour to the closing bell. Im Ashley Webster in for liz claman. Lets start the claman countdown. Ashley we begin with breaking news. United Airlines Says it is cutting domestic and International Flights by up to 20 in april, all in response to the slump in travel demand caused by the spreading coronavirus. The carrier also parking some wide body jets, also offering staff an unpaid leave of absence. United, the first u. S. Carrier to actually cut domestic flying. Check in on the stock, down a third of a percent. 58 a share. Billionaire Mike Bloomberg set to make a statement after suspending his