let us get down to business. we start with a fresh look at the banking sector and credit suisse in particular. early marketjitters in response to the ubs takeover of the swiss bank have eased. in asia today, most of the main stock markets are higher with japan closed for a public holiday. the major indices in europe and the united states also closed slightly up on monday. credit suisse is one of 30 crucially important banks in the global financial system and many fear its problems are an indicator of wider risks in the banking sector. so far this month, us and european banking stocks have fallen by 22% and 17% respectively, marking the biggest monthly falls since march 2020 when the covid pandemic hit the markets. here s michelle fleury with a look at how investors in new york responded. yes, there was guarded optimism on wall street following the shotgun marriage between ubs and credit grace that was hastily arranged by swiss authorities over the weekend. the dowjones indust
Hello. Good to have you with us. I am sally bundock. Lets now dissect the top business stories. We start in the us where tesla has revealed the biggest slump in earnings in more than a decade as the road gets increasingly rocky for the electric car industry. Tesla made profits of 1. 1 billion in the first three months of the year. Thats a fall of 55 on this time last year. Revenues were 9 lower and both numbers were worse than investors had been expecting. But tesla shares which have taken a pounding this year jumped around 11 in after hours trade after the company promised quicker progress on new more affordable models. From new york, heres erin delmore. Its been a rocky road fit for this year. High Interest Rate that taking a bite out of consumer Purchasing Power and pushing big purchases out of reach. Competition with china especially over electric vehicle maker byd is heating up. Sales have been falling and so has its stock. It up. Sales have been falling and so has its stock. So h
here s michelle fleury with a look at how investors in new york responded. yes, there was guarded optimism on wall street following the shotgun marriage between ubs and credit grace that was hastily arranged by swiss authorities over the weekend. the dowjones industrial the dow jones industrial average jumped the dowjones industrial averagejumped more than the dowjones industrial average jumped more than 380 points, the snp 500 finished near nine tenths of a percentage point higher, while the tech heavy nasdaq index eked out a smaller game to finish up four tenths of a percent. bank stocks recoup some of their losses from last week s, the major exception was first republic bank who tumbled 47% on top of staggering falls last week. this is a report emerged that the ceo ofjp morgan chase was leading a new effort to try to stabilise the bank. the turmoil in the same banking over the last two weeks these are central bank in a pickle as it gets ready to
technology stocks that we ve talked many times about, and also we saw u.s. treasury bond yields rise sharply, and then midway through the day we saw a complete undoing of those trades and ultimately the tech-heavy nasdaq index end hire and ten-year treasury yield ended the day slightly lower. this morning u.s. futures indicate a positive start to today s trading session. it appears to be continuing into today s session. investors will be turning their attention to jerome powell, a nomination hearing before the senate banking committee, and tomorrow, the u.s. inflation data that is certain to come through. we ll certainly be watching that. goldman sachs is saying it expects the federal reserve to raise interest rates four times this year, up from three last week. what s fueling that change. well, this is pretty big news yesterday. investors across the globe are trying to determine, trying to predict what the federal reserve is going to do this year.
more than 10% from a recent high. a sign if you like of increased pessimism about stocks. this comes after last week when the s&p and the tech heavy nasdaq index both suffered their worst drops of the year. so what is driving it? right now investors are worried about the federal reserve s plans to remove stimulus to fight inflation. it has entered that the fed plans to raise interest rates multiple times this year stopping the central bank will make its next decision on interest rates next wednesday stopping tensions between the west and russia over ukraine also have added to the nervousness. after a remarkable rise last year, crypto currencies were also caught up in the sell off as was the price of oil. and there is a saying on wall street, as goes january, so goes the rest of the year. if it holds true, investors better buckle up for a bumpy ride ahead. a bumpy ride ahead. that s michelle. a bumpy ride ahead. that s michelle, so a bumpy ride ahead. that s michelle, so fasten - a