Infections heading towards 16 million. Hong kong says the situation is increasingly severe. Has extended the Wage Subsidy Program beyond september to protect the economy from fallout from coronavirus. Shery a quick check of how the markets are trading. We are seeing u. S. Futures kicking off unchanged. This after we saw u. S. Stocks rally amid encouraging vaccine news, this time from the university of oxford and astrazeneca. The s p 500 finished at the highest since february, turning positive for the year. Tech and discretionary stocks outperforming. The vaccine optimism sort of faded. We have a very Competitive Landscape that failed to impress. Risk was revived in the afternoon session following improved u. S. Infection numbers. California and arizona reporting a slow down infections. We still have that stayathome defense rate being back with strength. The underperformance from the russell 2000 very pronounced, while the nasdaq also finished at another record high. Take a look at what
Investors are trying to digest the barrage of dats out of china. The conclusion at the moment is it is negative. Were seeing the s p out of many futures. The real standout here is the c. S. I. 300 stock. China sinking to the worst since february 3. Chinese shares really nraveling. 0. 62. Remember we have a heavy european bond supply in the pipeline. No change is expected. It is all going to be about guidance. Demand for eurosterling ahead of the e. C. B. Policy decision according to some of the fx traders we have been speaking to. Coming under pressure down. 6 . We closeded close to four month highs. Limited support from u. S. Crude inventory helping that trade. Lets get some of the other important stories were following for you. Thanks. Coronavirus cases continue to surge in the u. S. With california reporting near reported cases and fatality. The worlds biggest retailer requiring customers to wear masks. Walmart joins starbucks, costco and best buy in the move. The coronavirused a it
Caldwell weighing in on media and prominent democrats downplaying the riots. You wont believe the new sound we have got on tape. Republican guy reschenthaler from house judiciary he is with us. Weve got more. Were digging into the newly declassified documents. It is getting worse by the day. It shows chaos going on behind the scenes at the fbi and floundering failed, trumprussia probe. Showing the fbi misled the fisa courts to get pourerful wiretaps on trump and his team and more. Were uncovering this information. The fbi officials under the Obama Administration commit perjury . Media Research Centers brent bozell tackle how anonymous leaks to the media kept the trumprussia collusion story alive for three years when behind the scenes, top officials like james comey, peter strzok, James Clapper that they had no evidence of trumprussia collusion. They told House Democrat this. Newly declassified documents show former fbi official peter strzok slamming the New York Times for numerous mist
The latest edition and fans from the 70s will be happy. And a big day for the banks and what we have called the most important stock on the market today. This is Worldwide Exchange on cnbc good morning, good afternoon, goodevening. Im Brian Sullivan thank you for starting or ending your tuesday with us the Global Markets are setting up their day, futures are higher not a lot but they are up. Any green is a good sign for investors. Especially the speed and severity of the move down the markets around 2 00 p. M. Yesterday. Around 500 points were erased. The tech led the flip flop nasdaq ending lower after crossing up for the first time amazon, facebook, adobe, nvidia, et cetera. Most are higher right now premarkets. That reversal likely caused by news by california late in the day that it will roll back part of reopening imposing restrictions on restaurants, movie theaters and bars and students in los angeles and San Diego County School Districts are unlikely to return to physical classr
Ah but have a look at tesla. It made a profit. Its opening a factory in texas. It hopes to sell a half million vehicles this year and the stock is up again this morning. Elon musk now leads, im going to say he leads the technology economy. The stocks up 64 bucks now. Microsoft down. Whys that . Im told its because their Cloud Business only grew 47 . First time the growth rates been below 50 . Well, sell that thing. The stocks down nearly four bucks. Theri cnhe tin in po rt landrtla oregonor a44th offf inriing. Th ayor or jtl jedostl bedy b b pst at th supporsupp the anarc ahinast anast anaaken ne inne t ihen theheneworkork ity i nows theshehe wororst pl ac businebuness retairsrsrsrsrs sarsy. Now, tnohaw,tw,w,s a is. Th e new cold war, china and andhe s. A a fitivs researcher linked to chinas military is reportedly holed up in the chinese consulate in San Francisco. The president s considering closing that consulate just like the one in houston. And now look whats lapping on happening o