And oil down 6 to 2860 and change oil now on pace for its worst month ever and here is a stat that really sets the tone for how things have been and it comes from our friend ryan detrick at lpl financial. It markets the serventh straight session that was up or down and this breaks the previous record of six such volatile sessions set all of the way back of november 1929, a true sign of the times. All of the markets rising today. It is clear that we are in unprecedented times for the markets and the economy, but we are here for you here on cnbc with the folks working tirelessly around the clock. Bob is downtown and steve has more on the Federal Reserves move and most of the action came from inside the beltway. Lets get to Kayla Tausche with what was live with the white house response. An unprecedented stimulus package the white house is proposing, 1. 3 trillion in relief for businesses and workers whose revenues and wages are grinding to a halt the treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin putt
Told to stay home. Unless you need to tend to essential business like going to buy food good evening, everyone, thanks for being with us tonight at 9 oclock im grant lotus. And im Vicki Liviakis tonight, Sonoma County has joined 6 other bay area counties implementing a shelterinplace that goes into effect at midnight tonight. And we are implementing a temporary new format as well thats all in the interest of social distancing. As we work to stay healthy so we can bring you this critical news each and every day. So today around the bay streets were noticeably less crowded as people work from home. They didnt go to the gym and they did not raise a pint on saint pattys day children were forced to try and learn from home. As Sonoma County added another shelter in place as of midnight. Yeah, thats right and Governor Newsom gave us a sobering reality check tonight telling parents not to expect schools to resume next week or in a few weeks in fact the governor went even further indicating sch
Its education business continues to struggle in north america. And asml is among the hottest stocks in europe this morning hitting a record high as Fourth Quarter profits beat expectations good morning were about an hour into the european trading session wild swings in the u. S. Equity session. Well get into that. The handover from asia was mixed. The nikkei was down about 0. 4 overnight. Hang seng stood out there, ending up about a quarter of a percentage point the mood music in europe is grim this morning it points to a weak start for the stoxx 600. We recovered a bit, but for the day the index is trading down. Lets look at european markets and see what the picture is like there the only one in the green, is ftse mib. The italian index, but ftse 100 is lagging in the uk, the focus is on the voting of the uk withdrawal bill later in the lower house of the Parliament Today xetra dax is also struggling, down 0. 2 . We get eurozone Inflation Numbers in about a half hours time we should g
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