But those hopes may be shortlived. Democrats proposed a new plan but republicans worn a wide gap remains. Mitch mcconnell says the plan contains poison pills. And australias plan to have women hold at least 40 of leadership roles in asx 200 companies. Aberdeen has already signed up. Shery heres a look at how markets are trading. We are seeing u. S. Futures coming online, down. 2 . This, after u. S. Stocks ended the session higher wednesday. Also the last trading day of the quarter for u. S. Stocks. Haidi mentioned talks and hopes for a stimulus package in the u. S. The house has delayed the vote on that bill, trying to get more time to reach an agreement with the white house and treasury secretary. The s p 500s on nine sectors out of 11 higher. Health care and financials led the gains. Showingitive ecodata, u. S. Companies added more than 700,000 jobs in september. The dollar weakness, a third consecutive session of losses. Not to mention before the quarter, just posted its biggest qua
But i think that the sideways period that we have had, has that cooled off for a few weeks, going nowhere. The s p has been in the tight range through july that whole period netted out we could not get away from upside risk. No selloffs, and you had things like m a popping up today and friday, and the idea that we may get a fiscal deal, and the highest stocks in the world continue to pull in dollars. Yeah, i know in general youre not a huge fan of seasonty and people making arguments based on seasons, but s p only had three positive augusts in the last decade i dont know that it changes that i feel like you have to be mindful of seasonty but know what it means. There is a tendency to have a uptick in compatibility and market action. I dont know if that is market wide or not. I think you have to be aware of it combined with the fact that youre seeing froth. It seems to come together. I find it interesting today that the dollar is bouncing and not really taking anything out of the big in
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Brent crude hits its lowest price this century as the demand crash hits the Global Benchmark. An impromptu opecplus call reaffirms commitment to cuts but no action. Repeat,see brent, brent. The u. S. Senate passes new Pandemic Relief Funds totaling 500 billion. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin says it is likely to be the last roche sees a bump as they work on developing tests for covid19. We will speak with the ceo of roche at 8 00 a. M. U. K. Time, 9 00 a. M. On the continent. Just one hour away from the start of cash equity trading throughout europe. Lets take a look at what futures are doing this morning after that drop in u. S. Stocks yesterday. Euro stocks futures, the benchmark European Index futures. 7 5 . Ts trading at ftse futures up just over. 5 right now. Take a look at what is going on in u. S. Futures. Also seeing green arrows they are. A little bit of a bounce to be expected for sure but we see s p futures up. 5 , nasdaq futures . 6 these are the top stories from the bloo
Enter the county. This is bulls and bears. I am david asman, a fourth unprecedented halt to trading today, after s p 500 plunged 7 that happen during the Task Force Briefing this afternoon, we go to Kristina Partsinevelos at New York Stock Exchange. We got word that they will close the trading floor, wonder how traders feel about that. Reporter a lot of people surprised, you find out via media, there was app emai an el that circulated after market closed had. , saying two people tested positive for covid19. Since monday we have screening here at New York Stock Exchange, they take your temperature, on your forehead, a floor trader that tested positive was caught on the front e entrance, they he not been on the floor this week. I can not confirm they were not on the floor last week, that is a big question mark. And supposedly someone else in the building tested positive, wire goin go were going all electronic as of monday, note tomorrow could not friday, but as of monday. The big questio