Demand for fuel continues to collapse. U. S. Futures dropping below 20 a barrel. Bridgewater associates says the pandemic is more damaging than the financial crisis i decade ago. We hear from the cochairman, ray dalio, this hour. Shery here is how markets are trading at the moment. We are seeing stocks continue to gain ground for the third session. We continue to see Downside Pressure for u. S. Futures, which are down 0. 7 . Really accelerating those losses this evening. This after the s p 500 already sank from a onemonth high. We have seen earnings, Economic Data highlighting the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Nikkei futures down 0. 4 . As we continue to see an appreciation in the japanese yen, which is now at a two week strength against the u. S. Dollar. When it comes to crude, prices rebounding a little bit after plunging to the lowest level in two decades after the record collapse in u. S. Fuel demand. In his daily coronavirus briefing, President Trump saying there are positiv
Lots of earnings coming out. Ups is the latest. They are withdrawing their 2020 forecast for revenue, as well as eps, as we have seen from Many Companies trying to estimate the impact. Theirre withdrawing forecast. They are suspending the Share Buyback for 2020. We want to get you all of todays top moving news from new york and our london team. We want to begin with the volatility in the u. S. Oil market. Wti at one point falling below 11 a barrel. Bps ceo, after the Company Released firstquarter results which showed a 2 3 drop in profit. We have a situation where we have excess supply, and storage is filling up. Cushing is 70 full. People think we will reach completely full sometime in may. We are very fortunate to have a large trading organization, and they have been able to find a physical home for our crude, but not everyone is that fortunate. What is happening here is a very simple case of supply and demand, and the market really isnt going to find some stability until that comes
Frances lockdown to may 11. U. K. Is planning its own extension this week. The daily rate of death in britain is expected to keep rising. Welcome to daybreak europe. After the best week for equity , we do start on the front foot. Exports in china dropping a little less than expected. U. S. Futures in positive territory. As we head into one of the most uncertain Earnings Seasons on record. A great quote i saw from one of our own analysts talked about the First Quarter being history, the Second Quarter being a mystery. That is how we are set up ahead of the earnings season in terms of equities. The 10year treasury yield is steady. Strongly asng london reopens today. We take a little bit of dollar weakness. You have the Commodity Currencies outperforming. Oil slightly on the front foot after the market seemed a little bit underwhelmed yesterday by the opecplus deal. Coronavirus,to global confirmed cases have reached 2 million and countries across the globe are weighing the timing for easi
Earnings season even as Goldman Sachs warns of a 35 g. D. P. Slump. And jpmorgan is the first u. S. Bank to report. Wells fargo comes next. Dont miss our interview with the c. F. O. Later on today. Those earnings come out before the u. S. Bell this morning. And global coronavirus cases approach the 2 million mark with 119,000 people dead. France extends its lockdown. The u. K. Is expected to follow suit this week. Were just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading in europe. Lets take a look at futures this morning. We had the u. S. Trade down yesterday. India is doing quite well or did quite well overnight. European futures up more than 1 across the board. Ftse and euro stocks, dak futures this morning. Dax futures this morning. Here h your top stories this morning. President trump says he has total authority to order states to relax social distancing and reopening their economies. A number of u. S. State governors say they will form regional alliances to coordinate th
Good evening, everyone. This is bloomberg surveillance, im Francine Lacqua. The news flow is pretty terrific today. The coronavirus, the lockdown, the impact of our economy, and our hearts are always with the families that are rather losing loved ones are actually fighting for their life. This is what im looking at the markets. The next couple of weeks may will be rocky because a lot of the focus will be on earnings. So if im looking at stocks, they are up today. Up. Indices, futures also we really dont know what we get from this earnings season after the pandemic upended the global economy. The other story is oil edging up gold, slipping from a sevenyear high. We will get to more Market Analysis shortly. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. In new york city is viviana hurtado. Viviana an extension to the bekdown, it is expected to announced later this week. The pm was discharged from the hospital. The uks chief advisor once the daily rate of deaths will continue to rise