It pushes the companys valuation to 10 billion. We will hear from the ceo of aurora. With dizzying market rallies, ipos, couldnt we all use some calm . Of all talk to the coceo , valuation has doubled. U. S. Stocks climbing twoway record amid stimulus discussions. Lets get to Abigail Doolittle in new york to break it all down. Walk us through the day. Abigail it turned out to be a bullish reversal at the end of the day. There were pretty steep declines for the major averages. Today, the vaccine was launched. Pfizers vaccine started distribution in the u. K. There were record highs by the afternoon, and nasdaq at another record high. Chewy. Com and gamestop. They put up a pretty strong quarter, they beat estimates. The sixth sales beat in a row. I am not sure what is weighing on them as of this moment. Active customers increased, including myself. The website allows you to order for your pets. The results certainly proved it. Gamestop put up a disappointing quarter, missing sales. The s
Thanks to pfizer well have a vaccine by the end of First Quarter that news sent the market soaring. The dow is only surging 830 points that tech heavy nasdaq, the demand of so many stocks that did well under covid19 tyranny lost in an astounding 1. 53 . What a bifurcation it is also the time. We are in the middle of a spike of infections. New cases are exploding over the country, over 100,000 a day and even the weekend we are much treating it in the spring that only matters if we have enough hospital beds a lot of people are having cavalier attitude. Hey, you are fine unless you are old. Well, guess what, a lot of us are old. The sense is understood and respected. When you have more than 100,000 new infections everyday, you are looking at a lot of fatalities we need this the truth is we tried to fight the pandemic state by state. That failed. Europeans are failing too, i know, asia is doing great. If we were serious of Contact Tracing and social distancing and wearing masks, we may be
The top of joe bidens agenda. His relations with beijing may differ in tone from the president but perhaps not in substance. The best the dollar extends its decline. Over the future of the u. S. Administration. Rise inie and the kiwi early asia trading. We are seeing those commodities and currencies benefit. Asia is waking up and getting the for the first reaction to president elect joe biden. The nikkei 225 to the upside by 0. 3 . These watching some of clean energy as well as infrastructure related stocks here in australia and new zealand. Joe biden preparing to take office as the 46 president of the United States. He is moving forward as president elect launching his transition ever and preparing a plan to tackle the coronavirus however, President Trump still refusing to concede while weighing more legal challenges. Mr. Biden the people of this nation have spoken. They are delivered as a clear and convincing victory. We the people. I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide
Bidens agenda. He may have a different tone toward china but there may not be substance. Kiwi rise ind the early asia trading. At some ofke a look these early market reactions. Sophie kamaruddin in hong kong. Sophie we are seeing some risk on tone in australia. The aussie is extending last weeks gain as the greenback has stayed structurally quicker. Weaker. They could test that 650 level this week. The yen, the best week for the currency since midseptember. Softbank results are due this monday. We have nikkei futures in chicago moving to the upside. This after the benchmark rose to a november 1991 hi on friday. That was 37 off the alltime high that was back in 1989. New york crude is gaining ground but still staying under 38 per barrel there. Some pressure may come through in the oil. Is very much in focus after the chaotic week we saw in turkey. That is the Central Bank Governor fired there. Racing for more voluntary they are embracing more volatility there. Joe biden is projected to
United states within the decade. Nancy pelosi says that the house is ready to vote on a potential deal this week and Cocacola Europe is buying a soft drink or soft drink makers operations in australia. 19 premium eight to their last close. Lets have a check of the markets. We will start off with u. S. Futures, currently weaker by about 0. 2 . The cost is up right now but when they lasted they were higher by 0. 2 . Reporting higher a little but by a little more than 0. 25 . Europe as covid cases continue to rise is really weighing on crude at the moment. Continuing to prop up buying for january. Still some downward pressure there. Kathleen chinas leaders gathering in beijing to map out the fiveyear plan. The economic roadmap is expected to center around technological innovation. Mackenzie joins us from beijing with the preview. What should we watch for . They will be meeting here in the Chinese Capital over the next four days. We are expecting to get a bit of a steer in the next few day