Profit increase as iron ore holds up amid the pandemic. Relations go even further. China says attacks on tiktok were bullying and rejection of fair competition. Shery lets get you started with a quick check of how the markets are trading. U. S. Futures opening flat after the s p 500 and other major indices ended the session mixed. We had a rally in Technology Companies with the nasdaq gaining 1 . Selling off sos the s p 500 was dragged a little lower. Still closing at the highest level since february. The third time in the past week that the index topped above its february closing record during the session, but ended below it. Still up more than 50 from its march low. We did get more positive ecodata. A gauge of Builder Sentiment jumping to the highest since 1998. Take a look at oil because that positive sentiment over the economy taking oil for a five month high, all the right now under pressure. Wti now headed towards 42 a barrel. See how things are shaping up, here is Sophie Kamarud
H shares in now and hong kong up by. 5 . Pretty marginal gains here in the last half hour or so with it brings us near the top of the 2015 bubble. On the other of the argument hsbc is cutting china to neutral f this rally. Something to keep in mind as we take a breather here from the exuberance weve seen in chinese stocks. One more thing were watching is the hong kong dollar. Now 15. 7 billion hong kong has been injected into the system there. Solid that pair and the renminbi with a six handle for the First Time Since march. The strength of the renminbi certainly helping the equity markets as well. And gold still holding. Some breaking news from sri lanka, the federal bank cutting its lending rate to 5. 5 . Its a big cut, a 100 basis point cut bigger than expected. Economy expanding at a pace of 3. 8 in 2021. Much bigger than anticipated. Lets dig deeper into the ofkets and bring in ahead forpacific thank you joining us. Lets talk about china. Its going gangbusters in the last seven da
About with joe, andrew and becky and the degree to which walmart can post a 74 increase in ecommerce it looks like the big guys won. You basically had them cordoned off as essential services. So many other companies, little companies, medium, small, just couldnt compete this is what happens when you have a survival of the fittest economy. This is darrwin playing out. These numbers are astounding if the stock had not run up every day, i wouldnt know what to do. Add back 60 cents for home depot and before you start selling it thats the costs they said home depot had to keep traffic back they had to hold back traffic because they were trying to do it safely. Walmart had these big stores, they were set, ready, and their dotcom, ever since they bought jet. Com has been amazing they also can do a lot of food these are Great American companies that are on fire the move in walmart is stunning ever since he decided doug mcmillan, who is on squawk tomorrow, decided to creator the earnings in ord
We will receive testimony from the secretary of the check treasury as required under title iv of the cares act congress has appropriated 3 trillion to protect to fight the pandemic and to stabilize the infrastructure of our economic system. A large portion of this funding is from the title iv of the cares act which has significant resources for loans and loan guarantees and other investments from the Federal Reserve with the emergency lending facilities in the states and municipalities and tribes. The title iv provided 454 billion as the infusion into the Stabilization Fund to support the emergency lending facilities that facilitated the qualities to support eligible businesses, states, local governments and tribes. And to be authorized under section 13 and to stabilize those markets but the Federal Reserve announced the establishment of the intent to establish to support the Financial Markets and businesses including some that are supported by the cares act. Last week other members of
Lockdown in that country, and Risk Appetite builds. Asian stocks had for their best day since 2008. Equity futures point to a positive open in europe, as well, after an incredibly positive day yesterday. Just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading on that continent in europe and over in the u. K. Lets look at futures after yesterday, the dow put up a up ad game the dax put record gain, almost 1000 points yesterday. It is pretty astonishing that we well. Tures up today, as i should say, the dow yesterday in the u. S. Put up a record gain of sorts, the biggest gain in the Dow Jones Industrial index average since 1933 and yet, you see futures on the s p and dow jones positive, nasdaq futures down a little bit, but they also saw a big gain in tech stocks yesterday, the nasdaq jumping yesterday about 10 . A lot of indexes yesterday in the u. S. , jumping 10 . The nasdaq, really just joining the bunch. Our top story is the stimulus packages across europe and in the u. S. Wh