Close proximity to a president ial election. We will hear from him throughout the day and the focus will turn to the jobs report. After u. S. Unemployment claims figures even this reading of the labor market we will be joined by larry kudlow from the white house for his reaction. Lets get to our main markets story. U. S. Stock futures continue their slide after the main gauge clocked its biggest plunge in three months, tech shares took in a selloffeating that knocked down the highest flyers. To put it all in context is dani burger. 750 billion wiped off the nasdaq, a painful day especially for a lot of the retail favorites, like tesla, falling down. Let me show you how this breaks down the chart. I want you to concentrate here, the nasdaq composite versus the s p and the equal weighted version. You can see most of the past month on the way up the nasdaq leads. The green day is the biggest so far. This little chunk at the end of the chart, you can see the biggest chart is the nasdaq fal
Happened. The bears breathe a sigh of relief. But is it all over as soon as it started . The cash trade is just an hour away so lets see if this has legs. Here are your top headlines. With thes a big blow nasdaq down almost 5 . The s p severs it steepest drop since june. And suffers its deepest drop since june. Bill ackman tells market jitters the National Bank to challenge santander. So, a lot going on today, as well as german factory orders. They are now out. Ofth over month, the gain 2. 8 not nearly as much as a survey, which was 5 . Over the prior number, which was 27. 9 . Yearoveryear, its a drop of 7. 3 , which is worse than the survey drop of 6. 0 . And a slight improvement from 11. 3 on the prior numbers. So during factory orders german factory orders not shining light on this. Just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading. Futures are down in europe. And remember, yesterday we were looking at gains on the dax of more than 1 . Then we closed losses of more than
Unrest in America Portland rorked by violent protest overnight. President trump trying to bring safety and security back to america cities announcing surge in federal Law Enforcement. Coming up at 7 30 a. M. Eastern this morning, former new York City Police commissioner ray kelly is here live. Market this is morning pointing to higher opening this morning earnings driving story take look dow futures right now, up 123 points and nasdaq up 98 and s p up 14 and a half. This after hopes of a new stimulus plan and optimism over Coronavirus Vaccine, fuel market yesterday. Dow industrials were up 165 points at the close yesterday. Nasdaq up 25 and s p 500 up 18. Play ball baseball openingday today the game without fans in attendance on this openingday 2020. Plus it is day four of a week long look at instagram stars today an detective that is blowing up online. Gaining popularity with destructive art. Mornings with maria is live right now. Global markets taking a look at thed s p up 40 points
Enough clarity on the economy to justify restarting payouts yet. That decision is not yet final. Global news 24 hours a day on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. I am Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. It is 1 00 in new york and 1 00 a. M. In hong kong. Welcome to bloomberg markets. I will be speaking with bill ackman. We will discuss the debut of his new Blank Check Company which raised 4 billion in its initial offering. He will weigh in on what kinds of companies he wants to target with the money and other investments. First, lets look at the markets. We are higher. The nasdaq has erased all of its gains. 25 . P 500 is up mark forck at the 70 the you in the. With heating up today expulsion of the envoy from china. I want to point to the fact that we will be talking about in a moment and that is the Blank Check Company that is trading up an ipo today. The expectation was to raise 4 billion and we will be talking
It is thursday, okay 123wer, 8 00 a. M. On the east coast, take a look at live pictures this is a live shot of smoke in gaza the explosion happening moments ago. Secretary of state Antony Blinken israeli bn ben will holding a press conference comparing brutality of hamas to is isis, the Israeli Regime is entirely responsible for unfolding violence as Business Leaders are looking to blacklist students for writing that, from future jobs, at least a dozen ceos endorsing the ceo of hedge fund giant Pershing Square Capital Management bill ackman calling on getting the names of every student who wrote that letter, and denying any hiring of those students from their student groups, take a look at New York Post cover this morning, schools in hate, bill ackman, wall street wants names of harvard israeli bashers does not hire them, mark reaction. Mark i very rarely agree with bill ackman in this situation i think one hundred percent on point, anybody that supports, murdering raping women be head