This comes after a rally this comes after a rally that put the benchmark within a striking distance of its all time highs. Technology stocks, the gauges most influential group, took the brunt of the decline. Index slipped by 1. 5%. One of the biggest losers on the day was nvidia, the high flying artificial intelligence darling, and wall street will also have to contend with seasonal headwinds, as september has historically been a challenging month for stocks. In other news china has announced a probe of canadian a former edge of the governor of new york has pleaded not guilty to acting as a chinese trade and technology partn| to 1ips will be trade and technology partn| to acting ll be trade and technology partn| to acting as e trade and technology partn| to acting as a chinese guilty to acting as a chinese agent. 0scars allege they agent. 0scars allege they followed orders from beijing to followed orders from beijing to advance china s interest. In advance china s interest. In exchan
Seems to be reducing. But there are also concerns about the wider us economy that led to a wider sell off on us markets, as ritika gupta explains. The snp 500 saw its biggest slide since an early august meltdown, ending the session down 2%. This comes after a rally that put the benchmark within a striking distance of its all time highs. Technology stocks, the gauges most influential group, took the brunt of the decline. The nasdaq index closed down by 3%, while the dowjones index slipped by 1. 5%. One of the biggest losers on the day was nvidia, the high flying artificial intelligence darling, which raised more than $240 billion in market value. The chip maker shares closed down over 9%. 0ther semiconductor stocks, including micron, intel and advanced micro devices, fell in sympathy. The market also took a leg lower after manufacturing production data shrank for a fifth month in august. The institute for supply management manufacturing gauge edged up to 47. 2. A reading below 50 indi
Clearance. A grand reopening. Thee johnson will outline strategy today, expected to include an increase in Community Testing andriy incorrect reintroduction of tougher restrictions. Biden iselect joe said to have landed a longtime advisor as his secretary of state as the president reportedly moves closer to banning tech exports to dozens of chinese companies. 7 00 and in london, from first, and 10 00. In three weeks, there will be a vaccine for everybody and herd immunization. This is the standout note from fauci. We will vaccinate. 7 of the population. These are big ambitions. Annmarie they certainly are and the news over the weekend from the head of warp speed saying we could start in potentially three weeks, but it is only going to be december 10 when the fda looks at approval for the pfizer vaccine. You made a good point this morning, the fact this is the developed world. What remains in the developing world could be a difficult picture. Isus a question for markets if so risk on, t
Shanghai composite, 3 10 of an percent of the upside. Lets have a look at what is going on currency wise. This is the dollar index. Not that much changed. Bitcoin. Oves is down nearly 2 at the moment. [indiscernible] thetocurrency left to 18,000 level. Citigroup causing a stir with a 300,000 plus estimate with regards to bitcoin. U. S. Dollar index pretty much unchanged. Stasis as weoil in wait to see what is happening with some of these internal squabbles taking place with members of opec, mainly the uae. Mitchell with the first word headlines. Early south koreas trade data shows exports extending their recovery. The yearose 11 from earlier. South korea shipments received a boost from china and the u. S. Cap exports were up almost 22 . Singapore sees at the economy expanding by between four and 6 next year as it rebounds from the virus. Thirdquarter gdp shrunk by 5. 8 on the year and the estimate for contraction was revised to six to 6. 5 . The decline for the Third Quarter compared t
Entered a new wave of cases. Europes twin battles. E. U. Leaders make no progress. Chancellor merkel says finding compromise will be difficult as france and belgium are said to have urged e. U. Leaders to step up contingency plans for a nodeal brexit. Very good morning to you and happy friday. What a week it has been. Witharted the week off optimism and euphoria with markets on a high into vaccine news and we will be ending the week on a much more sobering tone. The news coming out in the United States, california imposing a new curfew, with pressure on officials. We wake up to a public clash between Steven Mnuchin and jay powell on unused lending funds and we saw that hit the futures market. S p 500 futures paring some of those losses. We have nasdaq futures relatively flat this morning. Treasury yields steady. In the pound, north of 132. We do have sources telling bloombergs that Emmanuel Macron is urging his e. U. Counterparts to start drawing up contingency plans for a nodeal brexi