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i'm melissa lee along with joe kernen and mike santoli.are on assignment becky will be back tomorrow with from the berkshire hathaway koc conference call. and on monday, the berkshire summit let's take a check on the u.s. equity put pictufutures. we will some slight gains on the back of the fomc

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin.futures have been mixed the dow down by 14 points. s&p down by less than a point. the nasdaq up by 11. this comes a day after the market staged a bit of a comeback we'll talk about that in a moment the nasdaq right now looks like it's indicated up by 11.5 points in asia, the nikkei was down by 1.1% the hang seng was up by 0.31%. if you look at

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. check out the u.s. equity futures.esterday a big upday for the markets. dow up by 300 points the s&p futures up by 5.5 points this morning, the nasdaq up 31 the dow up about

joe kernen is in new york. april, auto sales are in focus today.e on mike jackson of auto zone >> april is done it's may sell in may. it was probably better to sell february first that was probably a better expression this year but another disappointing session yesterday. up triple digits for a while mcdonald's reported, everything was great. when all was said and done, we were down 150 points it's characterestcharacteristict sessions that's what we've been dealing with can't hold on to gains it wasn't the ten-year ten-year stayed below 3% we're down again this morning. i don't know what the next trading impetus will be. maybe it's friday. maybe the jobs number on friday. we'll talk about that. we have richard fisher, former fed head who will be on. that's kind of weighing on us ever since january that is as rates continue to creep up, debt services goes up. it doesn't feel like we have the tailwinds of tax reform and deregulation that we had we're being -- maybe the temperature, though. as the temperature rises, maybe the stock market will do bett

joe kernen has a look at what's coming up. see the cavs win last night >> i saw the score >> 113-112 >> it occurred to me, i won't complain, but we miss a lot on this schedule. >> i know. i would have liked to have seen that especially in overtime. i saw golden state won i'm watching these things. i'm interested in the philly boston series, too is dom still there it's a nice day. >> he's here he's here. he's waiting for "squawk box" to start. can't wait to see your show. >> it's still dark outside >> andrew got a hair cut we go together we stop by bed, bath & beyond, look at the duvets i thought that was impressive yesterday. the dow was down at one point almost 400 points. ended down 68. dragged up by the nasdaq which turned positive long before the dow started recovering there's this morning it will be all about apple today. apple, apple apple. it should be they say iphone sales are slowing. only sold 63 million of them only 1.3 billion iphones in use with people buying $30 of stuff per year in services we have the guy from

joe kernen is live in new york with what's coming up. >> good morning.re strapped in. >> seat belt on? >> i watched it unfold yesterday. we're importing trouble. this is part of our trade problems all the trouble we have today is from the other side of the world. two pronged. one is that the president is not satisfied with the supposedly great deal we got with china in terms of them buying more of our stuff. and finally conceding at best 50/50 whether we have a meeting between the president and kim jong-un of north korea that double whammy of geopolitical krishs is what is hitting the market we have big corporate news from yesterday. lowe's finally admitted we like how home depot runs things, so they got a guy from home depot starting over there. we'll see what results indicate about how badly they needed this management change. >> lowe's earnings coming out this morning big show coming up you have the lowe's earnings, i know thank you very much for joining us with that "squawk box" look on deck, a data triple play. the three big things you need to watch

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. check out the u.s. equity futures. yesterday a big upday for the markets. dow up by 300 points the s&p futures up by 5.5 points this morning, the nasdaq up 31 the dow up about 51. if you look at what happened overnight in asia, the gains they had seen initially on the news petered away. there was some -- the shanghai just relatively flat hang seng was up by 0.60%. and in japan the nikkei down by 0.2% some of those gains fading away that the trade war could be back on at any moment in europe, in some of the early trading, you can see that markets are mixed. the cac in france is weaker. the dax is slightly higher ftse up by 0.10% stocks are stronger in italy and in spain looking at treasury yields, the ten-year yielding 3.073% >>> breaking news, trade news out of china overnight the country's finance minister says it will cut import tariffs on some vehicles from 25% to 15%. tariffs on auto parts will be cut to 6%. those cuts will take effect july 1st. check out the shares of automakers

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin.'s look at the u.s. equity p futures. we are in the green. big boost coming after the market close because of apple. nasdaq right now is indicated to open up by 38 points the dow futures opening up by 50 points and the s&p up by 3 points yesterday the nasdaq ended up by 1% and the dow turned things around by the close. >> i was thinking how can the market be down 350 points when apple is reporting after the close. i was honestly thinking that you will get out apple doesn't usually disappoint it's the leading -- of all the f.a.n.g.s, it's the leader they know how to massage numbers before it comes out. >> i don't think they're massaging numbers. >> i think apple's success is much more of an operational success. >> doesn't matter. >> it is some kind of indicator -- >> i'm not saying it's the economy, it's technicals technicals for the market. the market doesn't move on the economy. the market already moved 40% before the economy was at 3% technicals, underlying strength, leadership in th

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. april is in the books.he dow, the nasdaq, the s&p 500 are all finishing the month in the green, but just barely it is the first positive month for the major indices since january. u.s. equity futures at this hour look weaker. you can see that the dow is down by 30 points below fair value. the s&p futures down by 1. nasdaq down by 5 yesterday we saw gains in the morning, up by over 18 0 points after the bell rang. that all turned around later in the day. concerns about the telecom sector dragging things down after that t mobile deal was announced with sprint. and also just higher oil prices. overnight in asia, lots of market closures because of public holidays. the nikkei closed slightly higher it was up by 40 points lots of market closures in europe, too. we will take a look at the ftse in london which is open for trading now. right now up by 28 points. then there are treasury yields the ten year below 3% yesterday. >> let's get straight to washington that's where the big news is the white house announcing

i'm joe kernen along with andrew and melissa lee. it's like madonna. here with andrew >> love it >> cher. >> and becky is making her way back from omaha. porter is here >> he doesn't need a last name at all >> doesn't the futures right now, they were worse off awhile ago now down about 62. haven't been too much worse than that do that down eight on the s&p. nasdaq down 22 treasury yields inching back up to 3% on the 10-year 2.95%. and oil prices, not sure what to make of that it has some sell on the news, perhaps, as i saw the latest did you see that pompeo on friday told some allies to expect a withdrawal. so we'll see what happens. what time is that? 2:00 >> 2:00 today. there's a reason oil has already moved from $50 to $70. maybe some of this is already in the price. >>> today's top corporate story of the morning, comcast reportedly preparing to make an all-cash offer for fox it's only in the early stages and would only take place if, in fact, the doj case against the at&t/time warner deal were to get upended by the judge the offer would disrupt dis

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. you are looking at markets up across the board this morning. dow up by triple digits. gain of 103 points after the dow was up by 2.3% last week, a gain of almost 570 points over the course of the week nasdaq up by 24 this morning it looks like the s&p is up by 8. nasdaq up sharply, too up by 2.7% this week we're going to watch this. these are all gains that started even the week before that. the thursday low had been set and then green arrows this morning. take a look at what happened in asia you're looking at the nikkei closing up by half a percentage point. hang seng up by 1.3% and shanghai percent up by 1/3 of a percentage point. early morning trading there. you'll see that they are down across the board very modest in the declines at this point then take a look at the treasury market ten year last year ended the week below 3%. this morning it is starting just below 3% at 2.986% two year trading at 2.93%. >>> we'll talk about china, the president and zte in a moment. a big win for

we're live at the nasdaq market site in times square i'm andrew ross sorkin with joe kernen michellearuso-cabrera is hanging out with us today. look at u.s. equity futures at this hour. things are looking to shape up with a little bit of green dow up about 74 points nasdaq opening up higher s&p 500 up about 5 points. let's show you treasury yields ten-year note right now at 3.1%. >>> we have a big development in the ongoing saga for control of cbs. the company postponing its annual meeting after the board moved to dilute the voting power of the biggest shareholder it approved a special dividend that diluted shari redstone's voting power to 17% from 79% redstone's company, national amusements put out a statement saying cbs management can't wish away the reality that cbs has a controlling shareholder. look at shares of cbs. they fell yesterday. they're now up marginally this morning. at about 52.02 this is going to court it's been to court it will continue to be there for weeks if not months, if not years to come. >> doesn't national amusements dispute whether or not yesterday's board

we're live at the nasdaq market site in times square i'm melissa lee along with joe kernen and mike santolisitting in with us for the hour, karen firestone. welcome to you >> let's check u.s. futures, seeing how we're setting up for the session. yesterday we had losses across the board. on the s&p 500 we snapped a four-day winning streak. on the dow, we snapped an eight-day winning streak the dow looking to lose 28 at the hope s&p down by 1.5. nasdaq is higher overnight in asia, north korea developments have affected trade there. the nikkei down 0.4% hang seng down by 0.10%. in shanghai, down by 0.70% a mixed bag in europe with germany higher by a quarter percent. the star in terms of the attention, treasury yields seeing the highest ten-year yield since 2011 we've abated from the high of 3.07%. >> hard to figure. remember when korea, things started getting better nuclear armageddon is off, markets flat nuclear armageddon back on, markets down -- maybe eunice can explain. north korea canceling its meeting with south korea that's an actual cancellation which is somewhat disconcerting, it was

i'm joe kernen with andrew ross sorkin and melissa lee becky is off this morning.we've seen down about 20 when we started. home depot, i don't think, is helping the dow. >> down 2.5% >> yeah. it's a little bit lower. down 70 now on the dow and the s&p down 7, nasdaq down 23 10-year back above 3% this morning. 3.02%. >>> okay here is what's making news this hour home depot shares, they're under a lot of pressure this morning the retail earnings beat the street but revenue fell short. home depot blaming a slow start to the season as the reason there. down 2.5% this morning >>> uber, this is big, uber is ending forced arbitration for workers, riders, and drivers who bring sexual misconduct claims that's come under a lot of scrutiny microsoft became the first to end that practice late last year uber also rolling back confidentiality agreements that would keep scandals secret >>> also in washington news this morning, the u.s. ambassador to china saying the two countries are very far apart in trade negotiations apparently, joseph, president trump's tweet about helping zt

i'm andrew ross sorkin along with joe kernen. melissa lee is with us today becky has the day off. our guest host is noah blackstein let's show you u.s. equity futures at this hour tuesday morning, after what was a three-day weekend. those celebrating and honoring those on memorial day yesterday. the do you low looks like it wi off about 162 points the s&p down about 18. the nasdaq down about 38 italy's president blocking the nomination of a euro skeptic finance minister this prompted the leading populist political parties to ditch their plans to form a government there are growing concerns that fresh elections could take place. the yield on the two-year note hitting its highest level since 2013 italian banks are also selling off this morning as well we'll show you that. you can see right here, stocks across the board europe is just -- there's no freefall here, but we are off in a meaningful way >>> finally the euro hitting -- that's a quick look at the i tall yaitalian banks. >> and the banks would be holding the bag if there's a problem with the debt. >> there's a number of other

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. let's look at u.s. equity futures.esterday was a down day, down about 178 points for the dow the futures this morning indicated down by a similar amount another 176 points indicated down right now s&p looks like they would be down by 17 points. the nasdaq off by 62 all of the things that buoyed stocks earlier this week that the trade war with china was on hold, that got put to the test yesterday with some comments from president trump concerns about what might happen not only with the china trade deals but whether or not there will be meetings with north korea. all of that put into play in comments from the president. it looks like we're indicated down by 171 points for the dow now. overnight in asia, when it comes to the nikkei, it was down by 1.1% the hang seng ended down -- fared worse yesterday, down 1.8% shanghai composite down by 1.4%. in europe, again, red arrows across the board the dax off by 1.5%. also a decline of more than 1% for the cac in france. ftse in london down by 0.6%. check out treasury yields, you

we're live at the nasdaq market site in times square i'm andrew ross sorkin with becky quick and joe kernenn large part. we'll talk about it in a moment. it looks at least for now a trade war with china may be put on hold. that's leading the dow at least up in the futures right now to about 240 points nasdaq and the s&p 500 also looking up let's get you through some other headlines. the price of gasoline continuing to rise. the latest lundberg survey showing prices up by ten cents that puts the national average up $3 per gallon i paid $3.29 yesterday ihs market is buying smaller rival ipreo for nearly $2 billion. it's currently owned by private equities run by blackstone expected to close in the second half of the year a deal worth $4.7 billion. shareholders will receive 1.45 shares and $5.54 for each share of cash they now hold. that comes to $50.20 per share it's a premium of 24% over friday's close >>> treasury secretary steven mnuchin saying the prospect of a trade war is on hold >> we're putting the trade war on hold. so right now we are -- we have agreed to put the tariffs on hold whi

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. let's look at u.s. equity futures. yesterday the markets closed flat after bouncing around after the president's decision to pull out of the iranian deal. we're talking about a point or less dow futures have morning are up by 150 points. s&p up by 14 the nasdaq up by 31 points overnight in asia, the nikkei was down hang seng was up and the shanghai was essentially flat in europe, some of the lirl trad early trade, no major moves. treasury market. looking at the yield pushing higher yesterday up at 2.968% this morning the ten-year is back to 3.01%. a couple headlines to bring you. softbank ceo masa son saying the walmart deal to acquire flipkart is done officially made the comments on a conference call. there has not yet been an official announcement from walmart or flipkart and no word on the value of the deal lots of speculation had been whether walmart was winning the bid over amazon. it appears that has now happened. >>> other deal news. vodafone buying parts of john malone's liberty global for roughly $23 billion.

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. look at the u.s. equity futures.s like things are barely budging from where we were yesterday. dow futures up about a point nasdaq up by about 14 points this comes after a big rebound yesterday following the previous day's big declines we'll continue to see where we get closer to the opening bell you can see overnight in asia some big rebounds there. shanghai composite was up about 1.8% after dropping by 2.5% the day before

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. let's look at u.s. equity futures. markets closed flat after bouncing around after the president's decision to pull out of the iranian deal. we're talking about a point or less dow futures have morning are up by 150 points. s&p up by 14 the nasdaq up by 31 points overnight in asia, the nikkei was down hang seng was up and the shanghai was essentially flat in europe, some of the lirl

joe kernen is in joe, you got the treasury secretary who i think made a little news over the weekend> yeah. we'll try to figure out, you know, who is driving the car here lightheiser or mnuchin the stock market seems to think something is good. we have senator barasso on for an hour. we'll talk with him about this as you said, the market, after -- what was it, eight out of ten days, nine out of ten being up, anyway, since that thursday when we were down about 400 mid day and closed up five remember that? and it's been up ever since then i've been trying to watch some nba, brian, you know both -- i watched some hockey, too, actually. but the nba is not college, is it have you noticed that? how long would you have watched last night if you had been up? >> listen, you know that the owner of the rockets is our friend here, tillman fertita i love the city of houston i'm pulling for the rockets. i'm not going to try and fake it and pretend i'm not bias i am it was a tough game to watch >> no, i mean, for a fan for a fan. and i watched one on saturday. it wasn't close. i don't even know if

i'm andrew ross sorkin along with joe kernen. melissa lee is with us today becky has the day off. host is noah blackstein let's show you u.s. equity futures at this hour tuesday morning, after what was a three-day weekend. those celebrating and honoring those on memorial day yesterday. the do you low looks like it wi off about 162 points the s&p down about 18. the nasdaq down about 38 italy's president blocking the nomination of a euro skeptic finance minister this prompted the leading populist political parties to ditch their plans to form a government there are growing concerns that fres

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. sitting in with us for the hour is steve grasso director of institutional sales at stewart frankel and a cnbc "fast money" trader good to see you. ready to go? >> couldn't be more excited. >> about the market or the weekend? >> sure. both >> exactly let's look at futures. as you will see right now on this friday before memorial day weekend, you're looking at green arrows dow futures indicated up by 75 points s&p futures up by 6 1/2. nasdaq up by 32 points yesterday the market initially traded down after news that the u.s. north korea summit canceled the u.s. averages did close near session highs. let's look at treasury ten-year falling below 3%. closed yesterday at 2.987% stocks look like a better place to be as treasury yields come down >>> a couple stories we're watching disgraced hollywood producer harvey weinstein expected to turn himself in to police in new york this morning on sexual assault charges. you're looking at live pictures of nypd's 1st present, that's where he's expect

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin.ng at markets up across the board this morning. dow up by triple digits. gain of 103 points after the dow was up by 2.3% last week, a gain of almost 570 points over the course of the week nasdaq up by 24 this morning it looks like the s&p is up by 8. nasdaq up sharply, too up by 2.7% this week we're going to watch this. these are all gains that started even the week before that. the thursday low had been set and then green arrows this morning. take a look at what happened in asia you're looking at the nikkei closing up by half a percentage point. hang seng up by 1.3% and shanghai

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin.will head to washington for more on the top story in a moment first u.s. equity futures are indicated higher dow futures indicated up by 15 points s&p futures up by 3 and the nasdaq futures up by 11. the dow was up 182 points yesterday. the nasdaq up by 73 points, and the s&p up by 25 points. you are looking at some rapid gains over the last

we're live at the nasdaq market site in times square i'm melissa lee, along with joe kernen and mike. let's check on u.s. equity futures. yesterday we did finish in the green, so the dow saw nine straight up days in ten sessions we are looking to open lower by 11 points on the dow down by 2 points on the s&p 500. the nasdaq looking to lose 21 at the open russell 2000 is the real star in yesterday's session, hitting a fresh record high. let's look at the action overnight in asia. stellar earnings out of tencent. didn't help the hang seng. third straight day of declines there. nikkei managing to

i'm andrew ross sorkin along with joe kernen.ho is in omaha at the berkshire hathaway annual shareholders meeting she has a big lineup of executives and invest s and inv. hang on. we have to get to your news in one second we want to show viewers the futures just for a

we're live at the nasdaq market site in times square i'm andrew ross sorkin with joe kernen michelleut with us today. look at u.s. equity futures at this hour. things are looking to shape up with a little bit of green dow up about 74 points nasdaq opening up higher s&p 500 up about 5 points. let's show you treasury yields ten-year note right now at 3.1%. >>> we have a big development in the ongoing saga for control of cbs. the company postponing its annual meeting after the board moved to dilute the voting

we're live at the nasdaq market site in times square i'm melissa lee along with joe kernen and mike santolius for the hour, karen firestone. welcome to you >> let's check u.s. futures, seeing how we're setting up for the session. yesterday we had losses across the board. on the s&p 500 we snapped a four-day winning streak. on the dow, we snapped an eight-day winning streak the dow looking to lose 28 at the hope s&p down by 1.5. nasdaq is higher overnight in asia, north korea developments have affected trade

morning we're live at the nasdaq market site in times square i'm andrew ross sorkin along with joe kernentoday. becky quick is making her way back from omaha. we are in the red. the dow looking like it would open down 56 points. nasdaq looking to open off as well down by 14 points. if the market opened right now, the s&p would be off about 7.5 points we have new trade data from china. imports grew 21.5% exports grew 13% the trade plus with the u.s. surging to $22 billion to 1$1

on cnbc we're live at the nasdaq market site in times square i'm andrew ross sorkin along with joe kernenanging out with us today look at u.s. equity futures this tuesday morning. dow looks like it will open down about 21 points off. nasdaq off about 6 points. s&p 500 looking to open off as well down about 3 points. we have had now eight straight days, the winning streak for the dow. yesterday started strong got weaker as the day progressed nonetheless aiming for nine days at the moment we won't get that, but we'll see if things turn around overnight in asia. let's show you what has been going on you got the nikkei and the hang seng down. hang seng down 1%. shanghai

welcome back to "squawk box" here on cnbc i'm andrew ross sorkin along with becky quick and joe kernenke a look at equity futures on this friday morning. the dow would open up about 47.5 points higher. nasdaq 9 points and s&p up about 4 points the fed's going to be getting another measure of inflation they will issue figures at 8:30 eastern time this is seen as weaker than expected also barclays just daily has been fined $870,000 by british regulators they say his actions fell short of what's expected for the ceo of a regulating company. shars of symantec is falling this morning after a report of unspecified issues i think what a lot of investors are concerned about is they suggest there could be a delay -- >> in some of their additional filings, existing filing based on some of these issues. down 24% for the stock right now. >>> turning to washington, "the washington post" said it has obtained documents that show at&t paid michael cohen for advice on the merger with time warner >> good morning, becky the documents raise new questions about what exactly michael cohen was doing on behal

welcome back to "squawk box" here on cnbc live from the nasdaq market site in times square i'm joe kernenorkin. becky is in omaha. big hour coming up of billionaire summit in omaha. charlie munger and bill gates will join becky alongside warren buffett live that's coming up in just a moment first, though, a quick check on the markets. we've been right around triple digits on the dow either just above or just below. up now about 92 on the dow up about 10 on the s&p 500 and the nasdaq indicating up 41 points the 10-year has been under 3% for a few sessions now 2.96% at this point. i don't know if it's okay to add up three guys how much they're worth. that's not what it's about, right? >> it's not about money. >> when you get up in the morning, do you put on -- i still put on pants one pant leg at a time. >> one pant leg at a time. these guys do too. >> find out. i don't know maybe they don't maybe they're able to get on a ladder and jump in or something. >> i assure you they do. >> they do >> we want to get back to becky who is in omaha this morning and she has three now very special guests

i'm andrew ross sorkin along with joe kernen.nd becky quick who is in omaha at the berkshire hathaway annual shareholders meeting she has a big lineup of executives and invest s and inv. hang on. we have to get to your news in one second we want to show viewers the futures just for a quick moment. dow up about 19 points s&p 500 up about 2 a.5 points. in asia, let's show you what's going on over there. red arrows across the board. hang seng down over 1% european equities right now this morning are also a bit of a mixed picture. germany up, ftse 100 up, the french cac is off a bit. treasury yields finally right this moment. the ten-year at 2.937. >> becky quick as we saw is in omaha for the berkshire hathaway shareholders meeting with some unbelievable lighting once again, because she looks really good better than we look here always happens that way. they throw up a couple of bulbs, it's -- >> no, we have great guys here who have been lighting this place every year that we've been here they take wonderful care of us >> scientific

i'm melissa lee along with joe kernen and mike santoli.ecky and andrew are on assignment becky will be back tomorrow with from the berkshire hathaway koc conference call. and on monday, the berkshire summit let's take a check on the u.s. equity put pictufutures. we will some slight gains on the back of the fomc session, we gave some of that back the implied open for the dow jones is down 11 s&p down one and in asia, trade taking center stage there with the u.s. delegation arriving in beijing hang seng was down 1.3%. nikkei was closed for a public holiday. in europe, big disappointments, particularly from adidas, the dax is down by a third of a percent. similar losses across the board. on treasury yields, we backed away from the highs of 3%. on the back of the fomc decision, we lost ground here on the yield side of the ten-year note 2.95% on the tens. >>> a u.s. trade delegation has arrived now in china for tariff talks. the group is led by treasury secretary steven mnuchin and it will meet with china's vice premiere to discuss trade practi

we're live at the nasdaq market site in times square i'm melissa lee, along with joe kernen and mikeantoli. let's check on u.s. equity futures. yesterday we did finish in the green, so the dow saw nine straight up days in ten sessions we are looking to open lower by 11 points on the dow down by 2 points on the s&p 500. the nasdaq looking to lose 21 at the open russell 2000 is the real star in yesterday's session, hitting a fresh record high. let's look at the action overnight in asia. stellar earnings out of tencent. didn't help the hang seng. third straight day of declines there. nikkei managing to finishhighe by a half percent. over in europe what is going on in italy continues to be in focus. we are seeing green arrows across the board with the backs up by dax up by a third of a percent treasury yields, we're looking at levels we have not seen since 2011 we hit 3.1% in yesterday's session. we are holding there firmly. 3.104. the two-year at 2.594. >> hold me i'm squared. hold me. 3.1. it's been a while, 3.1 >> six years and ten months it's been took a while to get used to the idea

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. equity futures have been mixed the dow down by 14 points. s&p down by less than a point. the nasdaq up by 11. this comes a day after the market staged a bit of a comeback we'll talk about that in a moment the nasdaq right now looks like it's indicated up by 11.5 points in asia, the nikkei was down by 1.1% the hang seng was up by 0.31%. if you look at europe, you will see it's a modest advance. cac up by a half percent so is the italian markets. ftse is down slightly. treasury yields still sitting above 3% yesterday, 3.003%. right now the ten-year is yielding 3.008%. >>> the commerce department launching an investigation into auto imports the u.s. wants to know whether those vehicles threaten to impair the national security of the nation asian and european automakers are trading lower on the news. a live report from beijing in the next half hour at 7:00 p.m. eastern time, we'll hear live from wilbur ross and talk about it with him >>> a war of words escalating between the united states

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. look at the u.s. equity futures. it locks like things are barely budging from where we were yesterday. dow futures up about a point nasdaq up by about 14 points this comes after a big rebound yesterday following the previous day's big declines we'll continue to see where we get closer to the opening bell you can see overnight in asia some big rebounds there. shanghai composite was up about 1.8% after dropping by 2.5% the day before hang seng was up the nikkei closed up by 0.80%. in europe, things are relatively calm the biggest gainer is italy, up another 0.80%. all these things are still rippling through the markets, we'll talk much more about global politics, about interest rates and how all of these things are interlinked a quick look at treasury yields. still below 3% the ten-year is yielding 2.868 slightly higher from where it closed yesterday >> couple other stories we're watching the u.s. ready to impose tariffs on european steel and aluminum that's something the trump administration threatened for months an o

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin.e will head to washington for more on the top story in a moment first u.s. equity futures are indicated higher dow futures indicated up by 15 points s&p futures up by 3 and the nasdaq futures up by 11. the dow was up 182 points yesterday. the nasdaq up by 73 points, and the s&p up by 25 points. you are looking at some rapid gains over the last week >> i remember that day that was the katie stockton day. was that a week ago? >> may 3rd today is the 9th >> today is the 10th >> oh, yeah. i'm looking at wednesday's notes. it looks like the ten-year is at 2.975% >> we want to head over to washington where president trump made news early this morning >> i want to thank you all it's early in the morning. i think you probably broke the all-time in history television rating for 3:00 in the morning i want to congratulate -- these are three great people congratulations. >> eamon javers joins us now with more on the return of three american detainees freed from north korea this morning good mornin

nasdaq market site i'm andrew ross sorkin along with a band of everybody brian sullivan is here joe kernenf. becky is here. we've got mcc here wilf is back from his wedding duties we're going to get to the markets right now. the italian market stabilizing after selloff and u.s. stocks are pointing to a much calmer open equity futures right now, dow jones up about 168 points. s&p 500 up about six points. let's fly over to europe, show you what's going on over there a little bit muted and getting better germany up the ftse up. spain also up, by the way, talking about bill browder getting arrested in spain. talk about that later. the 10-year right now, show you the note 2.871% and finally overnight in asia, stocks dropping sharply following renewed operations to impose 25% tariffs on $50 billion worth of goods from china and place new limits on -- wilbur ross scheduled to arrive in beijing >>> secretary ross speaking out on u.s. trade negotiations with the eu secretary ross said the block could still talk about opening up their markets even if washington imposed tariffs secretary ross made th