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The CAC in Paris and the DAX in Germany are both up 1.2%.

The Nikkei in Japan led a rally in Asia today, closing above 65,000 for the first time.

It was up 2.8%.

The Hang Seng in Hong Kong added 0.8%, and China's CSI 300 gained 1.5%.

Here at home, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett says he's confident a further drop in oil prices when this war ends will create space for a Fed cut.

Hassett on Fox News.

The most recent measures of U.S.

consumer sentiment have shown a lot of gloom, and it could get worse this summer.

Bloomberg's Andrew O'Day...

Shares in Delivery Hero surged 10% today in Germany following an $11 billion takeover offer by Uber this weekend.

But investors are betting a higher price will be required to close a deal.

DoorDash has also expressed interest in Delivery Hero's Middle Eastern business, Talabat, but has yet to put in an offer.

And SoftBank shares climbed to a record high today, up 4.6 percent, spurred by hopes of big returns from the Japanese investor's stakes in OpenAI and SB Energy should the two go public.

OpenAI could file for an IPO in the coming days.

Lawmakers have left town for the holiday week, and there's not a lot of time left between now and the midterms when both chambers are still in session.

Bloomberg's Amy Morris reports from Washington.

The Ebola outbreak in Central Africa is spreading quickly with more than a thousand cases now reported in Congo.

The U.S.

implemented travel restrictions this week and is now redirecting citizens who visited the region to airports in Virginia, Texas and Georgia for health screenings.

And Daniel Suarez won the Coca-Cola 600 last night, capping an emotional day as the racing world remembered the late Kyle Busch.