also the paris cac 40. stock markets in the asia region finished high. it buoyed the shanghai composite by more than 1.33%. this shows growth in the manufacturing sector. meanwhile in hong kong the hang seng also ended the day in positive territory, up by more than 1.2%. just less than. energy stocks were the among the winners there. elsewhere uncertainty continues to weigh on the nikkei which lost some ground today. it ended the session down by half a%. meanwhile australia s main benchmark closed up by about the
great up there. continued safe mission to you all. we will all be watching closely, the nation and the world when you all bring it in. we will be having a big round of applause for all of you up there. good luck to all of you and thanks to taking some time to talk with us this morning. we had to wrap it up. they have small windows. they are saying good-bye to us now but there is a bit of a delay. it s space. 220 miles. would you ever want to do that? i would absolutely love to in a perfect world but i don t know if i m cut out for it. those confined spaces. they are something, yeah. hillary clinton is fed up. her tough talk on dealing with pirates. tell you about that next. also the apple launches the ipad2 the next generation of the magical web browsing service. it is faster and lighter. it used to be 1 1/2 pounds and now 1.33 pounds. you seem a little bit obsessed about the weight of it.
nymex prices over the past month. they spiked over february 18th as the opposition movement gained momentum against libyan leader moammar gadhafi. and brent crude is also on the rise up nearly $1.33 right now trading near $114 a barrel. brent oil tends to be the most vulnerable to upsets in north africa and the middle east. that s why there s been a steady rise in prices. since popular uprisings kicked off in tunisia and egypt. concerns about rising oil prices have been hitting stock markets, as well. saudi arabia closed at a nine-month low on sunday, down almost 2%. the dubai financial market is down more than 4%. and bahrain s bourse has also slipped slightly. well, meanwhile, britain is defending itself military-led
york city got 1.33 an inch of rain. springfield, massachusetts, boston, localized blooding in spots. charles river, still has some flooding. we have watches and warnings still posted. 1, 2, maybe 3 inches of rain on top total for eastern new england. 6-16 inches total snowfall expected across denver, front range. the time of year where they can get 60s one day and 16 inches of snow the next day. great time of year to head out there. boston, new york, metro, low clouds and rain, issues there. cleveland, low clouds and rain as well. some low clouds, flooding, hail, mud. perth, australia, hail stones coming down. people were scurrying for cover. they also had a mudslide because of heavy rain.
stocks surmging to session highs in the final hour of trading. the dow jones industrial averages climbing 10 points, the s&p 500 adding eight points and the nasdaq, 20 points. a smaller-than-expected drop in home sales helping reassure investors today. analysts say the market is beginning to show improvement, but will bounce along the bottom for a while. home builders kb home slipping more than 1.33% after posting a larger-than-expected loss in the third quarter. and drug store walmart missing its target but finishing in the green as investors drilled down and noted a big improvement in the company s margin. kraft foods leaving the dow for newly-acquired cadbury. and apple continuing the steadily climb as the release date for the new i-pad inches ever closer. that s the news from cnbc, now back to hardball. a few minutes before 12:00,