use promo code prepared60. get the comprehensive identity theft protection you need and our $1,000,000 service guarantee. [clicking, .] bill: now we re going to put new a good mood, aren t we martha? yes we are. more talk of that dreaded double-dip recession after another dismal day on the street. watch the dow starting from yesterday s opening bell to the end of trading. we ended up down about 391 points, that s off about 3 1/2%. you tack on the big losses from the day before and we are down 600 in seven six # five points between trading on wednesday and thursday alone. take a look at the market right now, off about 35, 36
financial markets both here in the u.s. and around the world and my, oh, my, what a day yesterday. a huge selloff. let s look at the numbers for you. the dow jones industrial average down at the day for 391 points. at one point below 500 points. but coming back to 391. down 3 1/2% on the dow. nasdaq down 3 1/4%. s&p losing 3700 points or more than 3%. what can we expect today on wall street? at this hour, the future boards showing green. the dow up 1/2%. and the nasdaq showing upward arrows up about 1/2%. what s been going on while you ve been sleeping? well, in asia, certainly red arrows and probably the worst performing market, south korea down nearly 6%. not such big losses in china and hong kong down 1 1/3%. the shanghai down .4%. probably the best performing market in asia.
yesterday, dow off 391 points and the nasdaq down 3 1/4% and the s&p down 37 points or more than 3%. what can we expect today? at this hour, the futures board showing green arrows, dow up 73 points, up .6% and the s&p up 9 points. nasdaq up about .7%. meantime, in europe, we ve stopped the bleeding just a little bit. we re seeing green on the screen, pretty much stablized for now. up about 1/2% after losing 5% yesterday. the dax index up .4%. meantime, in asia, reacting to what happened on wall street yesterday, down across the board. off nearly 6% today. the hang seng down 1 1/3%. the nikkei, by the way, in tokyo closed today. they probably had the best day of all. meanwhile, commodities, get a sense of that. we saw oil dropping yesterday, coming up a little bit today. up .6%.
not win many arguments. such a natural. comes out. just got the pizzazz. that smooth thing going on. bill clinton always has. when he got into the white house, chelsea was a little girl. that awkward teenage stage and how she s flourished. cool family moment there last night. very nice. in the words of led zeppelin, the song remains the same for stocks this morning. asian markets sold off in friday trading following wall street s lead. since wednesday u.s. traders sent the does to the biggest two day drop since 2008. fears about the global economy, fear of another recession and widening debts are to blame. the world is in a danger zone. in 2008 many people said they did not seat turbulence coming. leaders have no such excuse now. the dow lost 391 points yesterday. at one point was down more than 500 points.
fears of everything from a manufacturing slowdown to the federal reserve s grim economic outlook sparked a global sell-off. the dow opened sharply lower and never moved into positive territory yesterday. tumbling more than 500 points at its lows. but the blue chip index staged a bit of a recovery. finishing the day down 391 points or 3.5%. today s wall street journal summing up the session with this headline, a banner headline, markets swoon on recession fears worldwide distress rises as investors seek futility of governments and central banks. for a preview, let s go live to london with becky mian. an ugly today yesterday. how are we doing this morning? t. has been an ugly day, hasn t it? let s put it into that context. in two days we ve seen the s&p down by over 7%. now, that has spread right around the globe. it s been the case across asia and europe in the past couple of day as well.