The dow coming off its first close ever above 30,000. Still down 180 a lot of focus continues to be on the socalled cyclical trade, energy, banks, airlines all pacing for their best month ever rob, its good to see you again. I come to you first because your note to our producer today really piqued my interest. The last three weeks, you say, were transformational. How so i think going into this, scott, we did not have a prospect for a stimulus plan it pivoted focus to the virus and the virus count really, really increasing. Since then youve had three months of very, very positive news on the virus front. Youve had an election outcome that appears to be more and more benign with the actions of the with the actions of our president elect. Specifically nominating janet yellen it looks like it was an outcome that was squarely middle of the fairway that was not too far left, not too far right. Really goldilocks like from my perspective. Now youre at a place where when you look at major pivot
Vote vote vote vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . Hearing none, the yeas are 64, the nays are 24. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. Mr. Thune madam president . The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. Mr. Thune i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Thune madam president , i have four requests for committees to meet during todays session of the senate. They have a approval of the majority and minority leaders. The presiding officer duly noted. Mr. Thune madam president , before i begin, i want to acknowledge the tremendous news released yesterday that early
Authorizati authorization as soon as today and well have analysis of the upcoming Holiday Season. And later on, a 170 mile trip for one lonely owl that you could call a miracle on 49th street you are watching worldwiworldwe exchange right here on cnbc fly free free bird, yeah happy friday, im democrat ni dominic chew u in for Brian Sullivan as you can see, the dow jones currently implied lower by 77 points fr so slight outperformance from the nasdaq here, implied open by six points to the up side. The major averages all snapping two day losing streaks yesterday. The dow on pace for its third positive week in a row, but just barely rest nearly flat on the week take a look around the world, a mixed session overnight any asia as you see, the nikkei down when 0. 5 and similar gains in the chinese markets. Meanwhile trading just Getting Started in europe with about half percent gains for the major forces there, including the german dax, ftse 100 and cac again, green across the screen in eur
North carolina, and ohio whether we will get a clear result tonight remains to be seen the tenyear note level higher than since early june. Banks among the best performing stocks in the dow and the s p. Oil prices are gaining ground but the Energy Sector is the only in the red. Overall a broad based strong day on wall street. Following gains yesterday as well lets get straight to the big stories we are watching. Mike santoli is here watching the market rally. And ylan moi is following the all important balance of power in the senate for us mike santoli, welcome. Good twoday run in the markets. It is inhabiting the ground we were in the last half of last week and gone right to the middle 3,400 is the middle of the long threemonth range. If you think about it it has taken two days to lift the indexes back onto a balanced footing. We were pretty oversold last week challenged and tested the september lows bounced off of that today. Make sure folks are not leaning too much in one direction
Wall street expects some kind of stimulus. We have another monday morning rally with plenty of green and the dow jones is closing about a gain of 150, but nasdaq up over 100 points. Big tech up this morning i think pretty much across the board, yes. Its all green. Even though three top executives will be hauled before Congress Next week, both sides of the aisle angry over big tex wealth, power, influence and serious discontent about censoring conservative opinions as some senators subpoenaed jack dorsey concerning twitters suppression of conservative voice service. On the campaign trail absolutely no change. The president continues his rallies hammering his message home in the battleground states and joe biden will hunker down. He appears to have put a lid on the week staying home preparing for thursdays debate. That debate is controversial with the moderator who is supposed to be neutral anything but. Her family has donated tens of thousands of dollars to democratic campaigns and in t