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Aside at googles parent alphabet. Period of17 year long his Senior Leadership. Betty it seems like everybody is trying to ram and all the news before the christmas holidays. Catalonia, google, and of course the spending bill passing the house. All of that and stocks today rose, breaking the today losing streak. We will quickly pull up the boards and show you how the u. S. Markets ended today. The s p 500 slightly higher, and nasdaq also trading a little bit to the upside, but fairly unchanged. Investors trying to absorb what the impact is going to be from the tax reform package. Yvonne yes, just a moderate bounceback. We see some positives as we get closer to the christmas holiday. Lets look at asia, said to track the gains set to track the gains we saw on wall street. New zealand up. And we are Holding Steady. Australia, getting underway in sydney. 6100, it could be a big we will see if it reaches that level. 7702 for the aussie. Treasuries mixed overnight, the curve sharply flatter.
Betty one longstanding story we are watching is treasury yields and where they are headed, and i want to pull up a is behind thethat volatility we are seeing in equity markets, 10year gilts yields. Key level of 3 , and we have been watching that like a hawk, it is almost like a movie. Once you get to the big box somee opening, but for will hit that at three years time, what happens after that . We have seen quite a bit of volatility headed as we have been seeing yields had towards this level, but afterwards is the question. What are we going to see in the markets . Yvonne it is interesting you mentioned this earlier, and the markets have changed. They are not buying the dip anymore, and the 10 year yield edged lower, so whats shifted and what hasnt. Lets take a, closer look to Investor Sentiment and what happened with u. S. Stocks. Stu keenan has more. What we are seeing is the technicals of the market which can show underlying weakness. Does the second day of reversals, it is green ac
Galaxy note 8. And uber may be on the right road with losses. It is now a mere 645 million. A reminder to our viewers on what happened today in the u. S. , you have to remember what happened last night. You guys were still trading in donald trumpsident said this. President trump we have to close down our government, we are building that wall. Let me be clear to democrats in congress who oppose the border wall and stand in the way of Border Security. You are putting all of americas safety at risk. Betty Republican Leaders sweating bullets after the comments. That hit the markets,. Today, risk off. Right after trade, you had mitch mcconnell, the Senate Majority leader who had been rumored to not have spoken to trump for weeks, ane, he is working with the president. They are going to Work Together on tax reform. Trying to alleviate the market, that this Government Shutdown is nowhere near happening despite what you heard from trump. Betty is increasingly casee is increasingly the the you