The bottom of the hour. He is traveling today in wisconsin, talking about the economy and jobs. For now, the Postal Service in the spotlight as we inch toward an election where voters where a significant number of voters will be mailing in their balance. Joining us, abigail doolittle, who has been watching the backandforth of the day. No records today. But what were the main drivers . Abigail everybody waiting for that potential record for the s p 500. Stocks really climbing this wall of worry. The s p 500 hitting this area of resistance. The polls fallen short of being able to take out those old levels. S p 500 up about euro. 3 . Nasdaq once again closing at a record high, up 1. 1 , really being helped out by some of those mega cap tech stocks. China, so muchs, for investors to worry about. They are going again toward this years defense of technology. The vix down a little bit today but still relatively elevated. Couldxperts say that we see some sort of pullback after this huge rally
As big as apple and starbucks and shut down a major form of personal communication between the u. S. And china. Doubtsre increasing about an agreement on another round of stimulus. The president now expected to bypass congress with more executive orders. Microsoft leading some of the declines today. Scarlet fu has been following the market action. Talk to us about the trading moves on the back of all this tension rising between the u. S. And china. Scarlet fridays in august are not usually known to be heavy news days, but we had a jobs report today and we had President Trump stepping up his campaign against chinese Tech Companies. The stock market closed mixed with the s p and dow little changed. Between a huge contrast small caps and the nasdaq. Focus really on gold. The relentless rally in gold prices and the selloff in the dollar, the better than expected jobs report reverse that trade. Gold still finishing the week up. The dollar finished up 0. 5 . There is concern that that jobs r