captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening, everyone. stocks fell sharply today on wall street and in markets around the world. tom, it was an edgy day for investors with new worries about europe and political uncertainty after the first-round of the french presidential election. tom: the worry is what the french election means for the future of solving europe s debt crisis. the stock selling started in europe, where the major averages fell by 2% or more. here in the u.s. the stock indexes were also in the red. the dow tumbled 102 points. the blue chips had been down as much as 184 points. the nasdaq lost 30 and the s&p fell 11. susie: for u.s. investors, european politics may continue to push around stock prices here on wall street. reporter: mark your calendar for may 6, that s when france holds its run-off presidential election and the outcome could impact your portfolio. french voters will decide between these two men: french president nicolas sarkozy and op
captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening, everyone. stocks fell sharply today on wall street and in markets around the world. tom, it was an edgy day for investors with new worries about europe and political uncertainty after the first-round of the french presidential election. tom: the worry is what the french election means for the future of solving europe s debt crisis. the stock selling started in europe, where the major averages fell by 2% or more. here in the u.s. the stock indexes were also in the red. the dow tumbled 102 points. the blue chips had been down as much as 184 points. the nasdaq lost 30 and the s&p fell 11. susie: for u.s. investors, european politics may continue to push around stock prices here on wall street. reporter: mark your calendar for may 6, that s when france holds its run-off presidential election and the outcome could impact your portfolio. french voters will decide between these two men: french president nicolas sarkozy and op
a red-hot rally on wall street today as investors bought up stocks on hopes that europe could soon announce a big rescue plan. a lot of talk today, tom, about european countries voting in favor of a bigger bailout fund to deal with the debt crisis. tom: susie, that could go a long way to boost investor confidence, and that s why we saw the major stock averages move back into positive territory. the dow surged 272 points, closing above the 11,000 level again. the nasdaq rose 33 points and the s&p added 26. volume starting the week on the heavy side, just over a billion shares moving on the big board two billion on the nasdaq. but lots of focus as the meltdown continued in gold. prices tumbled more than 2.5% percent today, or $45, to under $1,600 an ounce. this is the lowest price in gold we ve seen since july. susie: even though gold is below its record highs, many experts still expect the precious metal will soon shine again. erika miller reports. reporter: new yorkers
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening everyone. a red-hot rally on wall street today as investors bought up stocks on hopes that europe could soon announce a big rescue plan. a lot of talk today, tom, about european countries voting in favor of a bigger bailout fund to deal with the debt crisis. tom: susie, that could go a long way to boost investor confidence, and that s why we saw the major stock averages move back into positive territory. the dow surged 272 points, closing above the 11,000 level again. the nasdaq rose 33 points and the s&p added 26. volume starting the week on the heavy side, just over a billion shares moving on the big board two billion on the nasdaq. but lots of focus as the meltdown continued in gold. prices tumbled more than 2.5% percent today, or $45, to under $1,600 an ounce. this is the lowest price in gold we ve seen since july. susie: even t
a red-hot rally on wall street today as investors bought up stocks on hopes that europe could soon announce a big rescue plan. a lot of talk today, tom, about european countries voting in favor of a bigger bailout fund to deal with the debt crisis. tom: susie, that could go a long way to boost investor confidence, and that s why we saw the major stock averages move back into positive territory. the dow surged 272 points, closing above the 11,000 level again. the nasdaq rose 33 points and the s&p added 26. volume starting the week on the heavy side, just over a billion shares moving on the big board two billion on the nasdaq. but lots of focus as the meltdown continued in gold. prices tumbled more than 2.5% percent today, or $45, to under $1,600 an ounce. this is the lowest price in gold we ve seen since july. susie: even though gold is below its record highs, many experts still expect the precious metal will soon shine again. erika miller reports. reporter: new yorkers