0 helmet and buckle my chin strap. get in there, kid. joe, you get ready, we have a big day. we re going to washington tonight t. white house. we re going to deutsche town university. plays hard. charlie dee con. it s funny. he plays 170 minutes. that s good. we have a lot to do. pace yourself. don t get too overheated. don t get into any scrum with anybody, because we have a big day ahead of us. a lot to do. a lot of traveling. a lot of meeting, a lot of parties. parties? we re going to the cocktail party tonight and george town university and my parents. what party? never mind. we are not going to a party. oh the white house christmas. yeah. i m more excited about george town. how was it? it was interpretty good. it was small. they had it outside the gates to the white house. on the sidewalk. a guy came up in a food truck and had hot chocolate. it was kind of strange. we were wrestled to the ground. that was a fun game. pretty exclusive.
the box bay sensex down 1% and the aussie market up 1.8%. cnbc ftse global 300 index, up magically, 4,351. ross, good to see you. hi, christine. i m a very happy bunny today. this is it, this is the team, right? me, you, nicole. we can move forward. there we go. look at that. you re just happy that you ve got two women all to yourself. you ve got it, absolutely. that s fantastic. so we ll on to you, nicole, in just a few moments. after gains yesterday of 1%, down about 0.3% or a little less. travel and leisure are up but it is the bp figures dragging down oil and gas and sectors are worse, as well. nicole, ae have good morning to you. a very good morning to you, as well, ross. in the united states, we are looking at major indexes down slidely across the board for the dow, for the nasdaq and for the s&p. this is, of course, coming yesterday after positive manufacturing really helped lift stocks as a major catalyst, but traders, of course, are looking forward to the job