a flight said he forgot he had it with him. he was arrested saturday at the midland airport in texas. he told authorities he didn t realize the explosive was still in his luggage when he left afghanistan in april. and a new years surprise off antarctica. researchers uncovered new species at an underwater hot spring including a colony of crab and a pale octopus. so cool. here s your first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12 snchlt 397 after rising 179 points yesterday. the s&p 500 climbed 19. nasdaq, jumped 43. taking a look at overseas traiting this morning in tokyo. nikkei nudged up 104 points. in hong kong, the hang seng dipped 150. fueled by positive economic news, wall street started out the new year tuesday with a bang. money magers with fresh cash to spend were buying. banks, materials, industrials all posted big gains. alcoa, j.p. morgan clas ahase a
alcoa, j.p. morgan clas ahase a bank of america led the dow. november s construction spending surged to the highest in nearly 18 months. also, overseas, germany reported last year s unemployment average was the low nest two decades. and china slowdown may be over as manufacturing grew there in december. gold reversed its year end slide rising over 2% and oil surged over $4 to almost $103 a barrel on iran tensions. coal-related stocks jumped on last friday s court ruling delaying new air pollution regulations. chesapeake energy rose after selling part of the business to french oil giant total for $2.3 billion. devon jumped after china invested $2.2 billion in devon interest.