In germany, things are relatively flat there. Lets look at crude oil. Looks like right now wti is down by 8 cents to 53. 96. Couple big stories were watching. A crucial cabinet vote last night in the senate. Wilbur ross was confirmed as commerce secretary after a vote of 2727. Ross is key to the administrations plan to overall trade deals like nafta. The white house will hold a swearing in ceremony for ross today. On the economic agenda. Second estimate on Fourth Quarter gdp at 8 30 a. M. Growth forecast to be revised up from 1. 9 to 2. 1 . 9 00 a. M. , the monthly caseshiller home price index and chicago pmi at 9 45. Consumer confidence numbers at 10 00 a. M. San francisco fed president John Williams and st. Louis fed president James Bullard will speak today. Rob kaplan will be speaking with us at 7 30 a. M. Eastern time. Apple will hold its annual Shareholder Meeting at its cupertino offices. Investors will be asked to vote on nine proposals, including one to rope in a third party on
Jab holdings buying panera bread more than 7 billion. I hope you brought your appetite because power lunch starts right now. Thank you, melissa, and thanks to a big jobs number we have a nice little rally on our hands. The dow posting its biggest oneday gain since early march. The last time i checked just moments ago there was only one dow stock lower. That was Cisco Systems and it was barely down. Oil and energy a big driver as well. Crude may be off its highs of the day but it is still back about 51 a barrel. Banks and technology also big winners. One notable loser, though, valiant pharmaceuticals, now trading in the Single Digits down 97 from its highs of two years ago. More now on todays market action, bob pisani live on the floor of the nyse where the good continue to roll. Bob . Reporter and this is good times. This is a broad wrally, brian. 29 of 30 dow stocks on the upside. Ill show you how broad it is. Put up five of the big dow movers. You have Consumer Discretionary group, m
Bill clinton filled in at a Campaign Rally for his wife this week. Hillary clinton had to skip a scheduled rally at the college while she recovered from pneumonia at her home in new york. Clinton said hes on the mend, but he erroneously said his wife only had the flu. Someone who has served and someone appealing to a sense of road rage in the empowerment responsibility over resentment. I think you should choose bridges over walls. Lots of people voting over anger, i think we have talked about this many, many times before. Polls seem to show the race continually tightening now as it has been very close this week. What do you make out of that . This is obviously a unique thats a part of it. What surprised me about clintons response was that it was very conventional. Something that he had said before in past elections, think about tomorrow. Think about whats best for the country. When people are in that road rage mind set. They dont want to stop, pull over and take a deep breath. They wan
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