of the new york stock exchange. as we re following a close tonight, easy come, easy go. giving up thursday s gains after a drop in oil. we had comments out of the rail ceos. and the transportation stocks took a big hit. we ll get into it. better than expected earnings from microsoft, helping technology rally out of the gate. the rally fizz willed by the close because of weak n in semiconductor stocks with microsoft and amazon, big move on the upside. existing home sales surged more than #%. for the last month. hitting the highest level in two years. here s a look at how we finished the day on wall street. for the day, the dow jones industrial average down 107 points. back below 10,000 on the dow at 9973 on the dow jones industrial average. nasdaq composite weaker, to the tune of 11 points. finishing the session at 2154. the s&p 500 tonight gave up 13 points. just about 1.25%. all the action from bob pisani, on the floor of the nyse. september existing home sales, decent m
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