30 minutes into the trading day on this monday. Taylor we look to be a bit directionless. Taylor a little bit of red on the dow, but green for the s p and nasdaq. The rustle up more than 3 10 of 1 . This,f the things driving farm and biotech industry. Gilead is in the s p. Perhaps shum of some of the major averages being pushed up by merger monday. The russell 2000, when we talk about that, it is all about the small caps making a comeback. You can see a little bit of correlation here and in quite a bit of divergence with the s p 500 in blue and the russell 2000 and white. The small caps posted their best weekly gains since june last week, gaining about 1. 4 . Perhaps trying to close that gap. Maybe tax reform is back on the table after we get through the debt ceiling fight. Mergeronday, it is monday so lets talk about a few of those deals we are looking at. Kite andtakeover of the expedia ceo leaving for uber. Gilead has some hepatitis c drugs. Tight is interesting in the Cancer Therap
If youre coming in through the emoriville stretch here, 17 minutes across the bay bridge once you make it through the maze. A closer look at the north bay is coming up at 6 09. Thank you. The whole team is getting you ready for the rain coming in. Amy hollyfield is in the north bay tracking the wet roads. Amy, what are you seeing . Reporter hi, natasha. Were talking to people as they brace for the rain. They are preparing for it mentally and just fundamentally grabbing the rain gear, doing what they need to do to any plants or pets, like succulents. One woman told me shes bringing those inside. Just mentally preparing for whats to come. We need it but its kind of miserable. It changes the day a little bit but its good. Yeah, we need it. Just drive slower. Thats the main thing. People drive kind of stupid in the rain. But you just go with it. Reporter were getting a nice break in the action right now. So your commute could be pretty smooth if you can jet off right now. We will keep you