America and thats widely considered to be the main driver of julys gains which were the best since february. Today the market was mixed. The Dow Jones Industrial average advanced 60 points to 21,895. Nasdaq fell 26. The s p 500 was off just slightly. For the month, all the major indexes were up. The nasdaq was the big winner. Bob pisani takes a look at what worked for investors and what didnt in july. Reporter was a good month overall. S p up about 2 . Up nearly 11 for the year. Techs been the leader and it was again in july. The demand for semiconductors to power cell phones and appliances keeps going up. Oil had a big rally going from 44 to nearly 50, but didnt help a lot of oil stocks. Exxonmobil hit a 52 week low on friday. Banks were mostly down for the knot. They benefit when Interest Rates are higher and traders have been surprised rates have not been rising despite the improving economy. Inflation, for example, remains below the Federal Reserves target levels. One major issue,
That launched a man to the move is falling apart. Now the space agency is asking you to help save it. But we begin with todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Every reporter in town is mourning over Anthony Scaramucci because hes a one in a million character. You cant make him up. Scaramucci ousted after just ten days. The president certainly felt that his comments were inappropriate for a person in that position and he didnt want to burden general kelly. Kelly in and scaramucci out is nothing but good for this white house and hopefully he will tame some of the crazies. The Washington Post that President Trump dictated a statement about a misleading meeting with a russian lawyer. Sanctions on venezuela. L. A. Has struck gold. The olympics will return to los angeles in 2028. These days 11 years ago is like that. Tropical depression emily is expected to move out into the atlantic. It caused widespread flooding and power outages. The Construction Company that accidentally cut power
Walmart is down on earnings and well dig through that report and talk about the Amazon Effect and shares on alibaba spiking on earnings first up though, the watch is on to see what effect this could have on the trump agenda a few of the quotes jamie dimon i strongly agree with the president s statements must speak against ideas that divide us. Im ashamed of our president s behavior what does this all mean for the agenda and the degree to which business was going to help push it no republican that ive seen has called ut trump by name the way some of these ceos have an theres a desire to get something done in tax reform but repeal and replace that budget are going to be ahead of that and i think that they themselves will be more attracted because of this. If you look at the calendar its probably not possible but it wouldnt have mattered either way because i dont think the ceos are able to influence congress and congress has its own agenda. The thinking was tax reform specifically was goi
Of her retirement . Eastern,ay at 8 p. M. We remember some of the political figures that passed away in 2016, including nancy reagan and antonin scalia. Friday night at 8 00, hour in Memoriam Program continues with shimon peres, mohammed ali, john glenn. This week in prime time on cspan. Join us on tuesday, january 3, for live coverage of the opening day of the new congress. Watch the official swearingin of the new and reelected members of the house and senate and the election of the speaker of the house. I were all they live coverage of the days begins at 7 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan and cspan. Org, or you can listen to it on the free cspan radio app. Astrophysicist who is also the chief science officer for Discovery Communications talks about science and innovation. He addressed a student audience recently at Westminster College in fulton, missouri. This is one hour. I will begin. I will introduce myself. I am chris, a professor at Westminster College. It is in fact my great pleasure
We are just getting started. But we have to make the right choice. My name is not on the ballot, thats okay. I need you to work just as hard for katherine and just as hard for Hillary Clinton. Maria latest on the race for the white house coming up. Massive manhunt in oklahoma, suspect wanted for double murder and shooting two Police Officers with an ak47, latest on investigation coming up. The outrage after reports says the pentagon is trying to recover reenlistment bonuses from soldiers who fought in the front line in iraq and afghanistan. We will bring it to you. First planes and now trains, amtrak the latest travel agency to ban smartphone. Driving stocks higher, what is behind three major deals in just the last two days, two weeks before the election. Markets expected to open up 80 points monday morning. S p 500 and nasdaq higher. Ftse is flat on the session. Cac quarante up 1 and dax index in germany. Lets go to asia right now. Shanghai composite in china up and a quarter percent.