the board as the dow and s&p kicked off the new year in positive territory. jonathan, good morning. investors seem to be taking comfort in tent active signs that the omicron variant may not be as bad as initially feared. we saw records yesterday. one struggle in particular focus was tesla. the stock rallied about 13% after they posted blockbuster q4 sales. the european equiies marching higher. looking at a positive trade. apple is announcing a $3 million market cap. what does apple s success say
following the promising talks at least that s how it was perceived. the fourth straight gain for the dow and s&p. relief in the energy market after russia said it would drastically reduce military activity in northern ukraine. we ll see if doubts emerge on that today. prices had already been dropping over covid lockdowns in shanghai. the great resignation continues. the bls says 4.4 million americans quit their jobs last month. up slightly from january while u.s. businesses had 11.3 million open jobs. just below december s all-time high. jobs data comes friday with the march jobs report. we ll get another clear picture of what s happening in the labor market. inflation watch, a red hot housing market. home prices up 19 pine point per 19 poin.2%.
on wall street, stock index futures are all leaning lower here. it was record highs though again for the dow and s&p, the dow closed up 110 points, they have hit records five trading days in a row. s&p 500 is now double its pandemic closing low from march last year. wow, it is up 19% so far this year. stocks have been up six months in a row now showing just how incredible the recovery has been on wall street. the risk now for the economy and markets now is the delta variant. naomi osaka breaking down in tears during her first news conference since withdrawing from the french open for mental health reasons. andy scholes has the bleacher report. what happened? first time in almost three months that naomi osaka has held a media session. this was in cincinnati. and she was asked by paul dougherty about benefiting from the media but not enjoying the press conference format. you are not crazy about
someone will be failing on this. yeah, the people that we have to focus on, the independent voters that can go either way. independents by and large are behaving more like republicans. look at how they view inflation and infrastructure, look at how they view the economy. right now they re leaning more republican. that is a problem for the democrats come the mid-terms. the republicans are going to have to have a story as to why the independents will move to their site. they have to come to a place that say you know what? the republicans will fix the problems that i see in front of me. republicans are not quite there yet. neil: yeah, i hear you. lee, thanks very much. looking separately at the markets, if they re worried about this, they have a funny way of showing it. the dow and s&p raced to new
the dow and s & p 500 rallying to all-time highs just yesterday. how can the president keep the spotlight on the positive amidst the drama in the beltway? joining me first out of the gate is fox news contributor, former arkansas governor and all-around good guy, governor mike huckabee. i want to ask you about the economy because it really is about the economy, stupid, isn t it? well, it really is. i ll tell you the people deny that this commission on fire are being pretty stupid. it s not just that the stock market is doing great. it means everybody with a pension plan and every retired teacher and truck driver in america is in better shape because of the trump economy and the stock market has reached record highs about 100 times.