The nasdaq down by just over six. Thats all coming as oil prices have rebounded this morning as well. We were looking at wti yesterday after the close ticking below 30 a barrel. It was down there this morning as well. As you can see, its recovered a little bit. Its now back at 30. 41. Okay. Lets also tell you a couple other things going on today. The fed and earnings keeping the markets busy. The fomc kicks off its twoday meeting today. Steve liesman will have the exclusive results of the cnbc fed survey. Also in earnings central, super busy this week, especially today. We have j j, Proctor Gambl gamble, 3m reporting before the bell. Apple reporting after the bell this afternoon. A lot of people watching that. The Company Expected to report that iphone sales increased slightly more than 1 , but that would be its slowest growth ever for the device. Analysts expecting 75. 5 million phones were sold in the final quarter of 2015. In huntington, bank shares is buying ohio rival first merit
Buy. Very good. Thank you both. Have a lovely long weekend. Yes, the markets are closed on monday. Well see you again on tuesday. Stay tuned now for the second hour of the closing bell with maria bartiromo. Have a good weekend. And it is 4 00 p. M. On wall street. Do you know where your money is . Hi, everybody, welcome back to the closing bell. Im maria bartiromo. The dow and s p 500 closing at yet another fiveyear high today. Take a look at how were settling on the street. Money coming into this market pushing the industrial average up about 48 points, onethird of 1 at 13,645. Blue chip average, volume picked up as well as you can see there. Nasdaq, close but no cigar. In the red, down a point and a third and the s p 500 picking up about five points. The dow, the best performer of the week, no doubt about it. Blue chips up better than 1 and the s p 500 up 1 on the big. Nasdaq the big laggard mostly due to apple. The stock had a bad week, barely positive since monday on the nasdaq. Wh
And he will join us live from there starting tomorrow. Theres a lot of big guests lined up. Could be a lot of fun. Earnings central is in full swing today. Among the names that are reporting before the bell, we have dupont, Johnson Johnson, travelers and verizon. Four dow components before the bell even rings. Our newsmaker this morning is duponts ceo coming out want 8 00 eastern time. After the bell, Technology Takes center stage. We will hear from google, Texas Instruments and amd among others. And friday, the 49 mothership and it was good. Revenues above expectations. And also a little beat on the bottom line, but a lot of the different Business Segments doing well. All clicking and stock was up above 22. Comcast traded over 40. I saw that, too. And it makes you wonder if the Dow Jones Industrial average will follow the transports at this point. Why follow those two so closely . Comcast at 51 and 49 owners. Im hearing that dupont is hitting the wires right now, which is inconvenient
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0 purpose, with passion and dedication, let us answer the call of history and carry into an uncertain future that precious light of freedom. thank you. god bless you. and may he forever bless these united states of america. this year inauguration fell on the martin luther king jr. holiday. after being sworn in, president obama paused for a moment of reflection in front of a bust of the civil rights leader at the capitol rotunda. he was joined by the first lady and congressional leaders. but the president wasn t the only one in the spotlight on monday. first daughters malia and sasha obama had quite a few scene-stealing moments of their own. the normally reserved malia let loose a little bit, busting out dance moves for her mom before the swearing-in. and 11-year-old sasha created an instant viral video, yawning during her dad s presidential address right after a line about education policy. the girls also used their phones to take lots of photos of their family during the event. an