Volume figures for the s p 500 75 from the 20 day average. Not much price movement, and not as much participation on the part of investors are traitors. All three are in the green. The dow and the nasdaq are up, 2 10 of 1 each. After the gain that we saw last recalibration of Investor Expectations for a aseral reserve rate hike, well as hearing from some fed speakers. Groups on the move, material solidly in the top spot throughout the session today. You dont see any movement of 1 or more. Utilities and telecoms pulling back the most. Of a changing landscape here as we head into the afternoon. Stocks we have been watching, viacom has been experiencing a lot of drama. Cvs, not moving much, but a developing battle going on. Sumner redstone controls the company. Both of them vying for control at this point. Suing to block that. The Redstone Family is asking for that to be confirmed. It is sort of a backandforth situation that is continuing. Just a note, those shares have performed relative
Today. Call it daydream. The head of vr will join us to discuss this daydream. In a first on cnbc interview. In the meantime after losing a second lawsuit claiming Johnson Johnsons talcum powder causes ovarian canister, they are speaking out right here on cnbc. Comments in a moment. And super bowl of bio tech coming up in just a few weeks. Well start getting data from a number of companies that that could cause sol bic moves. And fed minutes released about an hour ago. Steve leisman has some of the highlights for us. Thanks a lot. The u. S. Federal reserve strongly suggesting the possibility of a june rate hike if the Economic Data improves and that is what they expect to happen. In fact in the minutes before the april meeting that came out just a few hours ago the fed said some of these conditions are already been met but many members of the fed expect the other conditions to be in place by the time the fed meets in june. That means further evidence by the economy is rebounding in the
Here in america. Boeing scores big on another obama trip. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton in a dead heat in november. There i so much more that unite us than divide us. And we are going up against a candidate whopull us backward and every issue we care about. We need a president who will use the bully pulpit to stand up for working families, but the last thing we need is a bully in the pulpit. The on thing standing between donald trump and the oval office is all of us. And we are going to unify the Democratic Party and stop donald trump. Charles we also have breaking news. Virginia Governor Terry mcauliffe is denying claims hes being investigated by the f. B. I. His attorney released this statement. Charles its been a crazy day. Donald trump is winning independents, and Bernie Sanders only 66 of sanders supporters say they will go with Hillary Clinton if she is the nominee. Charles over the weekend Washington State had its Gop Convention and 41 delegates up for grabs. Somehow ted cruz
Talk about fitbit. The dow turned negative in the last few minutes which make as mixed screen there this morning or this afternoon when you look at dow trading stocks we have phil flynn at cme and lori rothman at the New York Stock Exchange. Lackluster day, huh. Low volumes, trading range that pretty much sums it up. We did have exceptional stories. One on the nasdaq. We saw 43 new highs to finish out the day even though as you mentioned stocks were little changed. I think it is safe to say everybody is on fed watch. Well hear from fed chief janet yellen come friday for rate moves, like a hike, will it be june, will it be july . Everyone seems to find out more about the feds timing on that. Next story came from apple. Shares better than 1 today. There is it rumor or report that the taiwan Economic Daily news saying apple asked its suppliers to bump up shipments to 75 Million Units from the mid 60 Million Units. So that gave the companies that supply the apple part as nice pop, a nice b
Los angeles, at this hour as he looks to stop frontrunner Hillary Clinton. Clinton, for her part, heading today for a different section of los angeles. After a rally this afternoon in detroit, clinton is headed for lala land for two new fundraisers as new polls show a dead heat between hillary and donald trump. Trump is gaining ground on the former secretary of state and trying to put a shine on his Foreign Policy cred. Wrapping up a meeting moments ago with tennessee senator bob corker, the chairman of the Senate Foreign relations committee. Former ambassador to belgium Howard Gutman is here to tell us how Hillary Clinton defends a twofront political war and whether shell emerge unscathed as the democratic nominee. Plus, president obama opening new avenues for business in vietnam where had you invested in its stock market just three years ago, youd be up 30 . Fiat chryslers new scandal, and Charlie Gasparino on the war of the titans at viacom. It looks a lot more like drama from the j