500 infotech index up 48 , and the energy index was the least best performer. It still was up, though, which tells you how much these markets were looking for good news. The second best performer, Consumer Discretionary in the s p 500. That includes home depot to amazon, ebay, even general motors, so really across the board, it was a good year. For more on the markets more broadly, we are joined by ing head ofvey, global debt and rate strategy. We widened the curve with a bit of steepening going on. To what do you attribute that . Been a really interesting move. We were inverted six months ago. Happened is the fed has cut 75 basis points. Theyve injected a mountain of liquidity into the system, and theres been a real change in sentiment in the sense that six months ago, we were genuinely concerned about a recession in the u. S. Next year. Have beenerns significantly downsized. Theres still trimming this uncertainty, and we so have a very flat curve. If you look at the twostens, it is n
Expected to be signed tomorrow headlines injecting uncertainty on existing tariffs and after hittinga new alltime high, apple is now the biggest drag on the dow. Well have much more on why later in the show. We are up 50 points on the dow steve grasso with us for the full hour. Steve, todays session yo yoing. The bottom line though is the deal should be signed tomorrow and the rest of it we kind of knew. It seems like the market is looking for a reason to sell off. You have bulls that want a better entry point, bears that want to push it down and any headline that allows them to do that, theyre going to roll with its about china today i think its going to be about earnings coming up if you really look at where we are in the s p, the 3300 level is pivotal and if you look at earnings, if we fall short, the market will tank and thats a big word tank is a big word. Its a big worry when you say wheres the market going or where do i think its going, i think it will be legitimate to say a 7 t
Since at least early 2016. King dollar continuing to shine. When we came in this morning, we had that big story overnight out of hong kong come out of china with the markets there taking a dive for the worst. Didnt appear to be any real news, any catalyst, but the structure of things going on in terms of the economy over there, as well as the geopolitical situation in hong kong. Guy lets talk about whats been happening here in london. There has been an incident within the last halfhour thats taken place on London Bridge. The scene of a major terrorist attack couple of years ago. It is about 800 yards away that way from where i am standing right now, right on the edge of the city, the financial district. Not much reaction in the british pound. Financial markets have sadly become used to such incidents taking place. The police are telling us a number of people have been injured and a man has been detained. This comes as we prepare for the general election, which is going to take place in
Typically on the day after thanksgiving. A little bit of a selloff in the treasury market. Yields a little bit richer across the curve. Weve been seeing this all week, even as equities did rally on monday, tuesday, and wednesday come over to those record highs. The dollar has been heading for its ninth straight day of gains. The dollar still setting up for its best month since july. And we want to take a look at crude. This is a pretty interesting reversal. He came in premuch flat on the day on wti, now down almost 4 . A lot of concerns about opec and their commitment to production cuts. Market not quite buying it. You can see that selling off a little bit as we head into the middle of the day. Lets talk about what is happening in london. We are expecting an update from the metropolitan police within the next few minutes. When that happens, we will bring you the headlines from it. A number of people have been stabbed on London Bridge. We will bring you the detail. In terms of the marke
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