Ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs committee about that and more. Banks, beware. That means you beware. The group that calls themselves the cyber fighters will launch attacks on the system through the next few weeks. Sue, the joint is jumping. It sure is, ty, thank you. The bulls are indeed off and running on this first day of august. The dow hit an alltime high this morning, and since the bond buying began in november of 2008, the dow is up 86 . That kind of puts it in perspective, right . The s p 500, the trade is better than 1 , the nasdaq is better than a percent and the russell 2000 is up 1. 31 . The volatility index, down 33 4 . Brent crude is now up almost 11 2 . U. S. Manufacturing growth in july rising to its highest level in two years. Weekly jobless claims dropping to a five and a half year low. And bob ask knd kenny are here put it in perspective. That is my favorite, an 86 move. The bears would say thats being und underpinned by the bond buying, but the fundamenta
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coming off the worst levels of the day. the dow jones industrial average is down about 19 points, was down about 70 at one of its worst levels. j.p. morgan down 2%, bank of america and citi under pressure. health care and telecom two of the bright spots. another data heavy day tomorrow. there is the bell and the closing bell continues in just a second. [ bell ringing ] it is 4:00 p.m. on wall street. do you know where your money is? i m sue herrera in for maria bartiromo who is on assignment in singapore. here is what we are following at the close. stocks struggling on wall street, way down by disappointing readings on third quarter gdp but significantly off the lows of the day. the federal reserve releasing minutes from the latest meeting and the central bank raised gdp growth forecast for next year and trimmed unemployment outlook. gm s deal to sell saab falling through. we look at what that means for saab and gm s future. here is how we are finishing the day on wall