And historic. It took just a twopoint gain for the s p 500 index to cross and close above the 2000 level. Its 30th record so far this year. There was some euphoria about the dow, as well. The blue chip average hit a record high of 17,153 in intraday trading but pull back by the close. Some good Economic News helped fueled todays gains. Consumer confidence climbed to its highest level since 2007. Also driving stocks, an unusually high number for big ticket orders called durable goods. Those numbers jumped more than 22 . Skewed by International Demand for aircraft and record orders. Heres a look at the closing digits. The nasdaq up 13. And the s p up two points to the new milestone, 2000. 02. Our guests watched every move of the s p today. After all, aaron begins gibbs is with s p capital iq and joins us now. Erin, so nice to have you with us. Thank you. It looks like the s p 500 index is on track for its best august since the year 2000. So 14 years. How do you see things going between n
But today was different. And historic. It took just a twopoint gain for the s p 500 index to cross and close above the 2000 level. Its 30th record so far this year. There was some euphoria about the dow, as well. The blue chip average hit a record high of 17,153 in intraday trading but pull back by the close. Some good Economic News helped fueled todays gains. Consumer confidence climbed to its highest level since 2007. Also driving stocks, an unusually high number for big ticket orders called durable goods. Those numbers jumped more than 22 . Skewed by International Demand for aircraft and record orders. Heres a look at the closing digits. The nasdaq up 13. And the s p up two points to the new milestone, 2000. 02. Our guests watched every move of the s p today. After all, aaron begins gibbs is with s p capital iq and joins us now. Erin, so nice to have you with us. Thank you. It looks like the s p 500 index is on track for its best august since the year 2000. So 14 years. How do you s
It took just a twopoint gain for the s p 500 index to cross and close above the 2000 level. Its 30th record so far this year. There was some euphoria about the dow, as well. The blue chip average hit a record high of 17,153 in intraday trading but pull back by the close. Some good Economic News helped fueled todays gains. Consumer confidence climbed to its highest level since 2007. Also driving stocks, an unusually high number for big ticket orders called durable goods. Those numbers jumped more than 22 . Skewed by International Demand for aircraft and record orders. Heres a look at the closing digits. The nasdaq up 13. And the s p up two points to the new milestone, 2000. 02. Our guests watched every move of the s p today. After all, aaron begins gibbs is with s p capital iq and joins us now. Erin, so nice to have you with us. Thank you. It looks like the s p 500 index is on track for its best august since the year 2000. So 14 years. How do you see things going between now and the end
Big headwinds facing the market, and the Obama Administration saying it is ready to act in syria if needed. Secretary jack lew on squawk saying moments ago the president will not negotiate over the debt ceiling. Good news for tiffany, and luxury, in that it was boosted by sales in china. And the end of the era, bill ackman is bailing on jcpenney, and they are looki in ing to ses shares. And we will look at the new home sales to be released. Treasury secretary jack lew telling our own john harwood that the president will not e negotiate over the debt limit which could be reached in midoctob midoctober. Take a listen. We wont be negotiating over the debt ceiling and congress has authorized funding and committed to expenditures and now the question is do we pay the bills that the United States has incurred. It is the only way for that to do is for congress the act and act quickly. What we need in the economy is certainlity, and we dont need a selfinflicted wound or crisis at the last minu
We begin with the very latest developments in the crisis in syria. Secretary of state john kerry went on all five sunday network talk shows today to say that preliminary tests prove deadly sarin gas was used to kill more than 1400 people in damascus. The arab league, a group of Foreign Ministers from several gulf countries, ended their meeting in cairo with a call for International Effort to end the violence against the syrian people. Meanwhile in washington, congressional leaders will hold hearings in the days ahead on president obamas request to launch a military attack. No votes are expected before september 9th. Syrias Opposition Coalition says dictatorships like iran and north korea are watching closely to see how the free world responds. Weve got more on all of this from al jazeeras Jeanne Meserve in washington. Reporter syrian president Bashar Al Assad meaning with a prominent member of the Iranian Parliament says his country is cable of confronting external aggression from the