Make sure you describe today as one of those rarest of stock market sessions. For only the second time in more than 15 years, the other was just last week, all three major market barometers finished the day at rec highs. They sent intraday highs as well. Who really knows why stocks rise or fall on any given day. As good an explanation as any today was oil prices were up. West texas crude gained 3 , and finished at a onemonth high of 45. 35 a barrel. Commodity shares bought a boost and oils gain in turn was fueled by last weeks signals that major producers may cap production. Here are the final stock market numbers for a low volume but recordsetting monday in august. The dow rose 60 to finish at 18,636. The nasdaq was up 0. 6 of a percent or 29 points, outperforming the dow and the s p to close the day at 5262 and the s p 500 jumped 6 to 2190. This meltup has been slow and steady. Some might even call it boring. But as mike santoli tells us, some want to know if this is the calm before
Monday, august 15, 2016. Thats all there is to it. It doesnt matter who gets a lead. They are going to get caught. And she hammers it home. From nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the Olympic Games. With matt lauer, live from rio de janeiro, brazil, and savannah plaza. Good morning everyone. Welcome to today on this monday morning, another Beautiful Day at the beach, im matt lauer along with hoda kotb. Well check in with savannah in a moment. If you are looking to rub elbows with the greatest swimmers in the world this is where you want to do it today. Yeah, we are talking about the greatest olympian of all time, just arrived here a few be with us. Katie ledecky is here, rewriting the record books and simone manuel. So many more of those Medal Winners are here from team usa, were going to talk to all of them coming up. Also were going to talk about the scary incident the last 24 hours for another group of swimmers including ryan lochte. They were robbed but luckily unharme
And started raining again. Never experienced anything like this and hopefully dont have to do it again. Everything is gone. Reporter deadly Flooding Forces thousands from their home in louisiana. The president granted a major disaster declaration. A growing wildfire in Northern California has forced 4,000 people from their homes. Look at what they have to come home to. Its terrible. A big disruption at new yorks jfk airport after reports of shots being fired. Police found gunfire. Very scary. Second straight night of violent protests in milwaukee. One person shot and wounded and Police Officer injured when a rock smacked a patrol car window. Vice President Joe Biden is joining Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail for the first time. Donald trump has been with the media. I want to be able to support our party as nominee, but the barrage of cruel comments really troubles me. Nearly 13 Million Dollars was given to Paul Manafort by former ukraines president Viktor Yanukovych. Ryan lochte
She just flies higher. Thats all there is to it. It doesnt matter who gets the lead, they are going to get caught. And she hammers it home. Announcer from nbc news, this is special edition of today at the Olympic Games with matt lauer live from rio de janeiro, brazil, and Savannah Guthrie live from rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on this monday morning. Another Beautiful Day at the beach. Im matt lauer along with hoda kotb. Well check in with savannah in new york city in just a moment. If you are looking to rub elbows with the greatest swimmers in the world, this is where you want to do it today. We are talking about the greatest olympian of all time just arrived a few minutes ago. Michael phelps will be with us. Katie ledecky is here. Shes rewriting the record books like no other and how about simone manual. So many more of those Medal Winners will be here from team usa and well talk to all of them coming up. Also well talk about that scary incident over th
Turn your back for a second and start raining again, and we have water. Never experienced anything like this. Hopefully we wont have to do it, again. Deadly Flooding Forces thousands from their homes in louisiana. The president granted a major disaster declaration. A wildfire has forced 4,000 people from their homes. Look what they have to come home to. A big disruption at jfk airport. Police found no evidence of gunfire. Second straight night of violent protests in milwaukee. One person was shot and wounded and a Police Officer was wounded when a rock smashed a patrol car window. Vice President Joe Biden is joining Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail for the first time. Meanwhile, donald trump has been warring with the media. I wanted to be able to support our partys nominee, but the barrage of cruel comments New York Times reports nearly 13 million was given. Live former ukraine president. Gold medal winner ryan lochte and three other american swimmers say they were robbed in rio.