Govement taken to engage with the new Trump Administration . Yes, i can. Thank you very much indeed. In the 58 days since President Trump was inaugurated, the government has been swift to engage with key figures in the new administration. As we know, prime mr. Turnbull has spoken with the president. The outcome of that president was the accepting refugees. An important outcome for australia. Ministers have had face to face meetings with cabinet level counterparts and other senior officials. Bishopnth, for mr. Traveled to washington last month, foreign minister bishop traveled to washington. Also last month, the defense minister held meetings with the new secretary of defense general mattis. This morning i returned from the United States after a visit to washington and new york. During which i had meetings with, among others, attorney general jeff sessions, the new director of the cia, mike pompeo, the director of the fbi, james comey, the white House Homeland Security adviser, and the
Time. Abigail, what are session highs . The dow, s pave 500, nasdaq all sharply higher. Up 1 on pace for their best day since march 1. The s p 500 on pace for its best weekly gain. The first weekly gain in three weeks. The best weekly gain in 2 months. The nasdaq on pace for yet another record closing high. Certainly a bullish day. We havehis, strengthened financial straight American Express up more than 5 , on pace for its day its best day since october 20 of last year. Investors clearly like that, plus there was nice acceleration in growth around the companys credit card, commercial credit card business, volume three by 6 rate we have the regional banks, see corporate citizens trading higher. These companies also put up solid firstquarter, top and bottom line estimates spread lets turn to a stock that is spiking higher after comments of treasury secretary steve mnuchin, spiking down just a little bit more great initially of 2 after Steven Mnuchin did say that fannie mae and freddie m
Time. Abigail, what are session highs . The dow, s pave 500, nasdaq all sharply higher. Up 1 on pace for their best day since march 1. The s p 500 on pace for its best weekly gain. The first weekly gain in three weeks. The best weekly gain in 2 months. The nasdaq on pace for yet another record closing high. Certainly a bullish day. We havehis, strengthened financial straight American Express up more than 5 , on pace for its day its best day since october 20 of last year. Investors clearly like that, plus there was nice acceleration in growth around the companys credit card, commercial credit card business, volume three by 6 rate we have the regional banks, see corporate citizens trading higher. These companies also put up solid firstquarter, top and bottom line estimates spread lets turn to a stock that is spiking higher after comments of treasury secretary steve mnuchin, spiking down just a little bit more great initially of 2 after Steven Mnuchin did say that fannie mae and freddie m
Time. Abigail, what are session highs . The dow, s pave 500, nasdaq all sharply higher. Up 1 on pace for their best day since march 1. The s p 500 on pace for its best weekly gain. The first weekly gain in three weeks. The best weekly gain in 2 months. The nasdaq on pace for yet another record closing high. Certainly a bullish day. We havehis, strengthened financial straight American Express up more than 5 , on pace for its day its best day since october 20 of last year. Investors clearly like that, plus there was nice acceleration in growth around the companys credit card, commercial credit card business, volume three by 6 rate we have the regional banks, see corporate citizens trading higher. These companies also put up solid firstquarter, top and bottom line estimates spread lets turn to a stock that is spiking higher after comments of treasury secretary steve mnuchin, spiking down just a little bit more great initially of 2 after Steven Mnuchin did say that fannie mae and freddie m
Tripledigit gains for the dow, the s p and nasdaq are surging as well. Financials, industrials and the semis are among the best performing sections today. Check out the big movers at this hour. Footlocker is up more than 5 near session highs. Thats a big reversal from its premarket declines after the retailer warned. Then it got an upgrade. Its a very strange story, but the stock is up sharply today. Verizon under pressure after missing profit estimates this morning and snapon is rallying another 5 on its earnings beat today. Here is whats else happening at this hour, activists investor is turning up the heat in its fight with buffalo wild wings. Calling on that restaurant and chain to replace its ceo. The stock up over 5 right now as a result. And a day after being removed at fox news, our julia is reporting that bill oreilly is going to receive a maximum of one year salary as part of his exit. That salary has been reported somewhere between 20 and 25 million annually. And this is rea