Raising hopes for more Strong Bank Earnings this week. Heres a look at the closing numbers for the major averages. The dow closed back above the key 17,000 mark. The nasdaq was up 26 and the s p added nine points. Details on the better than forecast earnings from citigroup. With the bank putting those soured investments behind it, investors dove in on citi. Kayla has more on what it means moving forward. Reporter the Bank Earnings may be low, but citigroup cleared it in the second quarter, with a heavy profit beat and rise in revenues too. Trading activity that improved slightly in june. Johnny gersbachs drop of only 15 as it happened looked relatively better. Even with the drop, the bank can operate well. I think we spend an awful lot of time focused on whats going on in markets. So i think there are some legitimate questions goingforward as far as markets, the rest of the business, id say we feel pretty good about the revenue prospects. Loans and deposits previously stashed away for
Senate seats. Manu raju with the interview. With me now, cnn senior political reporter niamalika henderson. Nice to see you, my friend. Lets begin with listen, we heard from the Top Republican senator. He declined to comment specifically, though, on donald trump. What about speaker ryan . Paul ryan came out two hours ago with a statement. He has called any interference we russia into this American Election unacceptable, problematic because russia, as he said, has been an aggressor. He also cautioned against seeing this through a partisan light. Essentially saying any attempt to view this election as illegitimate was not in keeping with what he wanted to see out of any of the conversations around. This. Certainly if donald trump thought folks on the hill, whether it be mcconnell or paul ryan, would follow him, you know, in terms of questioning the cia, that hasnt happened. It seems like weve got people at the top ranks of the Republican Party, both on the senate side and the house side,
Exxon as an oil company has done n a number of deals with russia and he knows Vladimir Putin. That is drawing scrutiny from john mccain and Lindsey Graham and marco rubio. What does it mean for the other candidates . The many candidates we have seen cycle through the last couple weeks . Obviously they did not get the job. Most interestingly, mitt romney taking to facebook, saying he was honored to have been considered for the position and saying he has high hopes for the trump administration. This is a long way from calling the president elect a phony and fake through the general election process. The two formed a Mutual Respect for one another. The president elect even calling mitt romney on monday night to tell him he did not get the position. He appreciated his willingness to participate at all. Obviously thats on the cabinet side of things. There is a big question of the conflict of interest side of things. President elect was supposed to answer those questions this week touting hi