the dollar near the highs of the day. nicole: it really is. 15,036 was our high of the day. a couple of points away, up about a half of 1% on the dow jones industrial. the nasdaq has moved back into the green lower the majority of the day. a gain of about half a percent. the majority of the names are in the green, retail stocks, banking stocks with green arrows. some of the best performers in percentage terms on the dow jones industrials today. there are several names of more than 1% but a look at caterpillar and jpmorgan getting closer to those. united health at 1% and dupont with an up arrow. three quarters of the names of the s&p have a perilous with the exception to some names getting beaten down. that is cisco and microsoft dropping more than 1% each. melissa: thanks so much. lori: the u.s. under cyber attack again. hackers threaten to strike. coming at the pentagon issued its sharpest criticism yet of the chinese role in cyber espionage and hacking. joining us with the
nicole petallides standing by and marketing rally mode. city one of the big movers of the day. nicole: from earnings to the economy and vikram pandit, quick resignation, many say he was right out of citigroup by the board and chief operating officer went along with it. major market average, the dow is up 118 points, that is a gain of 0.9%. and the nasdaq is up 1% up 32 points. tech is doing well. we are seeing gains across the board and we continue to follow citigroup closely. we came in and we hear that vikram pandit is no longer a basile effective immediately. this socked wall street to hear he stepped down on his own and many speculate and sources the feeling was the board was pretty much done with vikram pandit. we have a long charge in 2007. and refers stocks. melissa: thanks so much. big story. lori: despite the surprising outset my next guest is bullish on citigroup stock. the u.s. bank equity analyst for s&p capital iq osha. you wrote to us after the announcement th
in the meantime. will they dropped the glove? the first and only vice-presidential debate. we have some stock plays you might want to consider before the candidates took the stage. lori: j.c. penney trying to reinvent its doors. melissa: it is that risky bet but they re taking part. we will last gig will s ceo when she joins coming up in this hour. lori: i hadn t even heard of big. learned about business strategy. and an update on the markets. and 30,000 less than expected. we never see an improvement like that. that is the lowest level in four years but there is one big times. one major state did not repeat its numbers. on the stock exchange we have reaction from nicole petallides. nicole: we take these weekly jobless claims in stride. this one down 30,000 and the one state that did not report, the market seems to be looking at earnings, we had monthly jobs report last week and traders are still talking about. they don t talk about the weekly but just focusing on the month
those peregrine accounts and ceo will join us. melissa: let s head to the new york stock exchange. our very own local nicole petallides is standing by. nicole: it is a holiday. the dow is down 22 points. the s&p and nasdaq are both down. tech is heavily weighted to the downside. we are also taking a look at walmart. it hit an all-time high today. this on their agreement with american express to offer customers an alternative to their own charge cards and debit cards. they have come up with their own plan called the bluebird. another alternative for walmart customers. the big picture is last week we gained after two weeks of selling. we are just giving a little bit back now. back to you. lori: we cannot say this enough. this story is unbelievable. jerry brown has ordered an early switch to winter blend fuel. we are an late with the very latest. gas prices just in the last week have gone up $0.56. california culture not doing so well because of these gas prices. i will step a