Good evening, everyone. On this new years eve. Im susie gharib. Im Bill Griffeth in tonight for tyler mathisen. Once again, no champagne rally on wall street today. All the major averages sold off on the last trading day of the year but it was another banner year for stocks. The blue chip index managed to record its sixth Consecutive Year of gains despite falling in todays final session of the year. The Dow Jones Industrial average tacked on 38 record closes this year. The s p 500 posted 54 new highs. Help improving economy and accommodative Federal Reserve. Last day of 2014 heres how the major averages close. Dow falling 160 points. Nasdaq down 41 and s p falling 21 points. Heres the good news why investors are celebrating today. The yearly performance of the major stock market averages were amazing. Blue chip rose 7. 5 . Nasdaq up 13 and s p gained 11 . Its Third Straight year of gains. As for many predicted yields rise this year but the ten year yield finished at 2. 17 . Thats the b
Started higher than what had the dow on track to the worst start of the new year since 2008. Heres how things looked at the closing bell. Dow fell 130 points after being more than 200. The nasdaq now on a fiveday losing streak down another 60 points today. The s p fell 18 points. Barely holding above the 2,000 mark. In the bond market the yield on the benchmark ten year note fell to 1. 88 before recovering a bit to close at 1. 9 . Oil prices fell again to the lowest level since april of 2009. U. S. Crude was down more than 2 today closing at 47. 93 a barrel and brent was also down 2 bucks closing at 51. 10 a barrel. The recent drop in oil prices is a big reason behind the tumble in the dow transport index, down since the start of the year after a strong 2014. Morgan brennan has more on whats driving the transports lower and whether this is the start of a bigger turn. Reporter 2015 has been a rough ride for transports. Its a sharp contrast to 2014 when the index gained 23 or doubled the
Started higher than what had the dow on track to the worst start of the new year since 2008. Heres how things looked at the closing bell. Dow fell 130 points after being more than 200. The nasdaq now on a fiveday losing streak down another 60 points today. The s p fell 18 points. Barely holding above the 2,000 mark. In the bond market the yield on the benchmark ten year note fell to 1. 88 before recovering a bit to close at 1. 9 . Oil prices fell again to the lowest level since april of 2009. U. S. Crude was down more than 2 today closing at 47. 93 a barrel and brent was also down 2 bucks closing at 51. 10 a barrel. The recent drop in oil prices is a big reason behind the tumble in the dow transport index, down since the start of the year after a strong 2014. Morgan brennan has more on whats driving the transports lower and whether this is the start of a bigger turn. Reporter 2015 has been a rough ride for transports. Its a sharp contrast to 2014 when the index gained 23 or doubled the
Started higher than what had the dow on track to the worst start of the new year since 2008. Heres how things looked at the closing bell. Dow fell 130 points after being more than 200. The nasdaq now on a fiveday losing streak down another 60 points today. The s p fell 18 points. Barely holding above the 2,000 mark. In the bond market the yield on the benchmark ten year note fell to 1. 88 before recovering a bit to close at 1. 9 . Oil prices fell again to the lowest level since april of 2009. U. S. Crude was down more than 2 today closing at 47. 93 a barrel and brent was also down 2 bucks closing at 51. 10 a barrel. The recent drop in oil prices is a big reason behind the tumble in the dow transport index, down since the start of the year after a strong 2014. Morgan brennan has more on whats driving the transports lower and whether this is the start of a bigger turn. Reporter 2015 has been a rough ride for transports. Its a sharp contrast to 2014 when the index gained 23 or doubled the
Tonight on nightly Business Report for this last day of 2014 wednesday, december 31st. Good evening, everyone. On this new years eve. Im susie gharib. Im Bill Griffeth in tonight for tyler mathisen. Once again, no champagne rally on wall street today. All the major averages sold off on the last trading day of the year but it was another banner year for stocks. The blue chip index managed to record its sixth Consecutive Year of gains despite falling in todays final session of the year. The Dow Jones Industrial average tacked on 38 record closes this year. The s p 500 posted 54 new highs. Help improving economy and accommodative Federal Reserve. Last day of 2014 heres how the major averages close. Dow falling 160 points. Nasdaq down 41 and s p falling 21 points. Heres the good news why investors are celebrating today. The yearly performance of the major stock market averages were amazing. Blue chip rose 7. 5 . Nasdaq up 13 and s p gained 11 . Its Third Straight year of gains. As for many