The nasdaq is down by 40 points. Just about 1 . The s p 500 right now is also trading in negative territory, down by about threequarters of 1 . Sitting at 1,967. Vix has been moving sharply. Biggest oneday gain for the vix. It is now up 21 , even higher now. It had retreated as the market talked about this potentially being an accident. But now weve gotten more reports, the vix approaching that 13 level right there. Many developments coming out of the ukraine today surround being the malaysia airplane crash. Nbc news correspondent Pete Williams has been track being the story all afternoon for us. Pete, are there any new clues . There was talk earlier in the day this may have been an accident because there hadnt been much activity over that airspace. But what do we know right now . The number one theory emphasize the word theory of the u. S. At this point is that it was in fact shut down, but there is no hard evidence to confirm that. Statements by the ukrainians, the coincidence of whe
Forth. Look at oil, brent down and look at west texas, down. Major historic lows on a 2 slide in oil. Theres the euro dollar trade. The euro and the dollar inching ever closer though the year row is euro rowe is up. Sara iverson is in. Hi sara. Hi. The british, german and french markets all up nicely. Lets bring in bob pisani. Whats up . Normally we have that kneejerk reaction. Thats not happening today. Lets take a look at the s p 500. This is pretty strong rally that weve seen. It helps to have euro weaker euro strongering dollar weaker. This is one of the rare days. Thats helping here in the United States. We take a look at europe though. That kneejerk reaction. Youd think theyd sell off europe. Another high for germany. That didnt really happen. Obviously when you have q. E. Occurring that trumps everything. As for the stocks here in the United States, look at the dow movers slightly the expensive tone. Youve got United Health and stocks leading overall. Still pretty good. Far more
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