The oil markets. First, stocks kicking off the first trading day of the new year on a high note. And if the january effect plays out, todays gains could be a positive sign for 2018 bob pisani here with the story bob . Reporter yes, just a lot like 2017, some of the big names are moving today semiconductors doing well. Lot of interest in that. We see Retail Stocks doing better we see energy doing better heres something curious, the banks are not participating in the rally. I find that interesting given that the ten years been moving up utilities have have been a loser for a long time. Thats no surprise here. Look at some of the big banks. Come over here citigroup here down 0. 4 on very light volume most of the big banks, regionals in particular are down fractionally not a great month, frankly, if you want to look at january. We asked our friends to take a look at the last five or six years in january it tends to be a down month. Nasdaq and the s p and the dow industrials all to the down
Welcome to the countdown. Im anna edwards. Were a lot of news around greece. We get to that in just a moment. We heard the ecb yesterday that they were increasing liquidity. A lots about the me speak to the eu commissioner. That is an exclusive conversation and it takes place on this program. Used to be in charge of latvia. Then later we theres thinking that his vision for londons infrastructure later, we will be joined by a host of ceos. Those Companies Release their numbers for the most recent quarter. The president of the Swedish Telecom giant joins us in just under an hours time for his first conversation. Those numbers are just breaking now. Theyre keeping their outlook unchanged. Coming in just under estimates. Lets get back to greece. Finance ministers authorized a bridge loan to greece. That is according to the irish Prime Minister. It paves the way for a third of bailout that could keep greece in the common currency. Lets get more with Caroline Hyde and hans nichols. Yesterday
A lori warm welcome to the pulse. Im manus cranny. Lets take you to the site of where the next debate on greeces future will take place. This is the German Parliament where we expect the debate to start. Already, theres a little bit of this and within the german ranks a little bit of dissent within the german ranks. A member of merkels Christian Democratic Union, the systemic importance of greece for the eurozone hasnt been demonstrated. There can only be one vote, and that is no. How many of the German Parliament will vote against the outline basis for a great deal . The german lawmakers say their countrys 86 billion euro a package today. Lets move it along and get to our reporters. We are going to cross to Caroline Hyde in athens, paul gordon in frankfurt. Caroline, lets kick it out to you first. I love the line that i heard this morning. You were given a hotel bill. On that hotel bill, the rate has changed already. Caroline not happening across the board. Many of the smaller restaur
Speaks claims do jump to 298,000. Our road map begins with cohn on the outs the president no longer considering him as the next fed chair. Plus bracing for one of the most powerful atlantic storms ever recorded. Hurricane irma is is battering puerto rico overnight. Deal maker and chief, President Trump stunning republicans making a debt and harvey funding deal with democrats. First up stocks are aiming for a second straight day of gains following tuesdays sell off. Coming off its 7th positive session with the Energy Sector posting the best day in a couple of months. Trying to make some connections between irma and what it might bo dodgers the gdp and rate hikes and not to mention more stories about reinsurers and the damage they may sustain. We saw an up tick in jobless claims this morning. That was expected. Its going to hover for a little while. At least on the debt ceiling front you got a little bit of clarity so youre adding and subtracting as we go along. Talk about a big jump is
Its iphone 10. I want to know what theyre going to do in two years after the iphone 9 is introduced, what are they going to call the next one . Already have an iphone 10. Skip to the 11 . I digress we have all the details of all the new features on that. Plus Business Leaders are making news at cnbc and Institutional Investors delivering alpha conference. Well take you live there in a little bit. Jp morgan chair Ceo Jamie Dimon is about to take the stage any minute now that conference. Well bring it to you live as it happens. Hes already making headlines today saying the bank may no longer give intraquarter trading guidance and saying bitcoin is is a fraud wow that was thats gotten everybodys attention there. Equates it with tulips if you dont know what hes talking about, look it up, kids. Lets start with the breaking news out of apple there in cupertino at the new headquarters Brian Sullivan is there with details. Brian . Reporter hey, bill and kelly, thank you very much a lot to wrap