But were holding down the fort. Japans nikkei reopening after yesterdays Public Holiday and it plunged. 4. 8 . It closed at its lowest level since october 2014. The index is down in seven of the last eight sessions. That is coming as the yen has been rising against the dollar and it comes after yesterdays big selloff in the u. S. This years lowses have erased nearly 1. 8 trillion in value for investors just on that index. The s p is down 10. 5 since the first trading day of 2016. But u. S. Equity futures are rebounding this morning. Part of that is because of firmer oil market. Take a look at what crude is doing. It is bouncing back today following Late Afternoon comments by an opec Energy Minister from the United Arab Emirates that sparked hopes of a coordinated production cut. And though weve heard this story before and havent gotten anything out of it, the markets are interpreting that as a positive. Wti he crude currently up nearly 4 . 27. 21. Brent is sitting above 31 a barrel, up
Saudi arabia shattered all hopes that could bolster prices when he said point blank theyre just not going to happen. Oil prices had risen recently but they reverse course today settling down about 4. 5 . The downward pool on oil pushed down stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial average fell to 16,431. The nasdaq dropped 67 and the s p 500 was off 24. Bryan sullivan has more on the comments from the man who runs saudi arabias oil business. Reporter the good news, dont anticipate gasoline prices to move higher any time soon. Thats because oil is likely to stay allowlower for longer. A crowd was told today in houston that a coordinated Production Cut was not likely. Not many countries are going to deliver even if they say they will cut production. They will not deliver. Theres no sense in wasting our time seeking Production Cuts. They will not happen. Reporter that comment made hed moved the market as disappointed traders sent oil prices lower. Oil prices had moved up a bit on the talk that op
Oil prices lower today. Saudi arabia shattered all hopes that could bolster prices when he said point blank theyre just not going to happen. Oil prices had risen recently but they reverse course today settling down about 4. 5 . The downward pool on oil pushed down stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial average fell to 16,431. The nasdaq dropped 67 and the s p 500 was off 24. Bryan sullivan has more on the comments from the man who runs saudi arabias oil business. Reporter the good news, dont anticipate gasoline prices to move higher any time soon. Thats because oil is likely to stay allowlower for longer. A crowd was told today in houston that a coordinated Production Cut was not likely. Not many countries are going to deliver even if they say they will cut production. They will not deliver. Theres no sense in wasting our time seeking Production Cuts. They will not happen. Reporter that comment made hed moved the market as disappointed traders sent oil prices lower. Oil prices had moved up a
Oil prices lower today. Saudi arabia shattered all hopes that could bolster prices when he said point blank theyre just not going to happen. Oil prices had risen recently but they reverse course today settling down about 4. 5 . The downward pool on oil pushed down stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial average fell to 16,431. The nasdaq dropped 67 and the s p 500 was off 24. Bryan sullivan has more on the comments from the man who runs saudi arabias oil business. Reporter the good news, dont anticipate gasoline prices to move higher any time soon. Thats because oil is likely to stay allowlower for longer. A crowd was told today in houston that a coordinated Production Cut was not likely. Not many countries are going to deliver even if they say they will cut production. They will not deliver. Theres no sense in wasting our time seeking Production Cuts. They will not happen. Reporter that comment made hed moved the market as disappointed traders sent oil prices lower. Oil prices had moved up a
Session highs. Julie moving north but not much north. Not much change in the overall averages. It is indeed a better than it was earlier. It is an individual stock story today. I wanted to look at some of the biggest pushes and pulls that we are seeing. First of all, the stocks that are helping the s p 500. Jpmorgan rising for the second day, bank of America Rising despite the fact that earnings missed estimates as the company cut more expenses. Is sounds like the ceo willing to cut more costs in order to preserve profits. That appears to be what is driving shares higher. Exxon mobil is doing well and citigroup is out tomorrow and is also higher. On the downside today, we do have ca coming out with preliminary earnings. By 19 hares are plunging and it looks like we have a typo on the last one but intel is declining. They said they are not optimistic about the earnings there and i take it we have breaking news . Alix yes, for microsoft. The company is seeking to avoid a lot that enables