Negatively. The dow opened lower, the nasdaq lower by 6. We had a multibillion dollar deal. Teva acquiring allergan. We should tell you that teva is officially withdrawing its off for mylan. You may have remembered they made that offer as a hostile offer. It was not morninging. Mylan which located outside of the u. S. Became a bizarre beneficiary of moving outside because of the way the governments rules work abroad were they relocated it made it much more difficult for teva to pursue a deal. How do you think the mylan shareholders feel about the big fight . How do they feel this morning . In the immediate case i think that they cant be thrilled. Longterm, mylans ceo has made the argument and i actually buy it that theres more value to them reinvesting by reinvesting and being independent. So well see what happens there. Can i ask a really important question . Yes. Friends of mine would like to know. Does this get us any closer to a botox thats what friends would like to know . I have
Here is vonnie quinn. Europee opening lower in. Pointing to a higher open in the u. S. Indexanghai composite down more than 1 of the steepest fiveday slide since 1996. It came after Chinas Central Bank cut Interest Rates. Chinese stocks have cut their value since june. European stocks have resumed falling a day after a rally. Germany is done more than 1 . In the u. S. , futures indicate stocks will be higher at the open. The s p 500 is coming off its worst six days in four years. Yesterdays stocks sort of the open, but ended up thing down for the day. The for the open, but ended up down for the day. Jackson wyoming, will fed officials give any hint about the timing of an Interest Rate hike . Mohamed elerian has an opinion. Is certainly reduces the probability significantly and understandably so. If the volatility continues, which it will, then the fed will be very cautious. It will not want to fuel further volatility. In such circumstances, it will most likely weight and not initiate t
Been arrested in the deaths of 71 migrants find found in a truck abandoned on a highway in austria. Probablyy they suffocated and at least some of the victims were refugees fleeing violence in syria. , president george w. Bush visits the site of one of the low points of his presidency. He traveled to new orleans to mark the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The former president was criticized for his administrations response to the disaster. President obama was there yesterday and watched through the new orleans neighborhood that was one of the hardest hit. The president said new orleans is a model for resilience in the face of catastrophe. I am here to say that on that larger project, stronger, more , the progress that you have made this remarkable. Mr. Obama called new orleans recovery a work in progress, saying the job is not to rebuild the city as it used to be but to rebuild it a new. Defense secretary Ashton Carter is on a friend raising mission to Silicon Valley. Carter wan
Be more big moves next week. Oil staging another big rally today. Yesterday traders said it was mostly Short Covering. Could this be the beginning of a real rebound for the commodity . Weve got rbc commodity guru helena croft joining us live. We have bob pisani tracking the action here at the New York Stock Exchange. Kate rogers at the nasdaq and jackie d at the nymex. Finally more typical august day. There is a little fireworks in the energy space. S p 500, a narrower range, about 15 points. That would be more than normal on a typical day. Compared to what weve seen, other than a slight swoon in the middle of the day, its been fairly straight and narrow here. I want to show you what markets are doing here. Well call the trading range narrow. Volume on the heavy side. Not as heavy the prior four, five days. Heavy for a day in august. Breadth 32 advancing to declining. Thats been holding other than a droop in the middle of the day. Volatility is flat. Look at names like mid state petrol
Coming off of gdp number, the s p 500 basically flat financials sees a little bit of strength nasdaq seeing the most up 0. 6 and the dow is virtually unchanged. Pete in gerrenajarian, when thar crossed today, what was your first reaction were seeing the numbers continue to be fairly in line, fairly strong. Weve been impressed by those, impressed by the earnings season take a look at whats really reacting to the financials once again. Look at Goldman Sachs and jpmorgan they have been underperformers thats something thats a little bit concerning to me after listening to mr. Buffett talk about bank of america, one of my larger holdings, im pretty excited about what hes had to say whats the reaction since weve had time to adjust these numbers, in terms of thewall street economist and how they see now q3 and how this impacts what they saw for q2 so technically, todays gdp number doesnt have a whole lot of information well get more information tomorrow, get the personal income and spending d