At new highs. It probably helped that phase one of the u. S. china trade deal has been reached andhat the fed is not likely to touch Interest Rates for the foreseeable future. Today theow rose 100 points for a 28,235, nasdaq up 79. S p added l. Weave more on the markets in just a moment. But we begin tonight with boeg d these reports that the rospace giant will temporarily halt production of the 737 max jetliner starting in january. Its the first halt in its development, something that few sawas coming when the jet grounded last march. That sent the stock lower. Phil lebeau is following the story for us, as always what are the details of the halt and how big of a deal is this for boeing . Its a huge deal, bill. 737 max production starting in january halt, likely lasting5 60 days. I say likely, because boeing is not putting a timeframe in tms of when it planses toe production. That will be determined by whether or not the a lifts the recertifies the plane, lets say, by late january, ear
That is all ahead but we begin with seema mody and the Market Action today seema, it was record highs to start. Were not there yet, though. Yeah. Thats a great point, dom. Three hours left in trade. Take a look at the screen. Were actually losing a bit of steam. Nasdaq now down just about three points s p 500 higher by four and the Dow Jones Industrial higher by 64 points. Nasdaq, if it gets back into positive territory, it would be on track for its tenth consecutive close. That would be the longest strea since 1997 and it really has been a strong weak lets break down when stocks have been leading the charge as you can see, it is primaril technology apple. Intel. Amazon in fact, amazon stock now playing catchup on track for its biggest oneweek advance of the year in response to those strong Holiday Shopping sales stock up about 6 . Also, want to draw your attention to shares of nike. Sitting on yet another record high this afternoon. Consumer edge overnight raising its price target and
Libre is set to debut next year. We will hear how the head of libre and the facebook coo touted this big promise. But first our top story. Recordbreaking sales for amazon. Posted itsrce giant largest advance on thursday. Amazon didnt release specific sales figures, but they say it backs up broader reports that Online Shopping picked up this year. I want to bring in spencer and darren baker. Spenser, talk to me about what we learned from amazon this holiday season. In terms of their statement, we didnt learn much. Every year is another record for amazon. What we did see was that this was the first year, one that they rolled out their oneday shipping pledge on millions of items, and that they handled so much of their own delivery on their own. I think a little bit of the boost is that amazon got through christmas without any disasters. Everyone was wondering how they would do this year. And darren, every year is a record year. Is amazon just riding the wave of ecommerce or are they doing
First, our top story, google agreeing to buy fitbit for 2. 1 billion in cash. The fitness tracking Device Company jumped on the news. I am joined by garrett divina. What does fitbit know about hardware and software and health that google doesnt . Gerrit a good question. Google has been rumored about talking about a smartwatch. But the operating system has been a collapsed and is not as has been eclipsed by competitors. And is not as popular as android. What they are doing is saying lets buy fitbit and build our business from that. Taylor fitbit is seeing its third annual year of sales decline. Why is it an attractive choice . Gerrit its one of the few choices, im not sure attractiveness is what is going on. As you said, they have been in decline, they struggled as apple came out with the apple watch and can do things a lot of fitbit devices cannot. The price was a premium for fitbit that it is still cheaper than when it went public several years ago. It is a small amount of money for g
Launches. Tv googleour top story, agreeing to buy fitbit for 2. 1 billion in cash. Taylor San Francisco blockchain the fitness tracking Device Company jumped on the news. Will week is wrapping up. Divina. Ned by garrett there is still a lot of skepticism around the world what does fitbit know about about blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Here to break it all down and hardware and software and health that google doesnt . Tell us all about it is the garrett a good question. Firms head of research. Google has been rumored about yourt to talk about what talking about a smartwatch. Firm is. On your website you have it very clear picture of solving the scaling issues of going and the but the operating system has been a collapsed and is not as Security Issues is that how you popular as android. What they are doing is saying lets buy fitbit and double our business from that and build our business from that. Fitbit is seeing its third annual year of sales decline. Why is it an attractive choice