speculation? health solutions moving higher. the pharmacy benefits manager reporting earnings today. and investors are really liking what they see. we re going to talk exclusively to the ceo,ty. and along with mandy drury and brian shactman, i m tyler mathisen. we re on apple patrol this hour. power lunch begins right now. okay. stocks are turning higher after a fairly weaker open. another drop in jobless claims outweighing some disappointing earnings. this is where we re standing right now. you have the dow once again talking about 13,000. remember that, if you missed it, you can t be blamed because it was short, sharp and sweet. we re sitting at 12,976 right now. the nasdaq composite at 2949. per sen teenage terms best outd of the three. and the s&p 500 right there smack on what has been very stiff resistance recently. whether or not we can close above 1360 and move even higher from there is the biggest question right now. let s take a pulse of the market. we re tra
begins right now. i m jackie deangelis at the realtime exchange. today s trade all about good economic news in the united states. the other worries haven t gone away but on the back burner for the moment. here s where we stand right now. take a look at the markets. the dow up by over 100 points. s&p 500 up by 11 points and change. and the nasdaq composite seeing a nearly 31-point gain there. nice green in terms of our markets here. taking the pulse of the markets, the euro, it was improving from earlier levels. it s slightly higher there at 1.3103. nat gas up on a bigger than expected inventory down. and rbob continuing to tick higher as well. third quarter earnings fell on some charges but reported double-digit sales growth. gm higher as well. record profits but earnings missed because of losses in europe. philip lebeau will have more on that in a moment. and a 58% jump in earnings on tap and that is pushing the stock higher by nearly 2.5%. on the downside, amazon getting
a special edition of power lunch begins right now. this is a full house. big shoes to fill for tyler mathisen. mixed markets. just point out if you are just joining us we are down 86 and falling in the dow. keep an eye on it. nasdaq down about .2%. pulse of the markets, look at the euro. the daily peng lumbar. you have iran and bullish inventory numbers. midday movers, dean foods up on better earnings. 10.5%. comcast, our parent company, 4.5%. abercrombie & fitch 10.5%. earnings plunged but they warned earlier this month and took their bidding down and margins are improving. on the downside fmc technologies, deere earnings beat but guidance not great. zynga getting crushed. a little too sketchy for the street on 14 of 15 and a lot of details need to be flushed out. we re going to bob pisani at the nyse. we had a major move in the dow in the last hour. can you explain it? yeah, i can. apple. i know the first sort of move is to look at the euro. the euro did hit new lows
and online competition. we ll take a look at ea s investment game. i m sue herera along with tyler mathisen and brian shactman. and power lunch begins right now. always got to pull out early to get to the wall in time. we could be looking at the first triple-digit gains as tyler said january 3rd, the first trading session of the year. financials higher. $1.33 to the upside. s&p more than 1.25% for the nasdaq. the pulse of the markets, euro bouncing back, the yield on the u.s. 10-year finally moving a little bit. 1.84%. wow, we re still far from 2. but nat gas continuing to sink almost another 4%. midday movers start with whirlpool, a big profits up. solid gains for that company. 16.3%. and broad com up almost 9%. hiking the dividend giving cash back to shareholders. and fm petroleum to the upside. launching a $2 billion share buyback. other movers we re watching, obviously amazon getting hit hard. light revenue, weaker guidance. that stock down 8%. a big move for amz. a
down. not bad. not great. same trend for the economic numbers that has investors a little rattled. the dow down close to 100 points, almost in triple digits. s&p down half a percent. nasdaq bucking the trend slightly in the green. the pulse of the markets, rbob gasoline reacting big to the refinery closures. up 2% to the upside. euro stronger. commissioner saying the deal is close. and 10-year well below 2%. midday movers rubber maid sales higher. a lot of moves on eastman chemical and buying specialty chemicals, up 5%. and up big after earnings swinging to a profit. flipped it quick. i forgot the percentage. start with chevron on the downside. q-4 earnings missed expectations. actually posting a loss. earnings dropped 90% the stock down 7.5%. and river bed beat estimates for guidance below consensus. that stock down almost 21%. let s get a little more on the markets. mary thompson looking sharp at the nyse. hey, mary. hey, brian. just as you mentioned its earnings and the