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A lot of the traders still think that the trend remains to the upside. All three of the major averages have up arrows. Around 1812, 1814. We were watching for that as well as in the meantime, higher at the moment, watching this treasury balance. That is a big deal. Manufacturing data came a better than expected. The fed is going to us stop the bond buying and people selling of bonds quickly. New highs for Great Companies. Goldman, 90, American Express to microsoft ball hitting new highs. Jo ling kent over there. 17158 is the height. 8653. And then i cant leave out nike. So those are the highs of the day. Watching that very closely as well. Adam Opening Weekend was a disappointment. For the first time in at least seven years retail spending dropped over thanksgiving weekend. That is according to the National Retail federation. The early numbers showed total spending fell nearly 3 from last year. Expecting sales to jump. Lori hilton that tells looking to raise big bucks in its initial Pu
Points off of earlier lows still not anywhere near where we started the day and we want to talk about the s p 500. The index is down for a fourth recession, losing five points. Lets look at what is the. Ticker symbol cf soaring after the Fertilizer Company says it expected to give significant additional cash to shareholders in the form of dividends, with the agriculture theme, and beer is a widely held stock in your portfolio, approved an increase and stock buyback program, huge amounts. Investors seemed to like the move. We flip attitude deer shares and thjumping more than 2, that is a 3 been, not just agriculture related stocks, a few Big Technology names. Nicole petallides on the floor of the Stock Exchange. Nicole technology bucking the trend at the last point today. When the dow is down over 100 you son teams like intel and microsoft with the arrows. Hewlettpackard is up 3. 5 , twitter at 43. 40, up 5 and facebook up 3. 4 so you see this group in particular seems to be bucking the
Manufacturerrelated defects. So those inspectors give it a thumbs up. And well respected Morgan Stanley analyst adam jonas saying tesla is the banks top auto pick. Shares jumping 19. 52 right now. Look at that jump at 143. 62. Just check out oneyear cart. Shares are up some 258 . Imagine that kind of return on anything. We would also tell you that it was Charles Payne who back when this stock was trading at 50 a share told our viewers to buy it. I often describe the thing inside a tesla car its like being inside an iphone. Fittingly, apple got a boost today after a ubs analyst raised his rating to buy from constitutal citing neutral citing apples reported deal with china mobile. He also expected Institutional Investors to take a much bigger interest in the tech giant next year, so you can decide if you want to get in at this price. Apple shares at 562 and change, a 2 gain. Speaking of getting a boost, retailer Abercrombie Fitch rallying after an activist shareholder called for a makeov
Because of all the issues we had after the government shutdown. We get the unusual dump of data. Thats been something weve been waiting to see because the Housing Market is one the fed watches closely. There are a few corporate reports of note today, as well. Before the bell, we get Quarterly Results from fedex, General Mills and menards. This afternoon, we have oracle to report, too. This morning, youre going to see right now dow futures are up by about 358 points above fair value. S p futures are up by 6. I dont know what that tells one if they think the fed is not going to taper. But, again, a gain of about 58 points and, andrew, ill send it over to you. Thank you, becky. We have some corporate stories for you this morning. Amc Entertainment Holdings priced their ipo at 18 a share. That was at the lower end of the initial range. The second largest Theater Group in the United States will begin trading this morning on the on new york stock exchange. Also in mergers and acquisitions ne