sessions in finnish at its highest close since november of 2000. the nasdaq is up nearly 11% on the year. the wilshire 5000 measuring today s gains of $200 billion and for the year, the total market cap has risen $2.1 trillion. we will be taking all this up with ted weissberg. but we begin tonight with syria. the markets today overcame investor anxiety over the shipping policy positions, coming out of the obama administration. chuck hagel signaled a possible change in the white house is thinking on arming the syrian opposition forces. this after president obama we have a new sense of redlines earlier today, as responded to a reporter, he asked if the united states would reconsider sending arms to the rebel forces in syria. arming rebels as an option. you rethink all the options, it doesn t mean you do or you will, these are options that must be considered with partners in the international community. what is possible and what can help accomplish that. lou: this is part of t
tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. a nasty stock sell-off today in markets all around the world on new fears about a global recession. and susie, there are growing worries that europe s financial problems could spread to the u.s. susie: tom, investors also dumped stocks on several negative reports on the u.s. economy s performance in july: an uptick in inflation the consumer price index rose more than expected; weak home sales national association of realtors said existing home sales dropped by 3.5%, worse than expected; a significant slowdown in manufacturing the philadelphia federal reserve said its regional index plunged to a reading of minus-30; and from the job market a spike in filings for unemployment benefits, up by 9,000. tom: now, that picture of a stalling u.s. economy led to massive selling on wall street. the dow tumbled 420 points, the nasdaq lost 131, and the s&p down 53. big board volume rose to 1.6 billion shares, while nasdaq volume climb
tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. a nasty stock sell-off today in markets all around the world on new fears about a global recession. and susie, there are growing worries that europe s financial problems could spread to the u.s. susie: tom, investors also dumped stocks on several negative reports on the u.s. economy s performance in july: an uptick in inflation the consumer price index rose more than expected; weak home sales national association of realtors said existing home sales dropped by 3.5%, worse than expected; a significant slowdown in manufacturing the philadelphia federal reserve said its regional index plunged to a reading of minus-30; and from the job market a spike in filings for unemployment benefits, up by 9,000. tom: now, that picture of a stalling u.s. economy led to massive selling on wall street. the dow tumbled 420 points, the nasdaq lost 131, and the s&p down 53. big board volume rose to 1.6 billion shares, while nasdaq volume climb
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. a nasty stock sell-off today in markets all around the world on new fears about a global recession. and susie, there are growing worries that europe s financial problems could spread to the u.s. susie: tom, investors also dumped stocks on several negative reports on the u.s. economy s performance in july: an uptick in inflation the consumer price index rose more than expected; weak home sales national association of realtors said existing home sales dropped by 3.5%, worse than expected; a significant slowdown in manufacturing the philadelphia federal reserve said its regional index plunged to a reading of minus-30; and from the job market a spike in filings for unemployment benefits, up by 9,000. tom: now, that picture of a stalling u.s. economy led to massive selling on wall street. the dow tu
is made possible by: this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. a nasty stock sell-off today in markets all around the world on new fears about a global recession. and susie, there are growing worries that europe s financial problems could spread to the u.s. susie: tom, investors also dumped stocks on several negative reports on the u.s. economy s performance in july: an uptick in inflation the consumer price index rose more than expected; weak home sales national association of realtors said existing home sales dropped by 3.5%, worse than expected; a significant slowdown in manufacturing the philadelphia federal reserve said its regional index plunged to a reading of minus-30; and from the job market a spike in filings for unemployment benefits, up by 9,000. tom: now, that picture of a stalling u.s. economy led to massive selling on wa