Dow still 25 points shy of those levels. Six Straight Days six great sessions with the s p 500 climbing following last weeks plunge of 1 . It has come back, and then some from those levels. One of the things limiting what would be bigger gains is the price of oil, following the opec ,eeting with oil down 4. 2 below 50 a barrel once again as opec extended the production cuts but not for a full year, rather nine months. There was optimism that had been percolating that it would be longer. Oil shares today, they pulled back with many drillers and Oil Services Companies taking hits, transocean and marathon on this list. Stocks are higher today, not lower or being dragged down by these energy shares. Consumer discretionary a strong group, best buy is trading at a record, up 22 in todays session after the Company Comparable sales unexpectedly rose in part because of mario and the sales of the Nintendo Switch with Sears Holdings trading higher after the Company Reported its First Quarterly pr
Dow still 25 points shy of those levels. Six Straight Days six great sessions with the s p 500 climbing following last weeks plunge of 1 . It has come back, and then some from those levels. One of the things limiting what would be bigger gains is the price of oil, following the opec ,eeting with oil down 4. 2 below 50 a barrel once again as opec extended the production cuts but not for a full year, rather nine months. There was optimism that had been percolating that it would be longer. Oil shares today, they pulled back with many drillers and Oil Services Companies taking hits, transocean and marathon on this list. Stocks are higher today, not lower or being dragged down by these energy shares. Consumer discretionary a strong group, best buy is trading at a record, up 22 in todays session after the Company Comparable sales unexpectedly rose in part because of mario and the sales of the Nintendo Switch with Sears Holdings trading higher after the Company Reported its First Quarterly pr
Dow still 25 points shy of those levels. Six Straight Days six great sessions with the s p 500 climbing following last weeks plunge of 1 . It has come back, and then some from those levels. One of the things limiting what would be bigger gains is the price of oil, following the opec ,eeting with oil down 4. 2 below 50 a barrel once again as opec extended the production cuts but not for a full year, rather nine months. There was optimism that had been percolating that it would be longer. Oil shares today, they pulled back with many drillers and Oil Services Companies taking hits, transocean and marathon on this list. Stocks are higher today, not lower or being dragged down by these energy shares. Consumer discretionary a strong group, best buy is trading at a record, up 22 in todays session after the Company Comparable sales unexpectedly rose in part because of mario and the sales of the Nintendo Switch with Sears Holdings trading higher after the Company Reported its First Quarterly pr
Proposed fiscal year 2018 budget. Members asked questions about the proposed cuts of the budget as well as to where to store the ations Nuclear Waste. The committee will come to order. I apologize for the delayed start. But hopefully we will have an opportunity to hear from the of the and learn president s views for the department of energy. Secretary perry, i want to welcome you to your first hearing following your bipartisan confirmation here in the senate. It took us a little bit longer, we are grad to have you at the helm and getting a full complement of folks there at the department. The budget request for the department of energy takes a different approach. The president has made a concerted effort to increase funding for the National Nuclear facility. This is a portion of the department that falls outside the scope of our committee here. The administration has requested robust funding for the cleanup of Nuclear Waste left behind by our countrys cold war legacy. The budget reques
Dax is off by a half percentage point. The cac is off by 0. 4 the ftse relatively flat but still down finally look at crude oil prices crude was up by 2 yesterday in the market trading, but it dropped significantly after hours after there was a big increase in api crude inventories. That came as a surprise. This morning things are down by 13 cents heres some of the other big stories. Jury selection in the trial of Martin Shkreli will enter its third day today. Its not going well. Some potential jurors said they could not be fair to a man who gamed ed gained fame on raising drug prices over 5,000 . Shkreli himself has complicated matters by seeking public attention on his twitter account since charges were filed lashing out at critics and boasting of his wealth he even launched a Charity Auction for people who wanted to punch him in the face. He was banned from twitter in january for harassing a journalist shkrelis own lawyer said unfortunately the twitter history is horrific. This is a