Lets check where stocks are trading with Abigail Doolittle. It looks at we have a direction for a change. Small gainsittle for the three major averages the dow, the s p 500, and the s p 500, after trading in a muddled fashion earlier this morning, mixed up and down, we now have small gains for all three of the images. The s p 500 on pace for a second day higher, and the dow on pace to snap a fiveday losing streak. A little bit of bullishness ahead of the health care vote. Investors are waiting to see if that goes through. If it does, he could be perceived as bullish because it could allow the Trump Administration to move fall for forward with fiscal stimulus. It is a dent on the health care stocks. Centene down a bunch. Hospitals stand to lose the most. We have seen this stock down the most, perhaps suggesting investors think the vote will be passed today. Molina health care, with more of a focus on medicaid, also has more to lose, as opposed to humana, which has less exposure accordin
Absolutely wonderful. Stocks are rising today. We are awaiting the outcome of the house vote on the replacement for obamacare. Those currencies, sterling up and the others down on yields bond yields rising today, greece, portugal, austria, and the netherlands. Function function of a , ftse 100 volatility, just want to bring it up in the wake of the fact that it fell to the lowest level in two years on friday showing a pickup in volatility on some measures. This measures volatility in the next 30 days. Five consecutive days and we have risen by 39 , the worst stretch since november. You can see we rose to the lowest level in almost two years. Happening before the key political event next week, wednesday, when theresa may triggers article 50. Meanwhile, the ftse is heading for the largest weekly drop in two months. Just wanted to show you after such a long period of a lack of volatility. I can tell you on the month we saw a big pickup in retail sales up i want. 4 ahead of estimates. It l
Lets check where stocks are trading with Abigail Doolittle. It looks at we have a direction for a change. Small gainsittle for the three major averages the dow, the s p 500, and the s p 500, after trading in a muddled fashion earlier this morning, mixed up and down, we now have small gains for all three of the images. The s p 500 on pace for a second day higher, and the dow on pace to snap a fiveday losing streak. A little bit of bullishness ahead of the health care vote. Investors are waiting to see if that goes through. If it does, he could be perceived as bullish because it could allow the Trump Administration to move fall for forward with fiscal stimulus. It is a dent on the health care stocks. Centene down a bunch. Hospitals stand to lose the most. We have seen this stock down the most, perhaps suggesting investors think the vote will be passed today. Molina health care, with more of a focus on medicaid, also has more to lose, as opposed to humana, which has less exposure accordin