It is seen as a trade war olive branch. American farmers remain under pressure. Bid from thees a hong Kong Exchange. Lawmakers are concerned about potential National Security questions. Shery lets get you started with a quick check on how markets closed. We saw the s p 500 gain ground and close above that 3000 level for the first time in six weeks. We had Health Care Stocks and tech leading the gains. Interesting, the nasdaq finishing at the highest level since july, rising for the first time in four sessions. Into valuee rotation stocks. They subside a little bit. The u. S. Futures unchanged, but lets see how we are setting up for asia. Sophie south korea closed until monday. We are seeing futures knowledge higher nudge higher. The nzx 50 treading water. Euro, it isthe little changed after briefly theing below that ahead of ecb meeting which bank of America Merrill lynch is calling the most unpredictable of the past five years. In asia, switching the board, the highlight will be malay
Im going to call the meeting to order. The subcommittee. Thank you all for coming today. A couple of things to start with. Number one, we are going to have votes starting at 3 00. Well deal with that when we have to deal with that. Second thing is this committee doesnt meet as frequently as many other committee, but primary reason being the issues that we deal with are of sufficient magnitude generally dealt with by the whole committee. So either this committee wraps itself around the other or viceversa, dpeending how you look at it. But in any event, we really deem that this was appropriate subject, however, for this subcommittee. Obviously, the complexity of dealing with the issues on north africa are certainly worthy of our consideration. Thus the meeting today. And we have a very good panel to help us deal with these, people who deal with this all the time. So thank you all for being here. Ambassador sales, i know your travel schedule has been quite robust and as a result of that i
The experiences of World Wars 1 and 2 have taught leaders the great lesson of not starting wars on many fronts with potential forces, as winning or sustaining such wars could be either disastrous or costly.