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both of those pieces of data and more importantly, the iso manufacturing. that perhaps appear to be turning the dow slightly lower which have been slightly higher on the open. now is just a little bit lower. the s&p 500 is holding onto a small gain as is the nasdaq. the nasdaq is on pace for another record close. when we take it across asset classes, not a very clear message. we look at the yen and gold and tenure, thethe dollar is gaining against the yen every so slightly. a reversal nows telling us that many investors will take a little bit of a haven. it appears on the isn miss, we are seeing a small creep toward the haven assets. the vix is up. right now, bonds are trading off just little bit. not very clear risk on/risk off day but we will look for clues. turning to oil, it s down this seems to be a combination, down nearly 1%, a combination from last week when we had u.s. oil rigs gaining for a 15 street wake and libya last week reopened their biggest deal. oil is ....
what s leading the day are commodity related shares. crude oil rebound, material stocks being led higher by c.f. industries, which got positive commentary. all that is helping sustain some of the gains we re seeing in stocks. but to the point that scarlet was making about the tight trading range today. this is the range today, just over five points, 5.29, to be exact, the tightest trading range we ve seen all year. the average is about 13 points to give you perspective here. indeed it s a quiet day, especially given a very tight-range day especially given the fact we have the jobs report. it s also reflected in the volatility index. you see the runup that we had and the collapse essentially in the vix. we keep getting awfully close to that, 10.5 is where the vix is today. i mentioned materials, two of the other materials stocks doing well today are dow and dupont because they have yet another step toward their deal being completed. a brazilian competition authority ha ....
joining me is jeff o keefe and sarah clip. i am pleased to have both of them here. let me begin with you, tell me what happened? administration, the president and other key leaders were saying they had the votes, and in fact, they did. was it difficult to pull this off? absolutely. they did it today by the skin of 13. they did it today by the skin of their teeth. the magic number was to get it over to 16, which they barely did. they call the bow shortly thereafter. this crats voted for they called the vote shortly thereafter. no democrats voted for this. article conservatives don t think the bill went far enough. but they decided they had to do it on thursday and they did it. it is a significant achievement, whether you are a fan of this president or republicans, or not. there is noted night at the house pulled off many thought they could not do. this is the first major legislative achievement for house speaker paul ryan, who has been on the job a little over 18 mo ....
congressional budget office. joining me is jeff o keefe and sarah clip. i am pleased to have both of them here. let me begin with you, tell me what happened? the trump administration, the president and other key leaders were saying they had the votes, and in fact, they did. was it difficult to pull this off? absolutely. they did it today by the skin of their teeth. 217-213. than they tes needed. the magic number was to get it over to 16, which they barely did. they call the bow shortly thereafter. no democrats voted for this. more ardent conservatives don t think this bill went far enough. but they decided they had to do it on thursday and they did it. it is a significant achievement, whether you are a fan of this president or republicans, or not. there is no denying that the house pulled off something many thought they could not do. this is the first major legislative achievement for house speaker paul ryan, who has been on the job a little over 18 months. certainly ....