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Before the closing bell rings, and we begin with breaking news. We are just now getting reports that american soldiers at iraqs air base are under attack at this hour by drones and rockets and missiles at this hour. According to security sources, multiple blasts have been heard inside the base. This coincides with a sudden dip in the markets where we fell to session lows for the Dow Jones Industrials which were down 216. Were still down about 206 points. This fresh attack and, again, its in iraq comes after a u. S. Navy warship near yemen intercepted projectiles headed toward it. This according to reuters. We should switch right now to cvoe soling tilt index, at its highest since may, it is above 20. Thats kind of a level that lately, or its not that historically high, but lately that has been the level to punch above it means there is much more volatility. The vix spiking about 8 at the moment. You can see that in this int ....
Disney, of course, as you heard by now, buying various assets of 21st century fox in a deal worth dl more than 66 billion when you include the debt david faber broke the story weeks ago that the two companies were in talks and lo and behold, its soup now. Congratulati congratulations. Thanks. We were reminiscing about the various deals youve broken over the years. Yes, you and i go back to my first big one, British Telecom and mci. 2 22 billion deal in inflation . Exactly that got to the finish line on this one, bill a lot of talking going on between disney and fox and also our Parent Company, comcast and fox. Thats sort of where we want to begin today as we head toward the later parts of the day comcast did compete vigorously for these assets people close to the company indicate, or people close to all the companies involved, that being the people who were advising and so f ....
Of a percentage point. The hang seng was up by 0. 4 shanghai composite was up 0. 4 in europe in some early trading that were seeing, we are looking at a mixed picture slight declines in germany and in france. The ftse is up by a quarter percentage point gains in italy and in spain as well finally crude oil prices, which were up by 50 cents yesterday, they have given back some of those gains. We are talk about crude oil below 58 a barrel a couple stories were watching, bombardier said it is confident u. S. International trade commission will reach the right conclusion in its dispute with boeing. The Commerce Department announced yesterday it will impose duties of 300 on the companys cseries jets after boeing had been complaining they had been unfairly subsidized by the canadian government. The penalty will only take effect if the itc rules in boeings favor bombardier said it is common practice for a plane manufacturer to offer ....
Lower because inflation Interest Rates are heading higher, there is a surprise in the numbers today. Retail sales actually fell in january no explanation, but a surprise. So this is where we stand after three days of gains, stocks down this wednesday morning. Throughout the show we will ask now what . We also have good news, more good news from olympics american team, the old half pipe star has returned, Varney Company about to the guys been around a long time. The latest medal count, germany has the most gold so far. The netherlands leads overall. The u. S. Is days. On a personal note, this medals count for countries. I prefer to celebrate extraordinary individual performance. Everyone should win one. Youre putting the metal cow. Stuart i admire your attempt at humor here. Ashley its about winners. Im for america winning the most gold. Believe me. Future is down because infl ....
Inc. Portfolio power lunch starts right now and happy friday your money carving out decent gains in the major indexes the dow trying to end the week higher just like the nasdaq is doing. The nasdaq is now more than 5 for the year melissa highlighted general bills and blue buffalo and if you are investor, go home and give your dog a pet tonight because that stock is soaring. It is up almost 17 . Other interesting stocks today, go daddy hitting a new alltime high on pace for its best day since august of 2016 Red Robin Gourmet Burgers rallying and Planet Fitness strong on the earnings and out look now to michelle. You have to work out after you eat a red robin. Thank you. The dow is up more than 200 points and lets get to the Market Action here on the floor. Bob pisani joins me. We are watching to see what happens ....