Nigeria. All of this really having an impact on the markets. The Global Markets tumbling after the president s address last night. The futures at one point down by about 100 points. We have seen some improvement, that there are still some pretty sizable declines this morning. Youll see those dow futures down by about 47 points below fair value. The s p futures off by seven points. This is coming after the markets closed lower yesterday. The dow closing at its lowest level since april. The s p 500 closing at its lowest level since may. So again, pressure this morning. This looks like a third week in a row of losses for the markets here. Also in europe, if you want to see how things are reacting, you can see the dax down by another almost. 9 of a percent. The ftse in london off by. 7 of a percent. And in italy, thats the only ed a vancor that were looking at. In asia, the nikkei suffering its worst deline in five months. A decline of about 3 . Shanghai and hang seng saw much more modest
In its worst sales slump in a decade. Sales have fallen for more than 2 last year, falling for five straight quarters. He will be replaced by a brit. He previously ran the chain of restaurants in the u. K. Fourthquarter profit Beat Estimates at europes biggest lender, deutsche bank. Legal expenses dropped. Fourthquarter profit fell at ford battered by losses in europe and south america. They restricted production of its f150 pickup while rolling out a new aluminum body version. Facebook sales up in the fourth quarter. Expenses rose, too. Here is the ceo from last night. 2014 was also a year of Big Investments in our future. This year we made big bet on the next generation of communication and computing platforms. We focused on serving our community better. Improving our search and video product and improving the performance and efficiency of our mobile apps. It seems investors are pretty ok with the sales growth. The shares are little changed in premarket trades right now. Ali baba rep
As we saw volatile day for oil, bill, as well. One of the days where bad news was bad news. You could have argued once an upon you could have said bad news would mean that the fed would delay raising Interest Rates and the market rally on that. That didnt happen today. And you wonder if thats the kind of action we will see going into 2015 here if suddenly now bad news is bad news and vice versa. Volatility bill seems to be here to stay. Yes, maam. It is. Well talk about that. The volatility index is moving up as well today. Theres the dow up 120 as kayla was mentioning. Down about 99 points at the apex of the day. The low of the day. Now down 30 into the final hour of trading and the volatility index. Made a liar out of me. Down to 1831 and rather elevated level when you consider the rest of the market has been doing. S p down 5 points today to start the new year. And the nasdaq down 17 at 4719. Before we sta start our panel discussion, we want to hear from you at home. Log on the to c
Tyler mathisen. After a strong 2015 for stocks began with a whimper after ended first trading day of the year. Mixed and little change. After an early rally was wiped out by data showing in manufacturing and construction. First closing bell of the year with dow up triple digits on the opening but ended about 10 points higher when all was said and done. Nasdaq down by 9 poibts and s p lower by a fraction of a point, First Time Since 2008 the s p 500 fell on the first day of the new year and the last day of the prior year. Meanwhile, Oil Prices Continue to slide lower. Domestic crude fell 58 cents to close 52. 69 a barrel. Brent north c and london closing at 56. 42. By the way, the u. S. Dollar index was nearly a full percentage point higher today, that is now at an 11. 5 year high. More on todays disappointing Economic Data that shows the u. S. Manufacturing sector pulled back last month to the slowest pace in six months. Construction spending dipped in november on fewer new projects fr
After a strong 2015 for stocks began with a whimper after ended first trading day of the year. Mixed and little change. After an early rally was wiped out by data showing in manufacturing and construction. First closing bell of the year with dow up triple digits on the opening but ended about 10 points higher when all was said and done. Nasdaq down by 9 poibts and s p lower by a fraction of a point, First Time Since 2008 the s p 500 fell on the first day of the new year and the last day of the prior year. Meanwhile, Oil Prices Continue to slide lower. Domestic crude fell 58 cents to close 52. 69 a barrel. Brent north c and london closing at 56. 42. By the way, the u. S. Dollar index was nearly a full percentage point higher today, that is now at an 11. 5 year high. More on todays disappointing Economic Data that shows the u. S. Manufacturing sector pulled back last month to the slowest pace in six months. Construction spending dipped in november on fewer new projects from the federal g