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The nasdaq up by about 120 yesterday was a down day for the markets. The dow off by about 270 points. But if you want to take a look at november hes historic gain, check this out, the dow actually up by 1. 8 for the month, that is its best month since january of 1987. The s p no slouch either it gained about 11 while the nasdaq was up nearly 12 november by the way was the best month for all of those indexes since april which was a huge month. Also small cap stocks were some big winners. The russell 2000 finished the month up more than 18 , 245ethas right, 18 in one month, the best month since that index was created back in 1984 so here we are heading into december and year to date, the nasdaq is the superstar, up nearly 36 the s p 500 is up by 12 and the russell 2000 up by 9 . The dow up by 3. 9 so fantastic november for all of these indices. Nasdaq leading the way in terms of year to date. Joe. Yep, coincident with the surge. Go figure. The second surge are you sure it is never too ea ....
Ricketts brief reporters on the States Coronavirus response monday. He gave an update current case numbers and on the more than 975 hospitalizations. This runs just under an hour. Gov. Ricketts good morning, everybody. Thanks for joining us on the states response to the pandemic. As usual, we will start off by reminding people that with the virus still in our commute, we need everybody to please continue to practice all the tools we gave you, follow our rules to be able to slower slow the spread of the virus. That means we need to keep that six foot of distance between you and other people when we wax you you are in public, and other people when you are in public. Secondsr hands for 20 at a time to kill the virus. Stay home when you are sick. Thats a big deal. I note nebraskans love to work and they want to get back at it. But if youve got any symptoms, you need to stayathome. Please go get tested, but dont go into work if you ....
Lets start with politics. Cannot wait to see how the magazine covers everything in the world of politics this year. Front, t in our home domestic, member of the trump team, mike pompeo. Hes had a good year. He has. Usually you pick out people who years. D you have nikki haley and you have mike pompeo, director of cia. Both of those names have been entioned as potentially successor as Rex Tillerson as secretary of state who has not year. Good while talk about his departure has cooled, theres a widespread feeling that his relationship with the president is not stable long term. His circle is very very small. One of these things that have come out. How normal is it for the cia director to meet the president day basis . Its more than that. Ow would they break down the information with the president. I think theres two things about mike pompeo. Is ideological. Hes been out in defending the about nt in charges whether theres potential co ....
You could see wires dangling across lanes. Drivers saw five hour delays. We get up from like 10 00 this morning and we just got here. Reporter again, state police within the hour confirming the death of that truck driver. At this point they have not released his identity. For now we are live here in linden, new jersey, toni yates, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Toni, thank you. What a mess. Another view of all of this from newscopter 7. Shannon sohn above it all and it looks like they are beginning to pull that truck out of there. Reporter yeah, they are finally making a little bit of progress just about half an hour ago, it was still on its side but we showing you with sky rider 7. Look at the damage to the tires there and the front end of this vehicle, burst into flames. We can also show you here exactly how this accident transpired. This is the southbound side of the new jersey turnpike on that outer roadway but you can see the th ....
U. S. Equity futures at this hour have been a bit weak in the for the morning. You know what . Just the dow futures. That might have something to do with what becky is going to tell you about. The s p is actually up a point. The nasdaq is up about four. The nasdaq had some rough sledding lately. The dow is the index down today. Down about 21 points. Crude prices coming off a loss of about 5 . Wti posting the lowest close since november. Joe, i ae lewd eluded to it. Its sitting there at one price, then a totally different price. You think it has to do with the world we live in now . Absolutely. At 11 20 p. M. , oil is trading 45. 25 and the next hour 43. 76. How does that happen . Were the world is chasing alpha, when the quantitative models see an opportunity, which they see in oil, thats where all the activity is. It wasnt an overweight trader with fat fingers . No, and not pure fundamentals. Fundamentals are deteriorating for oil. It is seeing the opportunity, lowvol world. You go ar ....