1997, down 1. 75 . So the selloff in bond market has been real. The 30year yield back above 3 . 10year at 2. 30. The fiveyear, 1. 7, and twoyear at 1. 035 . The nikkei closed higher by a half percent. European equities at this hour, lower. Not by a whole lot. Except for italy and spain, off by more than 1 . Crude prices are mixed. Lower by 7 cents for wti. Look at the dollar, which is stronger once again against the euro and the yen. 14year high for the dollar index. 1. 06 is what the euro will cost you. You will get 110 yen for every dollar. Reuters is reporting this morning that chinese policymakers are ready to slow the decent of the yuan so it doesnt fall too quickly. Its 6. 88. That headline sergeauggests thay will let it fall through 7. People saying the important level that could the negative for multinationals to the point that where the everybody is looking for a reason for this rally to stop. Thats another one. I dont employee if that would stop it. The u. S. Dollar index, it
Im Michelle Carusocabrera. Heres what else is happening at this hour. Fantasy sports sites draft kings and faneu duel agreeing to a merger. Chrysler recall. And stocks trading lower but we found some bright spots. Not surprising in the Financial Sector again. Citizens financial, m t hitting record highs. It is a busy friday. We have susie welch with us for the next hour. Lots to get to with you. We have a lot to talk about today. Were excited something happen since the last time we saw you. A little something. Speaking of which, a trump trifecta of news today. The west wing starting to take shape as donald trump picks his team. The ceo of auto company ford making some headlines following a conversation he had with the president elect and the markets rolling up the records following trumps win. Lets start with the latest on trump team. Cnbcs john harwood has the latest. We heard talk from donald trump about conciliation since his surprise victory in the election last week. Today we got
Kim we have jeff covering travel times for you. In the. Kelly we are looking at clear skies this morning and chilly temperatures. Crank the heat in the car this morning. Temperatures in the 30s in many locations. By 9 00 a. M. Only 53. At not much warmer than yesterday. The weekend looks like a bit of an improvement. Well talk about it in 10 minutes. Jeff we are looking at 15 southbound. Both directions looking all right. Southbound is slow moving. We have a disabled vehicle off to the shoulder. Commute. This guy is a harvard law well have more on this developing story throughout the morning. Krystal its the breaking news weve been staying on top of out of Riverside County. This is a pallet fire about a half an acre burned up. We are hearing Riverside County Fire Department said several explosions coming from propane in the yard. That could be a likely cause of this fire they are fighting surrounding structures and no injuries to report. To give you an idea they have 60 firefighters an
Kim we have jeff covering travel times for you. In the. Kelly we are looking at clear skies this morning and chilly temperatures. Crank the heat in the car this morning. Temperatures in the 30s in many locations. By 9 00 a. M. Only 53. At not much warmer than yesterday. The weekend looks like a bit of an improvement. Well talk about it in 10 minutes. Jeff we are looking at 15 southbound. Both directions looking all right. Southbound is slow moving. We have a disabled vehicle off to the shoulder. Commute. This guy is a harvard law well have more on this developing story throughout the morning. Krystal its the breaking news weve been staying on top of out of Riverside County. This is a pallet fire about a half an acre burned up. We are hearing Riverside County Fire Department said several explosions coming from propane in the yard. That could be a likely cause of this fire they are fighting surrounding structures and no injuries to report. To give you an idea they have 60 firefighters an
Kim we have jeff covering travel times for you. In the. Kelly we are looking at clear skies this morning and chilly temperatures. Crank the heat in the car this morning. Temperatures in the 30s in many locations. By 9 00 a. M. Only 53. At not much warmer than yesterday. The weekend looks like a bit of an improvement. Well talk about it in 10 minutes. Jeff we are looking at 15 southbound. Both directions looking all right. Southbound is slow moving. We have a disabled vehicle off to the shoulder. Commute. This guy is a harvard law well have more on this developing story throughout the morning. Krystal its the breaking news weve been staying on top of out of Riverside County. This is a pallet fire about a half an acre burned up. We are hearing Riverside County Fire Department said several explosions coming from propane in the yard. That could be a likely cause of this fire they are fighting surrounding structures and no injuries to report. To give you an idea they have 60 firefighters an