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cap russell closing at record levels. after a quiet morning, momentum picked up midday thanks to gains in financials and material stocks. investors are betting the new administration s policies would support growth and inflation. today, the dow added 65 points to 19,614. the nasdaq advanced 23. and the s&p 500 was up four. one of the hottest groups since the election has been the transportation sector. tonight, morgan brennan explains why. reporter: transports keep on trucking, driving the prospects for stronger economic growth. infrastructure spending and corporate tax reform, which investors seem to believe outweigh the risk of for protectionist trade policies. it didn t just about the election. the dow jones industrial average has rebounded off january lows when economists were warning of recession. for the year it s poised to gain 25%. the biggest winners, trucking names including landstar rider and jb hunt and rail stocks like csx and union pacific. many of them ....
the affordable care act. we want to hear from those in the medical field about how this has impacted your job and patience. for the first 45 minutes we will have a special line for doctors (202) 748-8000. nurses, special line for you, (202) 748-8001. all other medical professionals can call in (202) 748-8002. you can catch up with us on social media, on twitter. on facebook it is facebook.com/cspan. you, we areng to talking about the affordable care the current state and future of that law. we want to hear from doctors, nurses, other medical professionals this morning. we heard from the speaker of the house over the weekend about obamacare as he refers to it. here are a series of tweets from paul ryan. obamacare is giving americans another double-digit premium increase, and fewer choices. obamacare, millions of americans only have one choice for health insurance, which is really not a choice. it is a monopoly. mitch mcconnell, the republican leader in the senate on tw ....
just under 30 minutes until the end of the session. the high, the bull market we entered yesterday stuttering, or is it sputtering? the left-hand column are the european equities, down by 2/3 of 1%. all those currencies rising against the dollar. we ve got a mixed bag in the bond market, the greek 10 year yield is lower. commodities and credit default swaps are the final two. you know i m a bit of a whichcal analysis nerd, is why i love this chart, the euro stocks 50. from what we ve seen in the last 14 days, according to the relative strength index, we ve seen the euro area stocks are overboard. running, the euro stocks 50 has been about 70 and above. 30 and below is over. that is the longest run in overbought territory since 1999. the euro stocks 50 is one of the stocks 500. is. a wonderful sure that continuing to go from strength to strength. highest level since 2013. core inflation is important. inching up to .9%. it is barely off its lows, .6% last year. inflation ....
good morning. welcome to worldwide exchange. i m sara eisen. i m wilfred frost. good morning to you from me as well. it s the one-year anniversary of worldwide exchange. we re celebrating with an outstanding lineup of guests. hard to believe it s only been a year. mad money host and our friend jim cramer will join us a minute. at 5:15, jim mellon will dial in he was with us a lot during the brexit coverage. 5:30 a.m., we ll speak with ken rogoff from harvard university. do you think we were this relaxed and smiley this time a year ago? no. we were nervous. the amazing thing we pretty much were from day one. we were a bit nervous, and also markets were going crazy at the beginning of the year this time last year. this was very exciting. very exciting. but a lot of down days. worst start to a year ever. we thought we were jinxing markets. we wondered if that is how we would start 2017. but 2017 kicked off in positive tone. let s look at futures. af ....
republicans getting a pep talk of their own from vice president lent mike pence. blake burman live on capitol hill to tell us how the health care battle will play out. president-elect trump was busy too, announcing some of his staff, including nominee to head the securities & exchange commission. making cars in mexico and what to expect at the consumer electronics show. we are less than an hour to the closing bell. i m lori rothman. yes, you re stuck with me because liz claman is on her way to ces. let s start the countdown. lori: breaking news. let s start here. stocks flirting with session highs, bringing the dreams of dow 20,000 back to life. stocks accelerating gains following release of the fed minutes just over an hour or so ago. s&p 500, well it, the broad market average hovering around the most recent record close of 20271 points. we have to be exact. that hit december 13th. it was a year to remember for the big automakers. new car sales, good news here to ....