Slightly lower. Now we have seen something of a turnaround. Here are some large stocks like apple that have been rising. We continue to watch the developing story of whether at t will be successful in its 85 billion acquisition of time warner. The company is ramping up preparations to fight the Justice Department in court if the agency sues to block the deal. This is according to people familiar with the matter. At t said to be unwilling to part with some of the Networks Like the nn, hbo, and wb studio. The chief Financial Officer john stevens said the timing of the deal, which was originally expected to close at the end of the year, is now uncertain. That is what triggered the selloff and time warner. Down nearly 5 . At t little changed. As a result of the elections across the country, we are watching the drug makers today. Voters in ohio defeated a Ballot Initiative to cap drug prices paid by the state at the same discounted level paid by the u. S. Department of veterans affairs. Thi
Says the era of paying big sums to the eu is coming to an end. Good morning, everyone. Its thursday. We got a lot going on today. Glad youre with us. We got a jam packed hour for you, culminating later on in the day with the interview that geoff c Geoff Cutmore has with Vladimir Putin. Markets are trading modestly higher. The ftse 100 up 0. 1 . Benefiting from the weakness of the pound in the triggers of the article 50. Xetra dax up 0. 21. Cac 40 higher to the tune of 0. 1 . A fairly quiet session. Lets look at some sectors driving us higher today. What were seeing is that oil and gas is leading, when it comes to the sectors, because were seeing another day of increases for the oil price. The third day in a row. Financial services, Construction Material doing better. On the down side, autos, real estate, and telecoms slightly underperforming. Lets get back to our top story. Theresa may is set for another battle in parliament, this time to push through her great repeal bill. A piece of
Orroad m our road map begins with a 4. 5 gain for the s p. The ipad air hits apple stores around the globe today and the lines have already formed. But but we have one on set right now. Lower refining margins again. And thinking outside the box, the Container Store makes its nyse debut today. Well talk about the ipo coming our way. Score one for the bulls in october. The dow and s p hitting record highs, dow up 2. 75 , the s p rose nearly 4. 5 , nasdaq up nearly 4 as well. We know about october. The first trading day of the month this year has traded negative only twice in april and may and we all remember the very first trading day of the year, that 300 plus point gain for the dow, jim. It seems like the old days when we used to call it Mutual Fund Monday we used to have and at the beginning of each month there would be contributions for 401 ks. Is it continuing . Is it back to that . I still dont see a lot of individuals who embrace the market. Thats empirically too difficult to refu