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in total swing. brexit? what brexit? check on the other indices, the s&p 500 at this hour also in positive territory, the nasdaq as well. we ll see those in a second. see the dow is higher by 29 points, 17,959. once again we re talking about 18,000. the s&p above 2100, again, a gain of four points. let s move onto what s going on with yeelgds which have just been breathtaking in their declines. and the 10-year yield still below 1.5% at this hour. 1.45%. the two-year yield at 0.597 and gold higher by another $18 today, $1338. show you the dollar versus the pound, which we have been so fixated on. remember if brexit was going to happen supposedly we were told the pound would fall to $1.30. actually, never got there. there you see the pound right now is at $1.32, almost $1.33. the euro will cost you $1.11. brian. let s now get to somebody who s been right in the thick of the wild ride that tyler laid out. bob pisani, all right, bob, give us an update on today s trade b ....
in a moment. in the meantime take a look at u.s. equity futures. dow was down a couple of points yesterday. looks like s&p up and nasdaq up by 14. let s take a look at stocks to watch today. shares of rack space. market valuation of $3 billion before the report of a possible sale. fire yief announcing plans to layoff workers. missed its own forecast of the company cut its full year outlook. zynga releasing a weak outlook. active users fell. and restaurant chain poe yolo co-. matched the estimates and what is that now, up 8% yesterday. let s take a look at the broader markets this morning. we showed you the futures are in positive territory. if you take a look at the early markets in europe. there are gains there once again. looks like the dax is up bailey. the cac is up half a percent and the ftse after the gains we saw in the market there yesterday as the bank of england voted not only to ease interest rates by 25 basis points, but also to add a lot of addition ....
we are one hour from the close of trading. let s go to the markets desk where julie been watching this all unfold. julie: what a wacky day. . m looking at commentary there s saying that the measures by the ecb will not be enough to help the eurozone. you look at stocks. in terms of the push and pull of the session, we have a potential deal helping lead the s&p 500. food sales rising for that gaining on expedia the piper jaffray outlook. if you look of the bloomberg and the imap and the sectors on the move, you have energy and tech as the two worst performing groups. telecom, materials, and health care faring better on a relative basis. and energy attempting to acquire williams a lot of questions about getting that done. they are raising cash to pay down debt once the deal gets done, but relations between the two companies are frosty in that deal is underscoring that and we see declines and other materials-related shares. related to the ecb, we have been watching the ....
could the major averages end 2015 with double digit gains? yes, you heard me. five weeks into the deadline, confusion and delays in switching over to the new chip credit cards creating a golden opportunity for hackers. they are preying. how safe are you. maybe you should be praying. and is money that is being september by the federal reserve and treasury to iraq ending up in hands of terrorists or iranians? first let s check in with with sara. good afternoon. we start with a stock market in a rally. all three major averages back in the green for the year. could we be looking at 2015 ending with a dull digit gain? one market bullish strategist thinks so. everybody is saying we re going to flat line into the end of the year. given where short positions are and how much capital is on the sideline, maybe we have a double digit end up 10%, 12 percent % year. a bold call. is he right? brad mcmillan joining us. lee has been right all along, but 10% to 12% sounds aggressi ....
julie: we ve seen the resumption of this correlation between oil prices and stocks and the resumption of concerns about global growth with no particular catalyst today. we do have a lot of earnings reports in the u.s. that disappointed investors. the nasdaq has been leading the kleins, down 2%. declines, down 2%. it has not really made any significant attempt at rallying. take a look at my bloomberg for the movers within the dow. stock that isonly up in the dow jones industrial average. goldman sachs, boeing and chevron are the three largest weights on that index. regulator this boeing appears to be following this general turmoil we are seeing. chevron falling with oil prices as exxon mobil and bp are reporting earnings. and the dollar have not held their rallies. julie: they tried, but it did not work. oilad a couple attempts for to take a leg up and then it has come right back down again. almost at the lows of the session, down nearly 5%. there does not seem to be a p ....