ahead of most of the earnings. generally seen declines across the board in a pretty broad-based decline as well. the dow has been a performer recently, but it s facing declines and other major averages today. as a result, if you take a look at the bloomberg, we re looking for the worst single day for the dow in about seven weeks. the realm of same for the s&p and especially the monastic as well. at least at the lives of the session for today. just a .5% decline, it s been a while since we ve seen a drop like this. if you look at the worst percentage decline in the dow, only one of them has directly to do with earnings. and that is boeing. the company delivered a record number of planes and earnings-per-share beat estimates, however, one of the things that holding it back is the fact that its that is been developing for the u.s. air force has been delayed already is delayed again and cost rose $329 million, and sales also fell in boeing s commercial division in boeing as of ab
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were closed for holidays. in the early trading in europe this morning, ahead of that final debate between the last two candidates in the french election, you can see the cac is off by a third of a percentage point. ftse is also down. crude oil yesterday down, and down once again as pumping in libya and the united states more than made up some of the cutbacks. we closed below $48 yesterday. right now 48.04. on today s agenda the fed concluding its two-day meeting with a statement at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. the central bank expected to hold rates steady. investors looking for hints that the economy is on track for a rate increase in june. another big earnings day ahead. we will hear from time warner and yum brandtbrands, after the close, facebook, tesla, aig and fitbit will report. adp private payrolls at 8:15 this morning. later services pmi and ism non-manufacturing. we are just four days away from the final round of the french election. candidates emanuel macron and mari
why? because of comments out of the delayed speech. mark carney seemingly talking of holding off weight kite rate and weaknesses in domestic inflation pressure. this affects the u.k. yield, so bonds are rallying. up about .1, but not seeing that correlation we usually see with the british pound. that seems to have broken down and barclays, down .25. four former executives charged of conspiracy to commit fraud. we will be taken that further as we go on. we have had a weaker day for the pound. this is on the back of england government saying they are worried about the impact of brexit on the economy and mark carney signaled they will not be rushing to raise interest rates. given the mixed signals on business investment and consumer spending, and the inflationary pressures that are subdued and anemic wage growth, now is not yet a time to begin that adjustment. francine: joining us is , and they willr give us their take, simon, it seems as though from philip view,d s points o
yesterday was a stand-out day. it was the best day for the dow since may 19th the best day for the s&p 500 since may 24th and the best day for the nasdaq since december 11th of last year. things are looking cautious at the open overnight in asia, the nikkei finished up by 0.8%. the hang seng and shanghai were weaker hang seng down by 0.3% in europe, some of the early trading that salready taken place, you can see right now it looks like there are some modest advances for many major indices. the dax and cac are up the ftse is flat crude oil prices were under pressure yesterday crude settled at the lowest level since november of last year it was down 54 cents to 44.20. this morning it s down another 8 cents. testing that $44 level at $44.12 you got the beach on your mind a little bit. okacean i was thinking ahead to stocks i have not had coffee yet. following a developing story in barclays. uk authorities filed criminal charges again the bank and four top executives u