aside at google s parent alphabet. period of17 year long his senior leadership. betty: it seems like everybody is trying to ram and all the news before the christmas holidays. catalonia, google, and of course the spending bill passing the house. all of that and stocks today rose, breaking the today losing streak. we will quickly pull up the boards and show you how the u.s. markets ended today. the s&p 500 slightly higher, and nasdaq also trading a little bit to the upside, but fairly unchanged. investors trying to absorb what the impact is going to be from the tax reform package. yvonne: yes, just a moderate bounceback. we see some positives as we get closer to the christmas holiday. let s look at asia, said to track the gains set to track the gains we saw on wall street. new zealand up. and we are holding steady. australia, getting underway in sydney. 6100, it could be a big we will see if it reaches that level. 7702 for the aussie. treasuries mixed overnight, the curv