harder stance in some respects. european banks were balking, especially the german banks were being a little bit wanting easier restrictions. this overall is a pretty stuff standard. fox business network is reporting that the rules kind of go easy on the banks? you see that global bank stocks rallied today and i think they rallied because of the long implementation period. these really are stricter standards, practically triple what the standards are in the books right now. tough standards but it will be a long time for them to comply. shepard: thank you. and she mentioned the dow today, financial markets around the world have reacted to this. the dow is up about 87 points, or, you know, about 8/10 of a percent if you will. just about 12 minutes left in the trading day and we will keep you updated. they are the super bowl favorites and this year s nfl reality tv darlings but today the new york jets are facing
sandra smith on the market numbers that are barely up. and we had a triple digit gain for the dow today, and in fact there s been 23 triple digit moves for the dow so far this year but still no decisive direction for the stock market. take a look how we re finishing up the month. the s&p up .7 of one percent. the tech heavy nasdaq, the sole loser for the month of march, losing 2.6%. different story when you look at the markets for the quarter. for the quarter the dow jones industrial average actually losing .8 of one percent. the s&p 500, gaining more than a full percent. you can say the broader stock market is up for the year. the tech heavy nasdaq a winner for the quarter, up a half of one percent. while the stock market barely budged, there were certainly some standout stock, including