Emotional vigil. I once was lost those stories, plus royal release, Prince Phillip leaving a London Hospital this morning just in time for christmas with the queen while baby archie Takes Center Stage on his parents holiday card. Still shopping . Your best options today for finding those very lastminute gifts. And holiday singalong. There is just one thing i need savannah and hoda joining a starstudded tribute celebrating 25 years of Mariah Careys all i want for christmas is you. Is you, you baby today, tuesday, december 24th, 2019. From nbc news, this is and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today, thank you so much for joining us on this Christmas Eve morning. Kristen welker in for savannah and hoda all week. Merry Christmas Eve to you, and how about that video with savannah and hoda. Theyre having so much fun. I love that. I could watch that all morning long. If you know anything about either of them, you know thats just like a random wednesday nigh
Losses in about a month. Lets catch up with Mary Thompson and tell us about the tough week thats finally over. Finally over with a broad based decline. The dow and s p with low and nasdaq managing to post a slight gain for the week. Lets take a look at components that contributed to the declines and gains. Within the dow industrials Goldman Sachs was worst performer for the week. Its a new member of the dow but there was a downgrade by gugenheim and in general financials have been under pressure about concerns about a weak quarter this quarter for their fixed income areas. That put pressure on goldman as well as the rest of the large cap banks this week. Jcpenney was the weakest performer in the s p 500. Coming out yesterday with another Equity Offering that will severely dilute outstanding shares. The stock down about 30 for the week. On the plus, nasdaq, industrial materials, thats good news. Lets take a look at sectors that were weaker today in the otherwise down week. Consumer stap
That time. Isnt that ironic . But we are having a very good day today and many would point out on very light volume, which is understandable. I always point that out. You can still make money whether volume is up or down. If i own apple and it moves up, i dont care if it is low or light volume. I have clocked in a gain. The market is is not sluggish on this abbreviated trading session after the thanksgiving holiday. A triple digit gain. Light volume but still a 100point gain is a 100point gain. Whats in store for investser between now around the end of the year. The markets Historical Performance between thanksgiving and new years the dow is up an average 1. 4 . The s p 500 up 1. 5 . And the nasdaq, the outperformer there, up by 2 , on average. Joining us with their thoughts, quinn, we just kept getting stronger as we went into the close today but youre still skeptical. Youd be selling into this rally. Wouldnt you . Absolutely. I think this is an opportunity to take it off the table. I