We talk about the vick sinking to fresh lows constantly. All that is gone. Good talking about that streak of no gains or losses of 1 . Matt during those last 40 days of no huge swings in either direction, we rarely saw the imap all one color. I for beginning of the year, that was for the constant. This shows the s p moves rogan down broken down by industries. Big stocksers, the were big losers. Losing andon all they are so big, they dragged the index down. What i think is interesting is the vicks continue to climb throughout the day. When i looked at this a half hour ago, we want out through the 200 day moving average. We have now shot up through that. Again on the vicks of 4. 8 points, a gain of 40 in a single day. The big story is a backup and Interest Rates. I want to do an extended look today. Lets start simple in the u. S. You see higher across the board but the real action at the longer end of the curve. Treasuries down, yields higher. Particularly at the long end. Now lets look
The diplomatic spat between saudi arabia and iran, and the fact that they did not find an agreement. Pullback, widely expected. But you really wonder where they go from here. I do not have a handle on what the next next is for opec. Tom we know who is in charge now certainly when it comes to oil policy, the prince of saudi arabia, and we know that opec a second. Nice bow tie. Francine i wore it tom i wore it for the queen. Francine lets go to the bloomberg first word news. Voted in the congress favor of impeaching recess. Now it is up to the brazilian senate. They say it will be difficult eff to win to rous the vote. The death toll is rising due to the earthquake in ecuador. At least 272 people were killed and at least 500 were injured. Some coastal towns were devastated and many people were trapped in collapsed buildings. In japan, the series of earthquakes that has struck the island since thursday are the nations worst in five years. More than 110,000 have lost their homes. Beth kore
Thank you very much for being with us. A very Merry Christmas to you. Lets bring you our main story now. Tens of thousands of people filling st. Peters square to hear pope francis deliver his traditional christmas message and blessing. In contrast to the usually jovial man, he appeared austere as he talked about human suffering across the world. In his christmas message, pope francis delivered her somber lament for those suffering from war and upheaval in ukraine, africa, and the middle east. Condemning Islamic State in all but name. I asked the savior of the world today to look upon our brothers and sisters in iraq and syria who for too long have suffered the affect of ongoing conflict and who together with those belonging to other ethnic and religious groups, are suffering brutal persecution. An unusually grave pope francis went on to decry the kidnapping and killing of innocent people in nigeria and the democratic republic of the congo askingresponsible to commit to dialogue and to