Of optimism into the market. Thats sending a huge swath of the markets to record highs, as president elect joe biden gets clearance from the Trump Administration to begin preliminary transition protocols. Yes, it crashed through the 30,000 ceiling but can the dow close there . Heres what you need to watch in the next call it 59 minutes with me. The dow has got to be up 359 points for a brand new record. But were above 30,000 and that means we are up about 437, just 29 points above 30,000. So you get to do the math there. The s p has got to be up 49 points. We are at the moment up 55. No record for the nasdaq, but it did pop above 12,000 for the very first time and we are still there, 12,026. The russell, im not going to ignore it. I know you russell fans. These are the small and midcaps. Any gain is a record. The dow transports also about to close at new alltime highs. We are watching it all so closely. But as the markets say let the good times roll, there is a darker backdrop at this
New york, Edward Lawrence in washington. But jackie, we start with you. Reporter can we say party like it is 1999 . Fourth quarter 1999 is the last time we saw a quarter this good. That is positive given the fact weve been through so much this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. You can see the dow is up 17. 7 for the second quarter. S p 500 almost 20 . And the nasdaq composite, really the winner there, 30 for the second quarter. So we are watching those numbers as were processing what happened today, a 215 point gain on the Dow Jones Industrial average. Youre seeing more optimism in this market. Youre seeing investors digest some of the news about the spike in coronavirus cases. And seeing some hope in this as we move forward, that hospitalizations are down and it may not be illness has to run its course. Theyre taking it in stride at least for today, to close the quarter. Meantime i want to talk about another merge are potentially happening in the space, in the field today. I s
Than 1 . Connell, im not convinced about the report of california staying closed for another three months. We saw a big leg down on that, near session lows. Plus at the white house this hour, President Trump is preparing to sit down with republican senators just moments after nancy pelosi and House Democrats unveiled a new aid package worth 3 trillion, because money grows on trees. Fox Business Team coverage. Break burman with the latest from the white house. Lauren simonetti watching the markets and Edward Lawrence is in washington. Lets kick it off with blake. Reporter melissa talking about moves in the washington. President trump set to meet with republican senators. That meeting comes after House Democrats today unveiled their next step proposal, their phase four relief proposal. Nancy pelosi unvalling the heroes act as she calls it. An 1800 page bill. Through it all, roughly 3 trillion it proposed in relief. Let me tick through some of the items. Calls for 500 billion to states, 7
Performance for the dow and the s p since the great depression. We have fox Business Team coverage. Blake burman with the latest, with the president. Lauren simonetti watching the markets. Edward lawrence is live in d. C. Lawrence, lets kick it off with you . I have to say good riddance to the month of march and it was really awful. Let me tell you how awful it was, the worst month for talks since the 2018 financial crisis. If were talking, dow lost, nasdaq lost more than 900 points this month. Not one dow winner in the entire month of march. In fact four march, worst one for the dow and s p 500 since, ready for this, the great dedepression. Does it get any better for the First Quarter . Not really, the dow down 23 in the First Quarter of the year. S p down 19 . Nasdaq down 12 . We had a winner in the quarter, just one. Out of 30 dow stocks it, was microsoft up barely but in the green. The worst stock for the month, for the quarter on the dow was boeing. This is a stock that saw 330, t
Last few minutes of trading hire is what is new at this hour President Trump making his way to california this hour. Heading west for a multiday visit to campaign in key swing districts not beforehanding out a few president ial pardons before he hopped on air force one. Plane to rein in on wall street. Mike bloombergs newest proposal to crack down on some of his old friend in the Financial Services industry. Well talk about that. They may be a waste of your time. Now there is a way to get even with them and get paid. How you get revenge on the pesky robocallers. Stay tuned for that coming up. Lauren meantime we have fox Business Team coverage. Blake burman live at white house, Jackie Deangelis on the floor of the new york stock exchange. Edward lawrence in washington. Jackie, you first to wrap up well, the nail biting day for us. Looks like we have the record on the nasdaq. I hold my breath this time of day to see how it shakes out. Any gain on the nasdaq, any green territory would be