nightly business report is made possible by: this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening, everyone. my colleague, tom hudson, is off tonight. egypt s president hosni mubarak said today he will step down from power, and he set a date. it s september of this year, right after egypt s elections. but that announcement did not quell protestors. they want the president to resign immediately. despite the continuing uncertainty in egypt, u.s. stock markets rallied today with the dow closing above 12,000. in the oil markets, prices dipped a bit, but they re still at the highest level in three years. erika miller looks at where crude prices are headed from here. reporter: anti-government protests continue to heat up in egypt, and that s heating up trading in the new york oil pits. light sweet crude has jumped about 6% in less than a week. traders worry strikes in egypt could
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening, everyone. my colleague, tom hudson, is off tonight. egypt s president hosni mubarak said today he will step down from power, and he set a date. it s september of this year, right after egypt s elections. but that announcement did not quell protestors. they want the president to resign immediately. despite the continuing uncertainty in egypt, u.s. stock markets rallied today with the dow closing above 12,000. in the oil markets, prices dipped a bit, but they re still at the highest level in three years. erika miller looks at where crude prices are headed from here. reporter: anti-government protests continue to heat up in egypt, and that s heating up trading in the new york oil pits. light sweet crude has jumped about 6% in less than a week. traders worry strikes in egypt could shut down the suez canal, as well as the pipeli
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening, everyone. my colleague, tom hudson, is off tonight. egypt s president hosni mubarak said today he will step down from power, and he set a date. it s september of this year, right after egypt s elections. but that announcement did not quell protestors. they want the president to resign immediately. despite the continuing uncertainty in egypt, u.s. stock markets rallied today with the dow closing above 12,000. in the oil markets, prices dipped a bit, but they re still at the highest level in three years. erika miller looks at where crude prices are headed from here. reporter: anti-government protests continue to heat up in egypt, and that s heating up trading in the new york oil pits. light sweet crude has jumped about 6% in less than a week. traders worry strikes in egypt could shut down the suez canal, as well as the pipeli