Happening this morning we are expecting an update on one of the two teenagers accused in a murder plot at Mountain Vista high school. Burke higgins faces a judge today and shes jamie leary is live at the courthouse. Shes been following this for some time. Its been a long process but Burke Higgins is one of Brooke Higgins is for two very important hearings, one her reverse transfer hearing coming up in just a couple weeks here where the attorneys will fight to get her case transferred back to juvenile court, and then this morning her pulmonary hearing. The preliminary hearing is basically considered the trial before the trial. The judge this morning will go over the case in its entirety and decide if theres enough evidence to proceed to trial. Another big agenda item that is happening this morning is a bond discussion. Higgins is currently being held on a 1 million bond and this morning her attorneys will try hopes that she can go home with her family until sentencing. Shes currently be
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Some extent. We are seeing some strength in stocks today, although the nasdaq is trading lower. We have the dow and the s p not currently s p touched a record. Dow is currently trading at record levels. Catching up with what we saw the nasdaq jew yesterday. Interesting what we saw the nasdaq do yesterday. Opec unexpectedly struck an agreement on production and whether they stick to the agreement is a question. We saw oil have its biggest singleday gain since february. 48. 35 a barrel. We have seen a surge in volume for oil trading. Whether there was an opec agreement or not, it seems the where oil is traded, cme group a winner here. In terms of daily volume, the green circle is an almost 2 million barrel in a single day in terms of Oil Contracts traded. That was on election day. That was, as you can see from the chart, pretty clearly a record. As you look at all of the oil opec surplus capacity in terms of number of barrels a day, this is a fiveyear chart. We have seen the surplus capa
From the close of equity trading here in europe, but the focus is still very much on the Oil Prices Brent going above 50 a barrel for the First Time Since october. Of course rallying as opec is said to have reached an agreement on an output cut. Crude oil dominating the market for the moment, up 7. 7 on brent crude. Picture,k at the dig russias indexes up and canada is up. 7 . If we look at the ftse 100, we are up point 5 . Space, thethe fx dollar is strong, up. 4 . We are seeing the. 8 percent. Up note the high correlation between the ruble and wti crude at the moment. Looking at what is happening in the bond market space, we see treasury yields move higher on the 10 year. Let me show you what is happening on the sector breakdown on european stocks. Up for a second day, on track for the first monthly gain in three and Energy Stocks are leading the gains. No surprise with the rally we see in oil. Materials closely following largely on Chemical Companies gaining with linda rallying toda
Equities, a little push back. Morgan stanley saying we will see maybe 1 in the First Quarter of next year for the 10 year yield. Some selling in stocks today. The money flowing to some extent into treasuries. The dow had been holding up relatively well. Still down the least. Back into the red. Pulling back from the record close yesterday for the dow and s p 500. The magnitude of the drop is not big, only one third of 1 for the s p 500 but the brett of the decline pretty broad. All of the s p 500 lower today led by energy and materials as we see a commodity led selloff. A lot of individual movers, netflix out with its earnings, the subscriber growth, or lack thereof drawing attention. Adding 1. 6 8 million subscribers in the Second Quarter, falling shorts short of estimates blaming price increases. Johnson from johnson and Lockheed Martin, they had winners, though Lockheed Martin now lower after that Companies Earnings beat estimates, Johnson Johnson with earnings that beat in the Secon