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European stock markets a shot in the arm. take a look at the dax up 2%. in uk, latest rate-setting meeting out this morning voted 6-3 in april for keeping rates on hold. we still have consistent concern about bailout members like portugal, greece and i ladder after greece raised $2 billion on the bond market yesterday. nina, here in the asia-pacific region weve had a pretty nice bounceback after tuesdays selloff. nikkei saw some gains, mainly in the tech sector. property stocks lifted. the han...

Industrial average and s&p around 0.5%. the nasdaq up was about 0.3%. johnson and johnson was the best performer, up nearly 4% after the company beat profit and sales expectations. well, the other big news on tuesday came from the tech sector in the u.s. where two u.s. giants came out with guns ablazing on the earnings front. intel and ibm both beat analyst expectations despite market jitters at the end of the first quarter triggered by natural disasters in japan. lets take a look at ibms earn...

Mostly higher on thursday. it wasnt that dramatic. japanese exporters were up in tokyo with toyota motor gaining nearly 1%. the yen has gained slightly but still is trading at around 85 yen to the dollar. meanwhile, japans central bank said it would offer nearly $12 billion in a new emergency lending program for banks in the area, in northeastern japan that were hit bit earthquake and the tsunami. also, the hang seng was down adjustment a fraction today. the shanghai composite rose by almost a q...

Massive. our alison kosik has that part of the story. >> reporter: hi, brooke. japans main stock market was hit hard today with the nikkei plunging more than 6%. japan hasnt seen a drop that big since 2008 when the world was in the midst of a financial crisis. shares of toyota, nissan and sony fell 8% to 9% and toshiba and hitachi plunged by the double digits. investors are really worried about how the earthquake and tsunami will be affecting japans economy. here at home, we could feel the impac...

Im hampton pearson with your cnbc market wrap. stocks bobbing around. dow jones industrial average slipping a point, the s&p 500 down closer to two points, nasdaq sinking 14. no big economic news or earnings driving the markets today. oil prices easesed by about a dollar. retailers advancing after bonton posted profits, and aeropostal signed a deal. the tech sector was under pressure after texas instruments narrowed its first-quarter guidian. ibm jumped more than 2% after brokerages raised their...

Breaking through the psychological barrier wednesday. weak forecasts from boeing and xerox weighed on stocks, while energy and material sectors gave markets a boost. meanwhile, no surprises from the fed, which announced it will stick with its $600 billion bond-buying program. eastman kodak tumbled 18% after reporting its income plummeted 95% last quarter. juniper networks led the tech sector with a 6% gain thanks to better than expected earnings. december new home purchases notched a 17.5% ris...

Wall street to washington. >> possibly, but its probably more the fact that they have a bigger tech sector and education sector, driving markets. >> and a lot of money is being spent lobbying congress, too, so never discount that. when youre watching the housing part of the equation, its still really grim out there, the state of the industry is still weak. we have talked a lot about if youre in the right position, this is a great time to buy. >> right. >> but you look at those cities and all of ...

Coming on you ands thank you for allowing us to talk about their story. >> youre welcome, sir. we have news on google. let me go to poppy harlow. what are you learning? >> well, brooke, we all know google. the ceo of google eric schmidt announcing he is stopping down as the ceo of google. this is sort of an iconic leader of its the last decade of the tech sector. he has consulted many times with president obama. he led google, this start-up company a deck indicate ago through their huge growth...

Fourth quarter earnings at apple are going to come in around $5.39 a share. that would be up from $3.67 in the same quarter last year. get this, that would mean apples earnings have gone up something like 47% over the year, and given the fact its been a pretty tough year, gives you an idea just how hot apple is at the moment. taking a look at wednesday. the financial sector is going to be in the spotlight. both goldman sachs and wells fargo are going to be reporting. that comes before the openin...

Of us on wall street. exceptions now futures are down about 78. opening bell rings right now. we are going to see exactly where the markets open. probably to the downside. the loss we saw yesterday with the mark et cetera down pretty much a loss of 2% across the board. the dow right now is off about 22 points. loss of 49 points, excuse me. losses are gaining rapidly. loss of a half of 1%. there is good news today. that comes from general motors. it is making money. $1.3 billion last quarter. tha...