Maria good monday morning, everyone. Thanks so much for joining us this morning. Im maria bartiromo. It is monday, march 11, your top stories right now 6 00 a. M. On the east coast. Today inflation data likely setting the tone this week for stocks as well as oracle earnings after the close tonight. Markets are pulling back this monday morning after dow saw its worst day since october on friday, in an overall down week for stocks last week. The dow industrials right now extending the losses with a decline of 141, the nasdaq down 14 andahalf, s p 500 lower by 7 points right now as we get set for the february cpi number out tomorrow morning. Followed by the ppi and retail sales later on in the week. Were watching reddits planned ipo today, ta targeting 22 milln shares. Bitcoin a major story, hitting another alltime high this morning, bitcoin is now above 71,700. We are on i it this morning. Check out european markets, stocks are lower in the eurozone as well as you can see the ft 100 down
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