to ukraine and tightened sanctions are russia. chipmaker stocks led the stocks. strong data in the american job market. u.s. weekly claims hit lowest levels since 1969. look at that. falling to 187,000, first-time claims. people are trying to keep a hold of their workers here. drill, baby, drill. why aren't they rush to go produce more oil? the chief executives of oil companies blame wall street. they say they are under enormous pressure to return cash to shareholders instead of investing in badly needed supply. they would fund all-out production growth keeping prices low. then hundreds went bankrupt doing this. now more restraint from energy ceos. the optics today not good for the oil companies.