Oil slid again. The december jobs report was generally positive but some traders focus on weak wage growth. Meanwhile, investors couldnt help but watch nervously as the three day terror rampage in france came to a deadly end. Four hostages and three terrorists killed in two locations as french authorities moved in. One suspect remains at large. Heres how the markets looked at the close. The dow fell 170 points. Nasdaq lower by 32 and s p off by 17 points. For the week all three indexes were down by about a half percent. More on that december to remember jobs report. A more than forecasted 250,000 jobs were added last month and the nations jobless rate ticked down two notches to 5. 6 the lowest in more than six years. But the report wasnt all positive. Hampton pearson takes a closer look. Reporter 2014 was the best year for hiring in 15 years. More than 2. 9 million americans have found jobs in the last 12 months. The Unemployment Rate is at a six year low but wages now at about 24 an h
Tumultuous session. Another month of equities but not just equities that got squeezed. Government bond yields touched record lows new ones and the price of oil surged. Strangely to its biggest oneday gain in two and a half years. With losses accelerating into the close, heres how the major averages ended the day. The dow was down 251 points. Thats its worst month in a year. The nasdaq all fight 48 and the s p lower by 26. Also ending its worst month since last january. For the month, the dow and the s p were both down more than 3 . The nasdaq off by 2 and during january, the dow get this triple digit moves, 70 of the time. Volatility is back. In the bond market yield on the benchmark ten year treasury note bounced from a 20 year low and closed a year session high of 1. 66 and oil with a big day as we mentioned there. 8 higher. Biggest oneday gain since june of 2012 following sharpest weekly drop in the u. S. Oil rig count in nearly three decades. Looming over the entire day, a dismal r
Tumultuous session. Another month of equities but not just equities that got squeezed. Government bond yields touched record lows new ones and the price of oil surged. Strangely to its biggest oneday gain in two and a half years. With losses accelerating into the close, heres how the major averages ended the day. The dow was down 251 points. Thats its worst month in a year. The nasdaq all fight 48 and the s p lower by 26. Also ending its worst month since last january. For the month, the dow and the s p were both down more than 3 . The nasdaq off by 2 and during january, the dow get this triple digit moves, 70 of the time. Volatility is back. In the bond market yield on the benchmark ten year treasury note bounced from a 20 year low and closed a year session high of 1. 66 and oil with a big day as we mentioned there. 8 higher. Biggest oneday gain since june of 2012 following sharpest weekly drop in the u. S. Oil rig count in nearly three decades. Looming over the entire day, a dismal r
The december jobs report was generally positive but some traders focus on weak wage growth. Meanwhile, investors couldnt help but watch nervously as the three day terror rampage in france came to a deadly end. Four hostages and three terrorists killed in two locations as french authorities moved in. One suspect remains at large. Heres how the markets looked at the close. The dow fell 170 points. Nasdaq lower by 32 and s p off by 17 points. For the week all three indexes were down by about a half percent. More on that december to remember jobs report. A more than forecasted 250,000 jobs were added last month and the nations jobless rate ticked down two notches to 5. 6 the lowest in more than six years. But the report wasnt all positive. Hampton pearson takes a closer look. Reporter 2014 was the best year for hiring in 15 years. More than 2. 9 million americans have found jobs in the last 12 months. The Unemployment Rate is at a six year low but wages now at about 24 an hour on average a
Tumultuous session. Another month of equities but not just equities that got squeezed. Government bond yields touched record lows new ones and the price of oil surged. Strangely to its biggest oneday gain in two and a half years. With losses accelerating into the close, heres how the major averages ended the day. The dow was down 251 points. Thats its worst month in a year. The nasdaq all fight 48 and the s p lower by 26. Also ending its worst month since last january. For the month, the dow and the s p were both down more than 3 . The nasdaq off by 2 and during january, the dow get this triple digit moves, 70 of the time. Volatility is back. In the bond market yield on the benchmark ten year treasury note bounced from a 20 year low and closed a year session high of 1. 66 and oil with a big day as we mentioned there. 8 higher. Biggest oneday gain since june of 2012 following sharpest weekly drop in the u. S. Oil rig count in nearly three decades. Looming over the entire day, a dismal r