KQEH Nightly Business Report February 3, 2015
Exactly where january left off. With big swings and tripledigit moves. For much of the day the focus was on energy. The third consecutive day of gains, tacking on 11 in that period its best threeday gain since july of 2012. Some of the late day gain attributed to hopes overseas. The s p rose 25. As for crude, prices near 50 a barrel settling at 49. 57. Brent was also higher. Energy companies rallied alongside those increase in oil prices makesing exxon mobile and chevron the best two stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial average. Exxon mobil was the latest Big Oil Company to report its earnings. ...