KQED Nightly Business Report December 16, 2015
Saw broadbased stock market gains and a rise in oil prices. That as you might expect helped lift the energy sector. By the close the Dow Jones Industrials were up 156 points to 17,524. The nasdaq added 43. And the s p 500 was up 21. Bob pisani as more on todays gains ahead of tomorrows big meeting. Stocks had a positive day, though they came off their highs towards the close. A big help was the two biggest problem sector, oil and highyield bonds, both behaved themselves today. It also helps were entering a traditionally seasonably strong period of the year and this is the time tax selling usua...