KQED Nightly Business Report January 31, 2015
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 tripl...