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charlie hebdo, rose 112 points. other days world events bring stocks down. today was one of those days. not only was there word that that germanwings aircraft deliberately crashed by the coe pilot but new risks arose in the chaotic middle east. still, the world s biggest oil producing region. saudi arabia and the pew of regional airlines began rebel strongholds in yemen where the government disintegrated. ground troops may be next. all that with economic and profit worries more than the market could withstand today. the dow jones industrial average dropped 40 points to 17,678. nasdaq fell 13 and the s&p 500 was down almost 5. the conflict in yemen felt in the oil markets, west texas intermediate shot up more than $2 a barrel to $51.43. brent prices also spiked higher. jackie deangelis has more now on the mideast tensions and why they re rattling oil. reporter: oil prices seeing a significant setback on geopolitical turmoil in the east. reports of saudi air strikes i ....
securities, the gauge rode to a six-week high. this morning, u.s. equity futures are indicated up slightly, up by about seven points. s&p futures down by over a point. nasdaq up about a point. and the ten-year note, this is what we ve been watching so closely. the ten-year note at some point is yielding 2.8%. exactly. that s been driving the direction for a lot of these things. moving up yesterday was around 2.78. but 2.8 is where people start to sit up and take note. just under 16,000. vix at 14. ten-year, 2.8%. i m not ready to say anything yet. are you? no. but you wonder, if you looked at november every time there was a dip, people jumped in and bought. that s not happening. no, no, bring that last one back up. we can t say anything. look at that. does that look any different than anything else? you know what s weird, is the dow had its biggest look at those others. i know. but we ve gotten so used to gains. look at september, look at all, look a ....
climate scientists find another guy induction of one of the salesmen as it may have the chemistry needed to support life. afghanistan goes to polls on saturday for presidential elections are meant to mock the first democratic transfer of power in its history the country s current president more than twelve meters from the site is due to stand down as the constitution you gone from seeking know. in all it s the only good one. there are a total of eight candidates for afghanistan s top job would tighten rates predicted between the three front runners which included is on my to afghanistan s former foreign minister daddy i must say is a former finance minister in world bank official. he previously contested in two thousand elections became full he s a doctor and former minister he was a close associate of the match on the student who owns the assassinated in two thousand won. thirteen million people are eligible to vote to afghanistan s election. securities be joined in th ....
at this hour, at least right now, there are some modest advances. germany up by about 14 points. ftse up by 8 points and in france, the cac up by about close to 10 points. in geopolitical news, we are watching the situation in ukrai ukraine. the ukrainian government warns a cease-fire with pro russian fighters would end tonight. if the two sides failed to reach a deal on last-minute talks. meanwhile, there are reports of heavy fighting around separatist strong holds in the eastern part of that country. it s a situation we will continue to watch. andrew, right now, baub back over to you. dupont is cutting its current quarter and profit forecast. the company says sales in its agriculture and chemicals unit increased at a slower pace than expected. nike, posted better than expected quarterly results. the company spent aggressively on marketing ahead of the world cup. demand for nike apparel and footwear rose. world cup, it s the first time nike is sponsoring more natio ....
send $400 million to stop immigration flow as it has spawn waves of migrants hoping to come to the country. mark meredith. hi, mark. mark: president biden has made immigration reform a new focal point and we expect to see more executive actions in the week ahead. one of the first orders as he got into office, we saw him sign the immigration directive, also essentially homeland security for a hundred day pause on most deportations from the u.s. the acting homeland security secretary says the pause would allow the department to focus on resources where they are needed more. biden homeland security alejandro mayorkas is in holding pattern, josh hawley fast tracking nomination. now let s talk about what you were just talking about, president biden speaking with mexican president by friday, the white house was productive as the two leaders agreed to work together on several different issues, but mexico s president said in his own statement that the biden administration plans ....