KQED Nightly Business Report July 1, 2016
Investors continue to believe that the fallout from the brexit vote will be limited and todays buying picked up steam after britains central bank said new stimulus was likely this summer. More on that in just a moment. All of the major inddeese rose more han 1 today. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained 235 points to 17,929. The nasdaq added 63. The s p 500 was up 28. For the first half, the dow and the s p 500 posted gains. The nasdaq fell, but the final numbers for the First Six Months of 2016 dont tell the whole story and what a story it was. January 2016, it was the worst start of the y...