WHYY Nightly Business Report January 9, 2015
More on hopes for more stimulus measures in the euro zone and encouraging data here at home about jobs. Just one day ahead of the december jobs report from the labor department. So heres how the markets looked at the closing bell. The dow surging 323 points today with all 30 dow components making gains. The nasdaq gained 85 and the s p up by 36 points with all ten sectors ending higher. More on the good news about jobs. Labor department reporting first time jobless claims fell by 4,000 last kweek. Now cover near 13 year lows. Even though there were nearly 30,000 planned corporate payoffs in de...