i'm bill griffeth. >> i'm sue herera. you could call it perhaps a sigh of relief. at least for now. the stock market, which traded in a narrow range ahead of former fbi director james comey's testimony, rose slightly today when his prepared remarks were released and there appeared to be no smoking gun, although more could come out during the full hearing tomorrow. mr. comey recalled a number of meetings and conversations and one where the president said he needs and wants loyalty. his testimony was detailed but it was interpreted by the market at least today as being less damaging than perhaps originally feared. so when all was said and done, the dow jones industrial average added 37 points to 21,173. nasdaq was up 22 and s&p 500 gained three. capping the gains was an unexpected rise in crude inventories, which sent the price of oil tumbling, its worst one-day performance in three months. >>> investors are looking to the outcome of the general election in the united kingdom. wilfred frost is in london for us tonight. >> reporter: the uk goes to the polls in a crucial vote in a matte

. >> and i'm bill griffeth in tonight for tyler mathisen, obviously coming to you this evening from the new york stock exchange, where traders spent most of this day just riveted by washington, weren't we all. wall street did not appear too concerned about what the former director of the fbi told lawmakers. in fact towards the end of james comey's testimony on the russia investigation, the dow actually hit a record high before pulling back. the nasdaq did close at one today. many investors do not think the hearing produced a smoking gun that could harm the president's business-friendly agenda. in the end, the dow jones industrials dow jones industrials added eight points, closing at 21,182. nasdaq gained 24 points and the s&p moved fractionally. while the drama wasn't felt on wall street, there was plenty of it on capitol hill. e m eamon javers has more. >> reporter: the integrity of james comey was questioned by president trump. >> i was honestly concerned he might lie about the nature of his meeting. i thought it important to document. that combination of things i had never experience

i'm bill griffeth in tonight for tyler mathisen, coming to you this evening from the new york stock exchange. good evening, sue. >> good evening, bill. i'm sue herera. welcome, everybody. records were set on wall street today. the dow, the s&p 500 and the nasdaq all closed at levels they've never closed at before. the investor came on the eve, as bill mentioned, of the employment report for may. let's get to the numbers on this first trading day of june. the dow jones industrials dow jones industrials advanced to 21,144. the nasdaq gained 48. and the s&p 500 rose 18. >>> and wall street's enthusiasm was due in part to the latest reports on the labor market. private businesses added more than 250,000 jobs last month. that was well ahead of estimates. and payroll processor adp said the hiring primarily came with companies with fewer than 500 employees. it accounted for three-quarters of the jobs that were added in may. and tomorrow, of course, the government's monthly employment report will be released. expectations for non-foreign payrolls to be increased by 184,000 and for the unemployment r

. >> i'm bill griffeth here at the new york stock exchange in tonight for tyler mathisen. veil of secrecy was finally lifted today as senate republicans unveiled their version of the repeal and replace health care bill. the draft ends the obamacare individual mandate and takes aim at federal support for medicaid. naturally, not everyone is happy and the gop wants the bill passed by the 4th of july break. health care makes up about 16% of the overall economy, so any legislation will have a big impact, and it was felt today on wall street. the major insurers were higher, as you can see here, up fractions. but it was really felt among the hospital stocks which all got a strong bump today, especially attended health care and even the pharma stocks for the most par were higher today. kayla has more on what is in the senate bill. >> reporter: the senate health care bill met with vocal opposition from advocates for the disabled. >> no cuts to medicaid! >> reporter: the sen at's version titled "the better care plan" includes deep cuts to medicaid. over time states would get less an

. >> i'm bill griffeth in for tyler mathisen. investors seem to have struck a cautious tone as they await the testimony of former fbi director james comey, the upcoming election in the and yunited kin and next week's stock numbers. investors bought bonds, and gold prices hit their highest level in months. first, the dow jones industrials fell by 47 points, closing at 21,136. nasdaq was down 20. s&p 500 dropped by six. >>> while investors are not making any big moves, business leaders are optimistic. ceos are more confident than they've been in years. kayla ten o'cloausche has more. >> reporter: each quarter, the ceo roundtable's survey showed a reading after a big jump in march. on capital spending, they expected small increases. the plans for u.s. hiring in the next six months actually dropped. as did the outlook for this year's gdp growth. now ceos expect 2.0% gdp for 2017, down 2%. josh bolton, former chief of staff for george w. bush, said that optimism is based on potential tax reform. u.s. businesses remain optimistic, he s

. >> i'm bill griffeth in for you tonight for tyler mathisen, coming to you from the new york stock exchange, were stocks closed as records. the dow, nasdaq, s&p 500 all at their highest levels ever tonight, despite a mixed jobs report. investors apparently remain encouraged by global economies and corporate profits that are showing signs of strength. as a result, they're plowing more money into stocks. the closing numbers, the dow jones industrial average added 62 points, finished at 21,206. nasdaq was up by 58. the s&p gained nine. it was the second straight week of gains for all three major indexes, sue. >> bill, now to that jobs report, which was a bit of a head scratcher. the jobless rate hit a 16-year low. that's the good news. but hiring slowed in may with the number of jobs created coming in below expectations. according to the labor department, non-farm payrolls increased by 138,000. the unemployment rate fell to 4.3%, the lowest since 2001. so after a strong start to the year, job creation has cooled a bit over the past few months. hampton pearson explains why. >> reporter: the may

. >> i'm bill griffeth in for tyler mathisen coming to you from the new york stock exchange, the blue chip dow and s&p both closed at records today with no major economic reports, the optimism seems to have come from the technology sector which is the best performing group this year. even after that wobbly performance we saw last week. here are the closing numbers for this monday. the dow industrial average advanced by 144 point to close at 21,528. the nasdaq was up 87. that's a 1.5% gain. the s&p 500 added 20 points today. contessa? >>> if you're a long-term investor, you're probably not complaining act the market's performance so far this year. with history as a guide, mike s santoli takes a look at what might happen in the months ahead. >> reporter: not quite halfway through 2017, the stock market has already returned nearly 10%. equal to the long-term average gains for a full year. it would be a mistake to assume this means stocks are way ahead of themselves or due to stall for the next several months. it turns out the stock market only rarely produces an average return in a given

bill griffeth, he would know the price of gas >> july 4th. >> good luck with that this was fun >> we need to do stump griffith. see you next week. i think. that does it for "closing bell." we'll see you tomorrow time for "fast money." "fast money" starts now live from the nasdaq overlooking times square i'm melissa lee. your traders on the desk -- tonight on fast, the head of the world's largest bond fund says there's something unusual happening in area of the market. he'll tell us what this is, plus, oracle out with earnings moments ago, the stock surging to multiyear highs in the afterhours and later, uber cofoupder and ceo announcing his departure today add mid mounting pressure from the board who will step in as new leader first, we start off with the move in health care stocks today. the sector rallying more than 1%, surging to an all time high. this as bio tech stocks continue to break out, tracking for their best week since after the election health care, the best performing sector for june, so did we just witness a major rotation of the market and could health care be the nex

i'm bill griffeth along with kelly evans. >> let's go to washington for the latest in the twist for the health care bill that up until the last hour or so we thought might get done as son as this weekend. >> that's right. we heard senator john cornyn say this morning, a vote was on this week and a few hours later senate leaders reversing course essentially acknowledging they don't have the votes, at least not yet, to get this passed. mcconnell had said that the white house has been very involved in these negotiations, but law enforcement simply need more time to get this done it has been a very dramatic day with mcconnell meeting with vice president pence on capitol hill while senator rand paul went up to the white house in order to meet with president trump. after that meeting was over, he tweeted that the president was open to creating a better bill is republican leadership now one of the issues that has been contentious is the expansion of medicaid and how long that expansion might continue and how long we might see federal dollars go toward that program governor kasich of ohio had s

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. >> i'm bill griffeth. ceo confidence hit the highest level in three years.the president's pro-growth agenda still high, details of the new survey from the business round table coming up in a little bit here. >> it's really bitcoin's and bonds, i mean, those are the two big stories in the market today. we'll have more on that later. both rallying, by the w

. >> i'm mike santolli in for bill griffeth, who is sorry to miss today.aking up the grocery space with a purchase of whole foods, look at implications of the deal, what it means for investors and customers. >> note never been longer this morning. >> so many angles. >> back to what they were saying, never has a deal lik

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. >> i'm wilb urg r frost in for bill griffeth. >> welcome >> great to be here. >> dragging down thets lower, what's behind the dip there. >> anthem dropped out of the exchanges in ohio earlier this year, and the ceo is joining us in an exclusive interview to discuss the strategy to the other 13 states where they still offer plans. >> the return of insight in the

markets interesting on the way back i'm mike santoli in for bill griffeth today general electric andle, ge rallying after the ceo announced he's leaving whether the new ceo get gets the stock moving, and apple downgraded >> i think the song is offsync we are going to be joined by dan fuss whether the selloff is a signal to the bond market. he joins us in minutes to dig into what's happening over there. >> let's start with a nasdaq extending losses today, and joiningous "closing bell" exchange, we have kim forest, senior analyst, and steven, over at post nine, daily contributor, and our own rick santelli at the cme. thank you, everyone. sarch, sta sarge, you, bike tech, rotation to it. industrials and energy picked up time to worry when the leaders are hit like this, or is this something healthy? >> no. i think it's healthy it's -- where's the money going to come from i mean, obviously financials are in play this week. you'll have all three majors, four major banks, three this week, and so currencies move around yields move around, they move into energy because oil is supporting, movi

. >> i'm wilb urg r frost in for bill griffeth. >> welcome >> great to be here. >> dragging down theow, 19 points lower, what's behind the dip there. >> anthem dropped out of the exchanges in ohio earlier this year, and the ceo is joining us in an exclusive interview to discuss the strategy to the other 13 states where they still offer plans. >> the return of insight in the insights, and we can't resist this graphic >> the title wilf's world was to offset bank stories from me? >> i don't know. we're rivet by what you may have for us >> you wait. you really will be big stories. anyway, we begin with snap falling to the initial public offering price, $17. bob is at snap's close here on the floor of the new york stock exchange hello, bob take a look here we bounced two hours ago >> snap hit $17, right now, 17.20. public offering was covered, i was here for that at $17 march 2nd, high as $29 the next day, but started dropping, and when we got its first as a public company own may 10th, disappointing user metrics, disappoints growth metrics, stog stocks down here why is that important? wa

bill griffeth, he would know the price of gas >> july 4th. >> good luck with that this was fun >> wei think. that does it for "closing bell." we'll see you tomorrow time for "fast money." "fast money" starts now live from the nasdaq overlooking times square i'm melissa lee. your traders on the desk -- tonight on fast, the head of the world's largest bond fund says there's something unusual happening in area of the market. he'll tell us what this is, plus, oracle out with earnings moments ago, the stock surging to multiyear highs in the afterhours and later, uber cofoupder and ceo announcing his departure today add mid mounting pressure from t

. >> i'm bill griffeth. ceo confidence hit the highest level in three years.opes for the president's pro-growth agenda still high, details of the new survey from the business round table coming up in a little bit here. >> it's really bitcoin's and bonds, i mean, those are the two big stories in the market today. we'll have more on that later. both rallying, by the way, the ten-year yield at a new low, and bitcoin at a new record as the price does too, nearing $3,000, 2818, as we speak, an an investor said it's in a bubble, bitcoin is. >> you think? >> details ahead. >>> amazon takes a a shot at walmart again, this time by offering discounts on prime membership for customers who receive government assistance. we'll have a good old-fashioned debate on amazon versus walmart coming up in a bit here. i'm telling you, it's going to be just amazon versus walmart in retail industry at some point, right? >> i think maybe amazon and everybody else, but you're right. they are -- they are making some right moves. >> they are. >> walmart's coming back. that's definite. tha

. >> i'm mike santolli in for bill griffeth, who is sorry to miss today. amazon, of course, shaking up the grocery space with a purchase of whole foods, look at implications of the deal, what it means for investors and customers. >> note never been longer this morning. >> so many angles. >> back to what they were saying, never has a deal like this had so many ramifications getting through as many as we can. it's a jam-packed two hours. why niles shorts amazon on the back of the deal, and former walmart ceo, bill simon, why walmart has more to worry about other than amazon. bill miller, a bull on the stock, and talking to him about valeant, and alexander accosta reacting to president trump's comments on cuban policy >> let's get to it we have details of the amazon's deal to buy whole foods and what it means for rivals. >> mike, this is a little bit of what it means because ramifications have many, many ripple effects, but the deal to buy whole foods makes it amazon's biggest acquisition to date, and one that's royaling grocery and retail stocks. amazon says

. >> i'm bill griffeth.i director james comey's written testimony for tomorrow has just been released. maybe you've heard some of the spots. we'll wribring you details on w he is intending to read ahead of his much-anticipated appearance before the intelligence committee tomorrow. >>> and we have two wall street heavyweights joining us, howard

. >> i'm bill griffeth. former fbi director james comey's written testimony for tomorrow has just been released. maybe you've heard some of the spots. we'll wribring you details on w he is intending to read ahead of his much-anticipated appearance before the intelligence committee tomorrow. >>> and we have two wall street heavyweights joining us, howard lutnick and doug cifu to tell us how the increase in passive investing is impacting their businesses. >>> and macy's is reportedly considering putting a part on the flagship store in new york city. >> we're so desperate for grass, i think people will go anywhere in this city, central park gets a little crowded and 34th, they could use some grass in that area. go up to macy's now, you can find it. >> but is that the thing that's going to get people into the store if they're going up there? anyway, the reason we showed you a picture of daymond john, he's with us today, of course, from "shark tank" and a very, very successful entrepreneur on his own, especially