i'm connell mcshane.
melissa: i'm melissa francis
this is "after the bell."
stocks closing near the lows of
the day as as president trump
wraps up remarks on the relief
efforts for small businesses.
let's go straight to lauren
simonetti.
she is watching the markets.
lauren.
lauren: very choppy.
the dow was set up to be up five
days in a row, 357 at the high.
closing in the red, s&p is
lower.
it is on track for the best
month since 1987.
nasdaq is the big loser.
technology down.
health care weighed overall.
a lot of dow components reported
today, four to be specific this
morning.
only one of those,fieder
actually reaffirmed, rare to do
this, reaffirmed full-year
guidance but take a look at its
shares down over 1%.
pfizer spending money on a
coronavirus vaccine.
it says one could be ready for
testing next week for use by the
fall.
also technology, investors are
waiting quarterly results from
the big tech companies starting