place to look. >> hudson: any disclosure with cme, fred? >> not with me. >> hudson: great to catch up. fred cannon, he's co-director of research, chief equity strat gist -- strat gist. >> susie: here are the stories in tonight's n.b.r. newswheel: a late surge in b.p. shares helped the blue chips wipe out a triple-digit loss. at the close, the dow lost only seven points, the nasdaq dropped a fraction, and the s&p 500 rose a point. with just over a billion shares traded, volume on the big board was slightly higher than yesterday. it dropped a bit on the nasdaq, to just below two billion shares. b.p. shares gushed higher, rising almost 8% on word that oil has finally stopped gushing from its broken gulf well. the containment cap over the well is working. it's part of a critical test to determine the condition of the well; it is not a permanent solution to the disaster. mortgage rates continue to hit historic lows. the national average on a 30- year fixed rate loan is unchanged at 4.57% this week. another delay in the boeing 787 jetliner. the a