as scott was saying, the dow jones industrial average is in negative territory by 139 points. 16,861. the nasdaq off 51 points, decline of more than 1% as we once again talk about session lows here. the s&p 500 lower by nearly 16 and the russell 2000 lower by 15 points, decline of nearly 1.5%. this was not how weta

. >> it is the newest leg of this rally, dow jones industrial average at a high for the year and much of it is being fueled by that weak dollar set off by the fomc announcement yesterday. want to show you that dollar index. dollar lost 2.2% against other currencies just in the last 24

highs.p to session next, a look at the dow industrial jones -- dow jones industrial average. and a look at the nasdaq composite index. time now for the bloomberg business flash. authorities looking to file for bankruptcy. sports authority has talked about selling stores and dick'sctual property to sporting goods. is buying a cloud computing company. acrosss companies manage data centers. tomorrow, the persian gulf airline emirates will capture the title "the world's l ongest flight." the record won't last long. the face-off between apple and the fbi moved to the capital today -- to capitol hill today. earlier, james comey told congress this issue is not necessarily by gaining a backdoor. director comey: there are issues about backdoors. there is already a door on that i found. we are asking -- on that iphone. we are asking apple take the guard dogs off so we can pick the lock. vonnie: so where does the fight go next? let's ask matt larson. he is our legal analyst in washington, d.c. what do you make of the fbi director's performance? : there were some interesting comments dur

since that day, the dow jones industrial average is up close to 160%. the s&p 500 index has gained about 190%. and the nasdaq composite is up a staggering 265%. taking a closer look at the industries and sectors that have really been driving the gains, it's been consumer discretionary or retail-oriented stocks that have really led the way higher followed by financials then industrials. each of those sectors is characterized as cyclical means companying within them are closely tied to the up and downs of the overall economy. take a stock like coffee giant starbucks. at the crisis lows, it was worth around $4 a share after adjusting for stock splits. today it's about $57. or athletic apparel maker underarmor, back then it was close to $3 on a split-adjusted basis. today it's around 80 bucks. the laggers have been defensive sectors or not as linked to econ growth like telecom stocks and utility stocks. given the huge drop in oil prices over the last couple of years the energy sector has lagged the most of the major sectors. oil and gas drilling company tra

the dow jones industrial average gained 155 points to 17,481. nasdaq added 11. the s&p 500 briefly positive for the year too climbed 13. so while there are a number of things working in the market's favor there are also a host of things that aren't. >> it was another up day, this time on the weak dollar. yet a lot of skepticism. what's the problem? here's the good news. what some are calling the goldilocks market. first there's no recession in sight. second, interest rates are low. third, inflation's up a little bit but not significantly. and most importantly, the jobs market is in good shape. given that, why does the market continue to have such a tentative feel to it? and why did janet yellen seem to reflect that tentative feel? it seems to go beyond the somewhat boiler plate statement that global economic and financial developments continue to pose risks. the short answer is that there is far more pain, anxiety, and danger in the u.s. economy than the statistics suggest. growth is slow. wages are stagnant. and it's a lot of sort of disappeared workers in the

lori: 60 point gain for the dow jones industrial average, checking stock market futures, you can see the dow down 116 points, in asia, more news out of china as exports fell most in seven years, stocks did eat out again with the shanghai composite of 0.4% but stocks in japan fell 3/4%. lauren: after gaining 5% yesterday let's check how crude oil is fitting right this second, $37 still, it is down $0.34. the justice department put the federal judge in new york to overturn a ruling to force apple to unlock the iphone of the drug dealer. we have the latest on this story. and peyton manning makes it official, hangs up his colleagues. maria schiarapova drops a shocker about a positive drug test. it is 5 a m in new york, welcome to "fbn a.m.," your first look at today's markets, the latest breaking news and what to expect for the day ahead. republican presidential candidates making their final push for votes in today's contrasts in michigan, mississippi, idaho and hawaii. in total, 150 delegates are available today. ohio governor john kasich and ted cruz trying to demonstrate their regional

the dow jones industrial average up 1.67%.and the nasdaq down so far this year nearly 3%. all of god after all that panic at the beginning of the year. looking up winners and losers coming up in the program. join me to break it all down, transfixed and run a trading partners michael block. lots to talk about today. dagen: and our ratings. maria: and our ratings, too. you can assign it. presidential candidate bob kerrey and dr. ben carson and edwin finn mac joining us today to celebrate record numbers for the fox business network. campaign trail tops final chunk by 10 points in the fault either wisconsinites tramples onto his lead in new york. blake irving on the ground in appleton wisconsin the details. good morning to you, lake. reporter: hi, good morning. this part of of the state in this hotel were donald trump held a rally yesterday. there is a potential shift in the badger state according to the market by university paul why they read respected in wisconsin. ted cruz now but here in wisconsin getting support from roughly

stock market futures right now could the dow jones industrial average. - we now have down there is. dow futures have now moved into the right down to nothing. s&p futures down to, nasdaq and seven. lauren: the show you that oil and gold prices are doing. they're still higher. oil is higher by 2.4%. gold is down -- up by $36 to $1265 an ounce. nicole: a look at the latest from the world of sports at michigan took down told sammon of the final two paintings last night with 52 seconds left. he came up big with a three pointer and two free throws to help give a ticket to the next round. michigan will face 65 and address at notre dame on friday. despite regular season, holy cross grabs a season, holy cross crowds they win an ncaa tournament. a crucial three pointer. the crusaders. this is the first tournament back tour in 63 years. they will take on number one seed oregon in their next game on friday. the brunch is in the lineup cavaliers carried them to a 99-90 victory of the mavericks to score 33 points in a deal in the final seconds of the game to help clos

departments injured it take to flames. >> markets anding higher opening for the purposing stock dow jones industrial average of 80 points on dow today seven-year anniversary of the bull market dow jones industrial average bottomed out a manipulative 9, 2009 that time frame dow up 159%, quite a move. in europe stocks rising ahead of big ecb meeting tomorrow in europe, the european traditional bank tomorrow expected president draghi will announce more stimulus another rate cut, to top story donald trump denominateing three of for your primary caucuses states ted cruz a late night win in i had how next week florida, a winner take all state 99 republican delegates for grabs in palm beach with a highlights lack to important primary on tuesdaye peter good morning to you. reporter: hey good morning, maria that is right donald trump after victorieslast night looking to florida, and ohio, where he is predicting victory next tuesday. >> i think we are going to claen slate i think doing we'll well in florida second home i love florida i love florida. >> special place i think we are going to do really well i think goin

the dow jones industrial average is down half a percent.is morning briefings on initial job reports may very well set the tone for stock prices. the campaign trail republican race has narrowed. fox news polls show front runner donald trump and ted cruz neck and neck beard look at the numbers. 41% support. cruz has climbed to 38%. john kasich receiving seven teen%. that means failure to indelicate on tuesday has sparked new calls to drop out of the race as he continues to the behind the delegate count. kasich not backing down. >> there is zero chance of a dropout before wisconsin. i make calls to people and they say you are the one that can get the job done. you just keep hanging in there. maria: abc radio host and supporter john phillips and radio talkshow host rick sanchez. also joining the conversation this morning as lowe's ceo and president jim kish. thank you for joining us. nice to see you. thank you for joining us. the >> thank you. maria: interesting to see john kasich pushback. what is your take on the role of the race at this poin

nicole: after rising for fourth week in a row, 218-point rally for dow jones industrial average, check out u.s. stock market futures ahead of opening bell this morning. dow losing 17 right now. >> in asia stocks followed u.s. market last week. shanghai composite also 1.7%. nicole: rising oil prices helping lift stocks. oil is up over 7%. it is pulling back some down about 2% at 37.73. >> in sports march madness is here. top seems have been selected. they were let out of the bag a little bit early. we'll tell you what happened and who sits at the top of each bracket. nicole: it is 5:01 a.m., it is monday. you made it through daylight savings. welcome to "fbn:am," first look at what is moving in today's markets. latest in breaking news. what happened overnight. >> a train false off the tracks. amtrak train derailed in southwest kansas. it was traveling to from los angeles to chicago when multiple cars went off the tracks west of dodge city. 128 passengers and 14 crew were onboard. 11 people were taken to the hospital. the other passengers were brought to recreation center. they will be g

there is the dow jones industrial average, up about .5%, 96 points, bit of a rally there as well.et's check on the nasdaq you come up 1.6%. nasdaq at 4845. big story, brazil's largest party abandoning president dilma rousseff. let's check in with julie hyman on a check of results stock markets. big news. julie: and this was big for her to come just weeks before she is facing an impeachment vote, so now that this party is no longer with her, it could potentially make it more likely. as we have seen all along throughout this potential impeachment saga, on any glimmer of her being removed from power we have seen stocks rally. that has happened once again today with the brazilian stock index of about .8%, although it has come down off its highs of the session to some degree. itsvespa is said to have best month since 1999. you see this 20% rally we have seen in brazilian stocks. particular, petrobras, is when we have been tracking closely because rousseff is closely linked with of company, or had been in the past, and that is one of the allegations of corruption, it has to do with her

the dow jones industrial average is a loss of 136 points. there is the s&p under pressure as well. so one of the questions we wanted to entertain at the top of the program is whether this rally is going to run it's course. whatever draghi did or you believe it's the bazooka is more of a sell signal or a buy. >> potentially but look at where the market was. where was oil? jeff talked about it yesterday. oil is really controlling this marketplace and it feels like that's the story. both were negative including the rest of the market was just screaming to the upside. we're up over 100 points and up over 10 points on the s&p or whatever it was on the high end and as we started to sell off you saw the acceleration from everything but including the xle and the oih and you started to see the rest of the energy sector start to get pushed. and we have not broken away from this tie we got with oil. even the technicians that were saying, you know, you had some near term positive momentum showing up on the charts are starting to reverse. i'm looking here at a comment like rich ross. we had him

taking a look how we're faring with some winners and losers on the dow jones industrial average, and he upside. here is look at dow jones industrial average for this year thus far. the dow is down 3%. s&p is down over 3%. nasdaq down 7 1/2%. here are your dow winners, merck, coca-cola, chevron. to the downside, microsoft and cisco. much more fox business coming up after the break. ♪ ♪ it was always just a hobby. something you did for fun. until the day it became something much more. and that is why you invest. the best returns aren't just measured in dollars. td ameritrade. charles: new details on the paris terror attacks. eagles of death metal tells fox news's kennedy others may have been involved in the attack. >> i walked past dude supposed to be security guard for backstage, didn't look at me. promoter i went to, i want wanto put on another guy. some of the guards are not here yet. six or show wouldn't show up at all. >> why is that? >> you know, out of respect for the police still investigating, i won't make a definite statement but i will say it seems rather obvious they had a r

of the 30 companies in the dow jones industrial average, 17 are now higher. the dow. verizon up 16%. caterpillar up 11% and walmart up 9.2% this year. >> up, up, up. >>> donald trump for now. trying to smooth things over with the republican establishment. as more violence erupts at his weekend rallies. "new day" starts now. >> we don't condone >>> we don't condone violence. >> we are better in america when we're together. >> security at the arena, police were a little bit lax. >> spreading hatred. >> i do not believe real change will come from a candidate like secretary clinton. >> i've never had more faith in our future. >> the first time ever air force one has landed in cuba. >> they are all talking about change. >> it's way pastime for us to be here in cuba and be friends. >> the dramatic capture of the so-called eighth paris attackers. >> a gun fight with belgian is authorities. >> "new day" with chris cuomo, al rot ta and michaela pereira. >>> good morning. "new day" here in havana, cuba. march 21st, 6:00 in the east. live in havana where history is unfo

patrick's day, look at the dow jones industrial average jumping about 169 points. both the dow and just the s&p slightly below the 2016 highs, a clear win for the dow. in the green for 2016. while the market is on the move, the 2016 presidential candidates are using today for the three r's. rest, retool and reorganize their campaigns with no major events for now on the schedule. but the balance for the power in the senate has gone the very serious in the last couple of hours. senate minority leader harry reid seizing on the lull in the presidential campaign to roll out a strategy for so-called down the ballot candidates. reid unveiling the strategy tying senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and house speaker paul ryan very tightly to, quote, the party of trump. he is criticizing the gop front-runner and then tying the entire party, even conflicted republicans who don't support donald trump to the controversial billionaire. our political panel on why the gop might want to take a page out of harry reid's book? >>> and the fight over president obama's supreme court n

the indexes on wall street rose overnight, as you can see, the dow jones industrial average closing up futures went above $40 a barrel in more than three months. however, oil price pluck fluctuation, and emerging economies, still, worrying not only for the fed, but also for the bank of japan, as it tries to achieve its goal or target of 2% inflation. >> tell us about the currencies of some of these emerging economies. it looks like they're gaining ground after the fed statement. >> exactly. we have seen some of those currencies specifically. let's go through them, indonesia, new zealand, russia, south africa, all rising against the dollar since that fed statement. we're now looking at the indonesindoan niece the economy may get a boost after mining stock rose. the u.s. dollar there, that follows the rebound in metal prices overall this week. i'm going to be focusing on that as well. seoul's kospi trading higher, and australia higher, as we said there, we may get a boost from mining stocks. i'll be keeping track of that. the nikkei, under performing, stronger yen weighing on sentiment,

details coming up markets we go futures indicating a lower opening for the broader averages dow jones industrial average 45 points right now, check out caterpillar one to watch the the stock is down, better than % right now after they loader first quarter outh lower demanded, just aed earns between 65, 70 cents a share down from expectation of 97 cents share, first quarter ends in about two weeks, key figures in the "black lives matter" positive movement wrapping up anti-trump rhetoric saying if he wins nomination expect riots everywhe everywhere moveon.org threatened, donald trump warns supporters would respond with riots if he is not nominated. joining us now is former republican presidential candidate, and fox news contributor, herman cain, good to see you a thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> what is your take an all violence expectation of violence? >> let me get this straight. anonymous and "black lives matter" want to determine the republican nominee. i don't think so. especially, if it is donald trump, secondly, he hasn't sewn up nomination yet i happen to believe he will go into con

the dow jones industrial average, for example, plunged more than 1000 points, wiping trillion in value. american authorities accused sarao of having manipulated the markets. pushedy he artificially prices down and allowed him to buy contracts at a bargain. sarao made roughly $40 million with this practice, known as spoofing. the judge wondered whether all the blame could be put on a single trader who operated from his parents' london home near he threw -- near heathrow. >> they cannot on any of you be view be laidon any wholly or mostly at navinder sarao's door, although he was active on the day. markus: looking at economic news next. advisers,top economic the so-called "wise men," say growth will be slower than predicted. europe's biggest economy will expand by 1.5%, down rum under -- from an earlier forecast of 1.6%. weaker growth could undermine demand for exports. domestic consumption will hold up well. the wiseman consists of four men wise menoman -- the consist of four men and one woman. in the united states, shares have closed a little bit lower. not a flash grass, from -- flash

the dow jones industrial average fell for two sessions in a row. that's two sessions in a row. closing down just about 0.5%. nasdaq five days of ramin joins us. >> good morning. well, actually energy stocks in the u.s. were some of the worst performers, so i'll keep track of oil and gas field developers and some of the trading companies. but actually, one area which may actually help has been the dollar, holding pretty firm so far, we'll come to those levels in a second. let's see how the nikkei and topics is below the 17,000 level. and just a reminder, actually, the the average at 0.34%, closed on wednesday, over the terror attacks in brussels. hit the lowest level for this year, and so now, we're below that 17,000 level again. oil prices had a bit of a sharp pull back affidavit at that showed u.s. stockpile record high for six weeks. w.t.i. was down more than 3%. brent, the international crude benchmark was down 3%. both of hovering around that $40 a barrel level. now, analysts suggest that because the remains hold for earlier rate hikes in the u.s., given the economic indica

we are seeing a run of about 1/2 of 1% in the dow jones industrial average, and a similar performancein the nasdaq and s&p. investors are digesting a statement by fed chief janet yellen. they will proceed cautiously as they look to raise interest rates. investors like the message. investorsrope, reacted very optimistically on the lack of those -- back of those comments with the cac 40 in paris about 1.8% at the end of the european trading day. what's more, investors reacting very positively to janet yellen and her comments about u.s. interest rates heading higher, but in a cautious pace, as she put it. let's also talk you through some other stories we have been watching. we saw energy shares trading higher on wednesday in europe. german retailer metro among the winners in european trading. investors snapped up its shares on the planet metro is going to split its business -- on word that metro is going to split its business into two parts. the company says there is little synergy between the two divisions at the moment. shares of metro ended more than 11% higher. boeing is cutting arou

the dow jones industrial average, 17,633. the tech heavy nasdaq jumped just about 1.7%. let's see how investors here are reacting. we're going to ramin. good morning, what are you seeing over there? >> thank you very much. as you were just touching on the u.s. federal reserve there, after some of the hawkish comments from fed officials it seems janet yellen herself has made it pretty clear they would rather err on the side of caution, and an early rate hike is not necessarily in the cards. but let's have a look how tokyo's stocks are moving this wednesday, march 30th. both indexes in the negative. probably a function of the weaker dollar or stronger yen, and the dollar actually fell against major currencies after the more cautious tone set by yellen, as she warned about unfavorable market conditions and also, the expected weaker growth overseas. let's have in fact a look at some of the currency levels here as tokyo stocks. 112.53. snapped seven days of gains. it's gone from 111 yen level, up to 113, but backed off as you can see. the dollar fell sharply against the euro.

the dow jones industrial average closed down 0.23%, nasdaq rose nearly 0.25%. we're going to go to ramina. what can you tell us. >> the initial reaction in new york was a little bit of a selloff as we saw there. mixed closing. but then a more measured reaction took place kind of leveling things off a little bit. let's have a look at how the nikkei. what may hold the investor's attention, pretty gains to the yen, 112, in fact, the dollar gain gained, despite the gop political risks. they tend to pile in, such as the yen, not so much, which may lend to buying incentive for investors here, especially for exporte exporters. we'll keep track of that. the nekkei is down, that may provide further incentive for investors to snap up some of the sold shares. that may come from energy and commodity, which since mid february, steadily risen on the back of higher oil and commodity prices as well. crude was up again on tuesday, and more than 50% since hitting its low back in january. that's some media reports saying they may sign a deal capping the output next month. that's

the dow jones industrial average rose 21 points to 17623. nasdaq gained 13 and s&p 500 added 2. >>> steady economic growth could justify an interest rate increase as soon as april. mr. lockheart says there's enough evidence to justify a hike in short term rates. he agreed with the central ba bank's decision to leave them unchanged. he said inflation will accelerate and move towards the feds targets. >>> fan knfewer than fewer 50,0 w borrowers would be eligible for the rediction. critics say the plan doesn't go far enough. >>> sales of existing homes dropped much larger than expected 7% for the month. diana takes a look at what's behind it. >> reporter: it wasn't the blizzard that came at the end of january. the numbers on closed february home sales were based mostly on shoppers in warmer than average december. that's why the drop was rare. >> december was good. january was good and by that comparison it really declined. >> reporter: home sales fell 7%. it's not the rules now, it's the prices. >> they are getting to show resistance to increas

right now the dow jones industrial average is up 30 points on today's trading session. you mentioned tesla, and it is a big day for tesla especially here in the new york city area. deposit down on a car that they won't get until 2017. basically, they have to put $1,000 down for the new tesla model 3 electric car. it's not even in production yet, but people are very excited about it and as a matter of fact, one of the big business newsletters out there says that it basically could be a breakthrough model for tesla and he thinks it's going to bring an enormous amount of money, but you won't get it until 2017. you can put the money down and register online to get a car, but you'll have to wait for it. >> mcdonald's meanwhile, has a presence in china, but they want to be very big in china. as a result of that, the fast food restaurant will open better than 1,000 restaurants across china. they hope to reach 1500 restaurants and they're going to try and roll in to the chinese market the concept of all-day breakfast. it's been extremely successful here in the united states. it

the dow jones industrial average ended up .10% at 17,535. the nasdaq lost a little more than .10%. let's see how the reaction is here in tokyo this tuesday morning. for that, woo el go to ramin mellegard. he joins us from the tokyo stock exchange. >> good morning, ai. economic indicators leaving investors with slightly mixed signals here. as consumer spending closely watched figure by the federal reserve, and actually we had that edging up slightly in february. but then the january one was actually revised lower. now, let's have a look at how the nikkei and topix are opening up here. march 29th. 17,000, dipped below the 17,000 level temporarily. but the nikkei and topix are trading lower. now, the nikkei end higher on monday. most investors most likely sidelined ahead of the key u.s. jobs data. let's not forget the sentiment survey here in japan, otherwise known as the tancan. that survey is large and small manufacturers, as well as the nonmanufacturers to gauge the state of japan's economy. a lot for investors to take in this week. and all of it piling up on friday. now, we may al

the dow jones industrial average ended up nearly 0.1% at 17,229. that is the highest cholose sin the end of last year. the tech-heavy nasdaq rose just slightly. let's see how markets here in tokyo are trading this tuesday morning. we're going to go to ramin mellegard who joins us from the tokyo stock exchange. ramin, what are you seeing at the open? >> good morning to you, ai. as you said, a lot of focus on central bank policy meetings. analysts expecting the bank of japan to maintain its negative interest rate policy. let's look at the reaction for the nikkei and topix. it's pretty mild, although negative. and that follows on the pretty lackluster closings we saw on wall street that you just covered as well. so the nikkei just down 0.12% of the we'll see how that progresses. yesterday, the nikkei actually rose for a third straight session, ending at its highest level in six weeks. now, at the last policy meeting in january, the b oj, with switzerland and sweden and denmark, this has proven to be a bit of a hard nut to crack for boj policy makers.

as you can see right there, the dow jones industrial average is 0.15% this 1.5% -- hour. it has come off of its previous highs earlier this session. still in positive territory. biotech shares have also come under pressure in the united states as the american government has presented a test program to lower the cost of drugs for the u.s. budget. let's also talk you through the european close. this side of the atlantic, we also saw gains at the end of the trading day. a meeting of the european central bank is already catching a lot of attention in the investment community. this as the european central bank could come out with fresh stimulative measures for the euro zone economy -- the eurozone economy. that will very much be in the spotlight on thursday. we are going to drill down on that meeting in frankfurt. we are betting that the ecb will come out with fresh stimulus on thursday. the speculation of lower interest rates and an extension of the ecb's current bond buying program. a more radical move would be for the ecb to launch a helicopter rescue of the eurozone. what

they are in positive territory right now with the dow jones industrial average up more than 2%. this follows better than expected deity from the u.s. car cturing sectors, and sales are up. in europe, the indexes closed with gains as well with the frankfurt dax powering ahead. this despite down beat data from china. we got down beat data from the chinese manufacturing companies. auto stocks are the winners on this side of the atlantic after the geneva show opened up and the news flow we got out of that show. let's talk you through other stories that we have been watching for you in the stock markets. shares in the london stop exchange itself popped on tuesday. it follows the news that american rival, intercontinental exchange is eyeing a take over bid. it set the scene for a take over. a german company is also in the market for a deal. a stand off between apple and the f.b.i. has gone from the court room to the u.s. congress. the f.b.i. and government are facing off off a locked i phone that was used by one of the shooters in a terror attack. they say the technology could endange

the dow jones industrial average closed a touch higher, rose for seven sessions in a row. the tech-heavy nasdaq was also up 0.3%. we're going to see how tokyo markets are starting the trading week here. we go to ramin mellegard who is at the tokyo stock exchange. what are you seeing over there? >> yeah, we're playing a little catch-up here. markets were closed on monday. let's have a look at how the nikkei and topix are kicking off. we're back above the 17,000 level. just over 2%. pretty strong start. just a reminder of how we left off on friday last week. nikkei close d lower a fourth dy in a row. >> ramin, let me jump in there. some are worried about a currency war. get us updated on some of the key levels. >> as you were touching on there earlier on, some concerns there about the currency levels. the dollar/yen rebounding somewhat this morning. atlanta fed president dennis lockhart said there was sufficient momentum in the u.s. economy to justify a rate hike. as early as april. dollar/yen 112.16. that led to the dollar higher against major peers. late last week the doll

we have seen the stock market's turnaround in the past couple of hours or so with the dow jones industrial average this hour around about half a percent higher. .75%.p 500 up as that helped by apple shares trading higher on the decision by the u.s. government to drop its legal case against the company over the iphone used by one of the attackers in the san bernardino case. positive picture there for apple shares and that is helping the nasdaq. europe's main indices higher. shares jumped despite the weakness in the energy markets. the eurozone is recovering as bank lending to households and businesses rose at the fastest rate since 2011 in february. we are going to head back simply to the united states after the european check. california has announced a deal which will see its minimum wage raised to $15 an hour from the current $10 an hour. as long as lawmakers give the final go-ahead, the new threshold will become reality by 2022. but as josh explains, local business leaders fear it will lead to job losses. hike in california's minimum wage would make it the highest in the u.s. when it goes into

trying to steady out as we go into the afternoon session and we are down 77 points on the dow jones industrial average. a couple of key stories that we cbs will spend $50 million to combat spoking. it's called be the first campaign and it's designed to urge young people to be the first generation to spurn tobacco. last year cvs decided to focus health initiatives so they stopped selling cigarettes to help promote healthy living. >>> mcdonald's is trying to promote breakfast and they're doing it in a big way and it is help their sales. and now they will expand their breakfast men and you they'll expand it into other states, as well. it has cut into dunkin doughnuts breakfast fare as a result of that, but it is still struggling a little bit on same-store sales which were down 3% from last year. >>> and do you feel guilty when you take time off? if you do, you're not alone. there's something called vacation shaming out there. a feeling a sense of shame or guilt for taking time off. it's especially prevalent among millennials. survey and 59% of the llennials that they interviewed feel vacation shaming. th

the dow jones industrial average gained 74 points to 17,325. the nasdaq added 35 and the s&p 500 rose 11 to its highest level this year. steve liesman reports on why the fed seems uncertain about the economic recovery. >> reporter: a dovish federal reserve kept interest rates unchanged in its march meeting and suggested it would be very cautious about future rate hikes. in fact, it slashed the number of hikes it forecast this year with the average number of rates, the committee now seeing just two rate hikes this year down from four. the fed gave a fairly upbeat assessment of the u.s. economy and jobs but was clearly concerned about recent global economic weakness. >> you have seen a shift this time in most participants' assessments of the appropriate path for policy. and as i tried to indicate, i think that largely reflects a somewhat slower projected path for global growth. >> reporter: yellen did not rule the chance of future rate hikes underscoring fed officials forecast two more rate rises this year and said every meeting including the one

today the dow jones industrial average added 120 points to 17,602. the nasdaq gained 20. and the s&p 500 rose nearly 9. for the week, all of the major indexes rose 1% or more. and it's not just the dow and the s&p 500 that are deserving of attention. there's another group of stocks that's been quietly outperforming the rest. dominic chew has that story. >> reporter: the stock market's made a strong comeback since hitting lows back on february 11th. and that move has taken both the large cap s&p 500 and dow industrials back to positive territory for the year. for as much attention as those big guys are getting it's the s&p 500 mid-cap index that stages the best performance so far inty 16. it's gained more than 2% since the start of the year. some investors look toward admit-caps as a possible market sweet spot. they're bigger and perhaps provide perceived relative safety compared to the small-cap stocks and smaller with more perceived upside potential than large company stocks. among the best-performing mid-cap stocks this year, we're talking about names like dick's sporti