gary bettman ringing the closing bell here at the new york stock exchange here.nd pro face labs ringing the bell at the nasdaq. stay tuned for the second hour of "the closing bell". >> i'm michelle ka rcaruso-cabr. here's how we're finishing the day on wall street, the dow just fell out of bed, it went negative and now finishing higher by 35 points. the s&p higher by little more than two points, and nasdaq higher by a little more than two points. we are anxiously awaiting the launch of the spacex rocket. it is the first launch since last june. we're going to live to cape canaveral with our own jane wells. joining us, cnbc pro columnist, mike santoli and cnbc contributor evan newmark and fast money trader tim seymour. i've asked everybody this and i'll ask you too, what happened today? we're doing quite well and then the rally faded away. >> most of the drivers of the marketwide were in the overnight action. in other words, the bouncing oil yes, it strengthened but we had a big bounce overnight and did have the japanese yen back off and people were concerned about

the nhl commissioner gary bettman issued a lengthy statement and reads in part, i have valued ed's council and admired his philanthropy. like most people who had the pleasure of knowing ed i will miss him terribly. some of the flyers' current players spoke about snider just a short time ago. >> he loved his sport and loved his flyers. he's a philadelphia flyer. he started the whole thing and he would always be the guy that brought that to the city and -- he's a really good man. >> sxfshg, reactions are pouring in on social media and flyers defensemen posted a team photo of mr. snider and wrote rest in peace, mr. snider, the best owner in all of sports. sixers ceo scott o'neal tweeted in part that snider was, quote, truly one of the greatest of all time. rest in peace. and the flyers playoff rivals tweeted our thoughts are with the flyers. eagles chairman and ceo jeffly laurie released a statement saying ed was a visionary and pioneer who did tremendous things for our city and sport of hockey and he was driven by his relentless pursuit of winning and his passion for the sport was -- nbc 10'