. >> susie: itnightly busi this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. " bess reinrt captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening, everyone. my colleague tom hudson is off tonight. a bad start to earnings season. alcoa reported a quarterly loss, it's the first dow component to report and the aluminum giant is considered a bellwether for the economy. here are the numbers that were released right after the market close today: excluding special charges, alcoa lost three cents a share, just what analysts were expecting. this is the company's first loss in two years. revenues rose 6% to $6 billion. alcoa stock slipped in after- hours trading, but was higher by 2% in the regular session. as for the rest of the market, the dow rose nearly 33 points, the nasdaq added two and the s&p gained three points. joining us now to discuss those results? klaus kleinfeld. he's chairman and c.e.o. of alcoa. klaus, nice to see you and happy new area. >> hello, susie, hello, happy new area, susie. >> susie: thank you so much, well, looking at these quarterly numbers, what are