i'm kelly evans along with joe kernen, andrew and becky are off today.heck on the markets first. we had a rebound nicely yesterday after that deep selloff the preceding day. it looks like we're headed in that direction. the dow implied to open higher by 30 points. s&p up 6, flaz dnasdaq up 16. asia, europe, we're not seeing brazil up there. the nikkei. quiet across asia. shanghai barely higher. hang seng and nikkei up less than

eastern time sitting down with kelly evans.iss. >>> welcome back to "worldwide exchange." time for our must reads. my pick is in the "wall street journal" titled the special counsel mistake. most people celebrating the decision to move on to a special counsel appointment to investigate the election -- possible election ties to russia. here's a potential opposing view. while the decision will provide some short-term political relief, not least for mr. rosenstein, it also opens up years of political risk to the trump administration with no guarantee that the public will end up with a better understanding of what really happened. the problem with special counsels is that they are by definition all but politically unaccountable. to say this is not the view of most people, but an opposing opinion. the nicest thing about this is that hopefully it leads to a definitive decision either way, backed up by evidence. the question, which i think this article points to, is how long that takes and how drawn out it is. >> i thought the whole i

stay tuned for the earnings from nordstrom and more on the second hour of "closing bell" with kelly evans better. ♪ >> thank you, bill. welcome to "closing bell", everybody, i'm kelly evans. a dip on wall street today, look how we finished up here with the dow jones industrial average closing lower by 40-some points last check. down a tenth of 1%, down 23 points to 20920. s&p lower by five, 2394. nasdaq, a record close yesterday, dropped a quarter percent today, and russell, small caps, the worst performers, results didn't help yesterday, but in this case, 2% drop to 1390, and speaking of earnings, it's been a rough day for retail today. macy's reported disappointing results this morning with the stock down 17% on the bell, dropping $5. that's about a five-year low for macy's. look at kohl's, which has results, too, not nearly as bad, but down 8%, and in ordnordstro down 7.5%, but results from nordstrom are not even out yet, due any moment now. interesting read on the consumer, state of department stores, so much more coming up. joining me for all of that is senior market commentator, and

for disney's earnings and that interview with ceo bob iger on second hour of "closing bell" with kelly evanse you tomorrow, kelly. >> thank you, bill p. welcome to the closing bell, everybody. i'm kelly evans, and the nasdaq, as you can see there, closing all-time high today on wall street. everybody else, though, finished lower. take a look across major averages, dow dropped 37 points on the bell today, closing at 20974. s&p down two, and 2396 for the broad index. the russell managed to tip positive just on the -- really hang on to it. 1391 is the closing level there. the outperformer there, and 61 is the new record high, and you can argue it's fueled by earnings it's seen so far this season. much more headed our way after hours, in fact, we have six of our reporters standing by for all of these results. we are so glad you are here. oh, five, all right. five box is good too. julia covers disney, susan lee on trip adviser and priceline, and deeni, and video results on today. thanks, everybody, see you in a moment. bob iger is joining us after the company's earnings are out on a first on cnbc

i'm kelly evans. there's your green eyed bull.sing all-time high and i'm going to talk quickly because these snapchat earnings will be out any second. the dow only one down in the averages, declining. the san mateo up, 6129 is a record close. russell 2000 having a strong day with more than half percent gain, closing shy of 1400. as mention, it is a super busy hour for earnings. we are awaiting the first-ever report from snapchat's parent snap. we have results from whole foods, 21st century fox and el of beauty headed our way. that beauty category has been so strong. joining me for that is cnn markets commentator michael santoli. and j.p. morgan markets stralt gist as well. mike, quickly, thoughts on this market? we had comey, oil, a couple of different things going on. >> today showed the market does not price in political noise really. it doesn't need to. also, it is not contingent on policy quickness. so i think it basically same story. a flat market, a little stronger under the surface than the headline show you, but not grabbi

i'm kelly evans, another rally today here on wall street.ed 43 points on the bell, on top of yesterday's gain, about two tenths of 1% there, same for the s&p up 4.5% today, russell up decently, outpacing others a little bit to 1380, but nasdaq, interestingly, so strong this year, lagging this year. the reasons are all over the place. pharmaceuticals, the worst performers, and even tractor supply weighing on the index. o'reilly, as we told you about. the decliners with dollar tree. getting more into what's happening there. also, the chip stocks a little bit weaker today, even as financials, broadly elsewhere, led the markets higher. >>> and $70 billion, that's how much morgan stanley says google's self-driving car unit could be valued. how partnership with lyft could pose a threat to tesla. that's coming up. later, and i can't wait for this, going to try to stump this man, santoli, a new segment to humiliate him and put the news information to the test. send in questions. joining me today is the cnbc seep your market commentator himself, and

welcome to "closing bell," everybody, i'm kelly evans.another high today, in fact, only index up much of the afternoon. everyone else drifted lower. that's what we have on the bell herement the dow dropping under four points to 2978. s&p 500 dropping under two points at 4400, the russell 2,000 did squeeze into positive territory there to close to 1394, away from the all-time high over 1400, and the nasdaq, it's the one sounding the record, i sound like a broken record with the gain there for the tech heavy average. we're showing urban outfitters, meanwhile, hitting a 52-week low ahead of the earnings report due out any moment now. about $20 and change for urban outfitters. those results as soon as we get them, and see if urban bucks the retail down trend we are seeing. s&p holdings global tex conference, announcing expanded bipartisanship with google cloud, talking to the ceo, mr. bill mcdermott in a cnbc exclusive. join iing me today is our kmoent a timer, michael, as always, welcome to you, and wells fargo asset management, and mark har

stay tuned now for the second hour of "closing bell" with kelly evans and company, i'll see you tomorrowss report" on pbs. hope to see you then. see you tomorrow, kelly. ♪ >>> thank you, bill. welcome to the "closing bell," everybody, i'm kelly evans. dow briefly higher by 100 points, closing up 90, less than half a percent gain, and same gain saw in the s&p 500, closing at 2393, and after a 12-point rally. the nasdaq leading the way, and as it has been so much of this year. 6133 the closing level there. the russell doing all right for their part, up about .75%, 1377. dow transports higher. dollar index moving the other way pushing oil and other things up. we have to talk later about bitcoin, another story, and gold moved higher, and it's the rise of machines. more than a quarter of u.s. stock trades made by funds last year. what this takeover means for your money. talking more about that coming up. joining me on today's panel is senior market commentator, and ian from web bush securities, director of equity trading, and david cass, chief investment strategist. michael, a quiet rally, bu

i'm kelly evans and the green eyed bull is back.aq as much as this year, but today it was the s&p closing at record high level. run through the figures. close of 2402 surpasses the prior high from may 15th which was 2404. the dow was up about a third of a% to 21,011. so the dow was a few points shy of the high water mark on march 1. 6169 is the prior high, just on may 16th. a four tenths of a percent gain on nasdaq. the russell 2000 just turned positive in the last hour or so and closed up by a point and a half, 1382 for the russell. its high water mark of 1419 was hit on april 26. it will be a busy hour. we have earnings headed our way. we have retail in particular, and we know what a mine field that's been. we have results from hp, guess and williams and sonoma headed our way. the congressional budget office set the release the score for the house approved health care act this afternoon. we will bring it to you as soon as it is out. joining me to talk about record highs cnbc senior markets commentator mark santelli. vice chair and

second hour of "closing bell" with kelly evans. >> welcome, everybody, i'm kelly eviden evans.nished off the week, what a week, what an afternoon it's been with revelations and stories from washington pushing us here, but we did come off that dip, the dow closing e ining 140 points, 16 there, no record highs here today, recovering from the big loss earlier this week. gapes at two-thirds of a percent for the s&p and dow, half a percent for the nasdaq and russell. nasdaq at 6083, and russell up six points at 1367. talking about the markets and how big tax hikes on the rich and wealthiest states lead to a fiscal crisis. more to say about that, but joining us today, michael santoli, and evan newmark, a private investor. does that mean you tell us what you do? >> i don't know what you mean. >> and danny hughs from divine as set management. a good rally. more news from washington, but it was not enough to push us. >> it was not enough. seemed like yesterday the question was, okay, is there a downside follow through from the wednesday selloff? do we have to worry about bracing for, yo

stay tuned for the earnings coming up on second hour of "closing bell" with kelly evans and company. lly. ♪ >>> thank you, bill. welcome to "closing bell," everybody. i'm kelly evans. let's begin with how we're finishing on wall street. the dow closing higher by 5 points but only turned positive in the last hour or so of the session. more in a second on what might be in play there. the other averages not the same. down, in the s&p's case about 3 points today. in the nasdaq going down about half a percent, closed down less than four-tenths of a percent. it is interesting to be back here and see a six as first digit on a nasdaq composite. 6,072. russell 2000 worst performing, down to 1391. it will be a very busy hour for earnings. take a look at all of the reporters we have standing by to cover these results as they cross. thank you, everybody, for being here. julia boorstin on facebook, phil lebeau on tesla, d.d. royal will have fitbit, dominic chu, and susan lee. so we will see you guys very shortly. we'll see what order all of these begin to come in. joining me on the panel we have s

i'm kelly evans along with joe kernen, andrew and becky are off today. let's check on the markets first. we had a rebound nicely yesterday after that deep selloff the preceding day. it looks like we're headed in that direction. the dow implied to open higher by 30 points. s&p up 6, flaz dnasdaq up 16. asia, europe, we're not seeing brazil up there. the nikkei. quiet across asia. shanghai barely higher. hang seng and nikkei up less than 0.2%. in europe, stocks reacting more sharply yesterday. today a knock on gains, ftse mib leading higher in italy, 0.89%. the german dax up 0.3%. the ftse 100 up 0.50%. it's maybe a focus on brazil, argentina coming into the discussion of late. here's crude, up about 1% on wti, 49.84. brent up to 53 bucks. nat gas up 0.2%. the ten-year note at 2.118% has moved up nicely. now 2.247. you'll take it in this kind of environment. and the dollar which has weakened substantially over the past couple of weeks hanging around 97 1/2. it's down about 0.4% this morning. finally gold. see how the yellow metal is doing. when will we add

i'm kelly evans.ow jones industrial average, now we're back down 81 points implied for the open here, the s&p down 7, nasdaq down 1. take a look at the dollar. some big weakness will recently. we're back down to the 97 1/ lev now. and weakness across much of the roast of the globe, yesterday also setting us up for this today, and it looks like walmart's numbers are out. >> the quarterly results are just hitting the wires as we speak. courtney has those details. good morning, courtney. >> walmart turning in mixed results, 117.54 billion, which is shy of expectations. but the u.s. comparable sales are the standout again. walmart posting a gain of 1.4%. this marks the 11th straight squaur of positive comp s. walmart's e come val prm. >> now, i spoke with walmart's cfo on the phone. he said the quarter was solid, we had good momentum across the category and and across stores. remember food is more than half of what walmart sells and i ask him how he was marketing tral fr from, he said these acquisitions g

i'm kelly evans. rough session here on wall street, the dow dropping 368 points for the worst day in months here, probably one of the worst days in the market so far for trump's presidency. a decline of 1.8% for the dow, same for the s&p 500 which is down 43 points at 2357 after just closing above 2400 for the first time on the broad average a few days back. now, the nasdaq, a decline of 2 1/2% from one of the best performing parts of the market this year. i mean i think like the nasdaq is up 17%, it's been an amazing run. maybe not quite that much, but certainly it's been leading the way to the upside. 6,011 on the close here. the russell 2000, the small-caps, often seen as kind of a domestic gauge. they don't have a lot of exposure to foreign markets and they are hit the most today, down 2.8%. 1,356 for the small kams. tech stocks are getting hit particularly hard. it is time to get out or is it a buying opportunity. apple is down to 150 bucks. we will debate that coming up. we have a pair of big ea

kelly: garrett, thank you. let's bring in evan, republican strategists and author of gop gps.so the director of research at bottle.com and a fox news contributor. thank you both for joining us. we have a lot to unpack, not just about james comey but also about the president's trip. let's begin with james comey. what do you think he will be talking about when he goes before the senate intelligence committee. >> i think you will be talking about the memos, the notes he took in what he did with those notes and what his conversations with the president were. there has been a leak, a steady flow of lease about how uncomfortable james comey was. he even tried to hide in the curtains when the president was coming to visit the fbi and you saw that awkward, please don't hug me moment so he would continue to appear impartial. also, imagine he will share with the investigation is without being inappropriate. he knows the investigation is now in safe hands. kelly: evan, what are they saying about the james comey situation and the russian investigation? are the republicans saying it's a bu

. ♪ >>> hi, everybody, welcome to "the closing bell," i'm kelly evan, and, bill, i'm at the conferencen new york today. >> imagine that. i'm bill griffeth, and kelly, i'm at the new york stock exchange today where the most exciting thing here is the vix is comfortably below 10. we're all astounded. >> oh, yes, i could imagine. filling you in on what's happening here today. investors give the best ideas all in the name of raising money for paid yediatric cancer and research. we have a number of speakers joining us live here throughout the next couple hours. there they are. we have nascar champion jeff gordon and cliff robins of bull harbor group, and a unique way to play streaming media, and, yes, involves teletubbies. >> oh, boy, looking forward to that coming up. green light capital statement e einhorn, bringing you all the headlines of what he talks about as soon as we get them, but we begin with apple crossing an important milestone today in terms of value. bertha is at the nasdaq with that side of the story for us. >> reporter: yeah. apple's market cap today crossing $800 billion i

. >> oh, i'm kelly evans. >> you're catch up.'m bill griffeth, s&p and nasdaq in record territory. consumer discretionary is popping on the back of strong numbers from sears and especially from best buy. look at that. up 22%. >> keeps floating higher throughout the session. 22% right now? >> biggest number was online sales, addly, up 22%. >> i'm seeing what you're doing here. >> interesting there. >> gaining after the bell moved higher as a result. >> energy, big laggard, ironically, after the oil prices dropped, oil stocks went with it after opec extended production cuts another nine months, look where there may be opportunities in this particular market. >> could this be opposite? getting worse throughout the session, it feels like, with energy today. >> yep. >> the stock that won't quit, amazon closing in at $1,000 mark per share, it's at $996. a fund manager, why he's trimming positions. >> fun fact, jeff bezos will be the richest in the world when amazon hits $1,000. exceeding bill gatings at that point. >> wow. >> diesel pi

. >>> welcome to "closing bell," i'm sara eisen in for kelly evans at the new york stock exchange. welcome back. >> thank you. i'm bill griffeths. nasdaq fighting to stay positive, it's not there now. awaiting apple's earnings after the bell. getting the big guy. >> aetna the winner today, despite ongoing pressure in the obamacare business. coming up, the ceo breaks down the quarter and what's ahead for health care in this country. it's a first on cnbc interview. we'll talk about this ongoing battle on capitol hill, and how it could impact his business. might see a vote this week. >> always get a good read of what's going on in the industry when mark joins us. looking forward to that very much. you saw muvaney giving a firey defense of the government funding deal reached in congress, and president trump's tweet that the nation needs a good shutdown as he put it, we got the highlights on all of that coming out of washington. coming up in a moment here. >> and microsoft taking aim at google's chromebook and dominance in the education market. coming up, discussing whether mic microsof

. >>> hello welcome to the "closing bell" everybody i'm kelly evans at the new york stock exchange. this is fun to read by the way. did you know sherry land sit is about my height. >> i'm bill graffiti. we'll get to that in just a second because i'm a huge movie fan. >>> mark cuban you may have heard, amazon he considers to be the ultimate start up and it's still under value. he'll tell you why, he debates whether he's rights. >> heb it was amazon, it might have been apple too, netflix, apple is hitting an all-time high. $156 a share. we'll have those details coming up. >>> and then a rare interview, she was the first woman to head a hollywood studio back in the day, not too long ago. sherry lansing will join us. there is a new buy biography about her i can't wait to talk with her on what she'd do today. >> we have mothers' day this weekend, may be a well-timed placism of the book, maybe a good gift. >> i see you're selling the book now okay. >> i just realized that would make sense. >> yeah. >> we'll ask her about that. >>> we do start with retail which is struggling so much. it's

second hour of "closing bell" with kelly evans.elcome, and believe it or not, two records set on the close here today, and it happened quitely, the markets are not making moves, but then a momente mentous one for the s&p. getting to that, closing at -- there's a couple points, and above the closing high of 23.95, call it 96 from march 1 of this year, and here we are, we've done it. that's a gain of four tenths percent, but similar for the nasdaq that also hit a new closing high on the dot, but the nasdaq likely to do that, in fact, it's pryer closing high from three weeks ago. russell at the high, and dow a hundred points shy of the closing high of 21115, from march 1, but significantly, above the 21,000 level for the dow here with a gain of a quarter percent today, and that is despite the big drop at ibm after warren buffett sold a third of the shares of the company. more on the markets in just a moment. the freedom caucus is also reportedly working on a tax reform bill. it is separate from president trump's proposal. coming up, l

i'm kelly evans. >> i'm billy gr griffeth. >> your birthday?> i wish. >> 20 years ago today that amazon's stock became public, and we'll tell you how much you would have made if you invest the day one. oh, boy. you -- you had -- a little longer than just day one. >> yeah. could have gotten in anywhere along the way. >> talking about other companies public that same year and how they've been performing. >> interesting crop. includes avis, carmax, and many others -- >> tivo. >> that was one, wow. other big winners. anyway, largest ransomware attack in interpret history, and looking to protect yourself, a new industry of cyber insurance is booming, and there's a lot of cyber security names which are rallying today. we'll get you details. >> people discover that etf today. >> oh, boy. >> hack is having a day. >> best day of the year smart right now. meanwhile, charles bronfman has a new memoir about the empire, talking the family business, and his tremendous efforts in philanthropy. we got a lot of great stories to get to with charles bronfman here

cocoa cabana joining us later, and i'm kelly evans at the new york stock exchange where guess who ringshe closing bell? >> barry manilow, he's ringing the bell to commemorate the brand new album called "this is my town," he's from across the river there, and people on the trading floor have been all singing today. >> at the cnbc offices. >> and apparently -- >> soon around the world. >> karoke day in the news room at cnbc. by the way, can you shoot -- just look. it's fleet week as well here. >> wave, everybody, guys, say hello to america. >> there you go. >> so we got barry manilow, fleet week, and the whoop whoop will be coming up in 30 minutes as well today. >> adjust your volume. >> there's other news too, though. we have to get to it this hour. bmw and volkswagen caught in the cross hairs after president trump slammed the german auto makers. what's behind the harsh represent reck coming up. >> the ceo of netflix said its biggest competitor is sleep, remember that? now facebook could be trying to give netflix a run for money as well. details on that story coming up a little later. as

. ♪ >> hi, everybody, welcome to the "closing bell," i'm kelly evans at the new york stock exchange.ho are you? >> wilfred. lucky to have you here, just in time. >> just in the nick of time. beads of sweat running down. >> hot off an exclusive interview with brian moynihan. i'm in for bill griffeth. today, stocks rebound, and in 45 minutes, president trump is expected to give a news conference with the president of colombia where he will likely field questions about the russia investigation. that's live as soon as it begins. >> now, my exclusive interview with bank of america ceo, find out what brian moynihan of 21st century glass stegal may not be as bad. that's coming up. >> unrolling net neutrality rules, the michael powell tells us why this is the right move in a first on cnbc interview. but, we begin with a very good exchange between steven mnuchin. ylan has the story. >> reporter: it was testy. this was mnuchin mnuch's first testifying. most of the conversation was focused on financial regulation. it is also met he has to face senator warren. now, mnuchin said in the testimony

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>>> hi, everybody, welcome to the "closing bell," i'm kelly evans. >> how do you say check please inng something. >> as far as we got. >> somebody knows, i know. i'm bill griffeth, ibm a drag on the dow today, and

welcome to the "closing bell" today, i'm kelly evans at the new york stock exchange. >> i'm bill griffeth word from leslie picker from a bid on constellation brands, but another warning for the a automotive industry. shares hit hard on the back of weak earnings, huge decline for the stock, down more than 10% today. we have more details on that coming up here. >> also, go pro getting hit after speangt

i'm kelly evans here at new york stock exchange with dr. bill griffeth.n i go to you for my next physical? that might be weird. >> i'm not touching that. i mean that in many ways, but, yes, i got an honorary doctorate friday. still speechless. >> congratulations. >> i don't know how it happened. >> you had to give a speech for it.

i'm kelly evans at the new york stock exchange. >> i'm bill griffeth.erns finally hitting washington street today. we've been talking about this for a while. reports that former fbi director jim comey wrote a memo detailing his conversations with president trump earlier this year, and one of the memos apparently says that mr. trump asked comey to end the michael flynn investigation. that among other things apparently has spooked some members of trump's own party, which in turn has

cocoa cabana joining us later, and i'm kelly evans at the new york stock exchange where guess who rings >> barry manilow, he's ringing the bell to commemorate the brand new album called "this is my town," he's from across the river there, and people on the trading floor have been

. ♪ my house anyway, welcome to "closing bell, everyone, i'm kelly evans. >> i'm bill griffeth, housingthe market today, and while it seems like the only reliable retail s

welcome to the show, i'm kelly evans. >> making me bill griffeth., closing with a market valuation above $800 billion for the first time ever. up 72 cents now. look at whether the tech sectors are overheating nowr

i'm kelly evans. >> i'm michael santoli in for bill. no hard trivia questions, right?ke a vacation. >> all eyes on amazon after they briefly crossed above the $1,000 level for the first time after the opening bell this morning. monitoring stocks closely to see if it closes above that round number level. >> it was quick. >> yeah. >> so we have an exactly an hour to see if it does happen on the close today. president trump's election has

i'm kelly evans at the new york stock exchange. >> i'm bill griffeth.day. we are expecting to get congressional budget office score of the house gop health care bill. we will tell you what to expect and why it could affect the market. all coming up in the next couple of hours. >> probably most anticipated after hours event, earnings and everything today. if you think google knows too much about what you are doing online already, you may be surprised to learn they know what you're doing off line, too. we have details on a new google

coming up, and more on the house bill on health reform in the second hour of "closing bell" with kelly evanse you tomorrow, kelly. ♪ thank you, welcome, we did not close positive, but i think the s&p managed by a point or two, late day action, the house passed the obamacare repeal and replace bill. the news conference end iing minutes ago before the closing again, did not push it in positive territory, but moving it a a bit, decline of eight points, and interestfully, we're only 50 points from getting back to 21,000, but the s&p and nasdaq, tiny gains on the bell there to put them in positive territory, rustle 2,000 down a tenth percent today, and by the way, now that we're after hours, we'll get more earnings headed our way, and reporters are standing by for the results. julia looking at cbs. susan lee with shake shack too. that's follow-up to talk about, shake shack. see you in a moment. president trump just celebrating that house passing its bill to replace obamacare and said he's confident it passes the senate and could clear the way to tackle tax reform next. all the gory details coming

. >>> hi, everybody, welcome to the closing bell, i'm kelly evans at the new york stock exchange. >>e months ago attracted many at the time, could today's huge selloff scare them away from not only the stock, but the whole market? talking about that coming up with the stock down 21% right now. >> also watching walmart. look out, because the german grocer has a massive expansion planned in the u.s. i just, by the way, thought that was us doeing the snapchat.

welcome to the closing bell, i'm kelly evans. >> i'm mike santoli in for bill griffeth today.reference to the salad days? >> see. >> when they were green in judgment and -- >> go further back to the market sal salad. tuesday, at least. big day for stocks after the selloff in the week, industrials, financials, and energy help the move, but a firm

. ♪ >> hi, everybody, welcome to the "closing bell," i'm kelly evans at the new york stock exchange. have you here, just in time. >> just in the nick of time. beads of sweat running down. >> hot off an exclusive interview with brian moynihan. i'm in for bill griffeth. today, stocks rebound, and in 45 minutes, president trump is expected to give a news

. >> oh, i'm kelly evans. >> you're catch up.nd nasdaq in record territory. consumer discretionary is popping on the back of strong numbers from sears and especially from best buy. look at that. up 22%. >> keeps floating higher throughout the session.

i'm kelly evans at the new york stock exchange, and it is good to be back. >> wonderful to have you back how much you have grown since you got married. oh, it is the shoes. i see. >> because the other shoes i took home so that i could have them, you know, and then -- so this is what we're left with. >> well, it is wonderful to have you back. >> thank you. >> again, congratulations goes. everybody sends their best wishes to you. >> thank you. it's been a great couple of weeks. >> the honeymoon is over. it was quick. i'm bill griffeth. happening right now, a face-off in

i'm kelly evans. >> i'm michael santoli in for bill. no hard trivia questions, right? >> bill had to take a vacation. >> all eyes on amazon after they briefly crossed above the $1,000 level for the first time after the opening bell this morning. monitoring stocks closely to see if it closes above that round number level. >> it was quick. >> yeah. >> so we have an exactly an hour to see if it does happen on the close today. president trump's election has fueled a huge rally in financials much earlier, but sector's been underperforming since being in office. do you doubt the banks going forward? it's been a rough week for oil prices, and goldman cults the outlook for crude. where do go from here and which names you buy and sell in the energy space. closing bell exchange on a tuesday, shall we? joining us here to kick it off, greg from hightower, managing director there, keith from post nine, and rick santelli at the cme for us as well. i want to start with choppy action in the markets today after significant close to the s&p 500. is it -- are we just digesting that move?

i'm kelly evans at the new york stock exchange. >> i'm mike santoli in for bill griffeth today.ke it. telling cnbc amazon is scary right now. find out why coming up. >> cole is saying it is the most more -- anyway, we'll talk about it. hillary clinton will be interviewed in just a few minutes at the same conference out in

. >>> welcome to "closing bell," i'm sara eisen in for kelly evans at the new york stock exchange.back. >> thank you. i'm bill griffeths. nasdaq fighting to stay positive, it's not there now. awaiting apple's earnings after the bell. getting the big guy. >> aetna the winner today, despite ongoing pressure in the obamacare business. coming up, the

. >> welcome, i'm sara eisen in for kelly evans.ng up the day on wall street. another record close for the nasdaq composite. check it out, almost at 6100, up another three quarters of 1% on another busy week for tech earnings starting with apple tomorrow. apple, facebook, tesla, netflix all at record highs. the s&p 500 closing out with a gain of .2%, finishing lower at 21 points, and russell 2,000 up a half percent. coming up, taking the pulse of the private equity market with david reubenstein, and a first on cnbc interview, but we'll talk to the panel first about the market. we have cnbc senior markets commentator and pro-columnist mike santolli, peter anderson, and sam. welcome to all of you. you took on the low volatility, the vix today, below the 2007 to a ten-year low. the fear index, signaling, what, complacency in. >> you know, not strictly speaking, sara. it doesn't tell you that much about the mood initially. it tells you it's been an amazingly stable and calm market. the day-to-day behavior of the market itself is in a ti

. ♪ >>> hi, everybody, welcome to "the closing bell," i'm kelly evan, and, bill, i'm at the conferenceoday. >> imagine that. i'm bill griffeth, and kelly, i'm at the new york stock exchange today where the most exciting thing here is the vix is comfortably below 10. we're all astounded. >> oh, yes, i could imagine. filling you in on what's happening here today. investors give the best

i'm kelly evans. >> i'm billy gr griffeth. >> your birthday?that amazon's stock became public, and we'll tell you how much you would have made if you invest the day one. oh, boy. you -- you had -- a little longer than just day one. >> yeah. could have gotten in anywhere along the way. >> talking about other companies

. >>> hello welcome to the "closing bell" everybody i'm kelly evans at the new york stock exchange.is fun to read by the way. did you know sherry land sit is about my height. >> i'm bill graffiti. we'll get to that in just a second because i'm a huge movie fan. >>> mark cuban you may have heard, amazon he considers to be the ultimate start up and it's still under

i'm kelly evans at the new york stock exchange. >> i'm mike santoli in for bill griffeth today. is everybody afraid of amazon? seems like it. telling cnbc amazon is scary right now. find out why coming up. >> cole is saying it is the most more -- anyway, we'll talk about it. hillary clinton will be interviewed in just a few minutes at the same conference out in california. we'll take you through live for her comments. she will be asked about some of the biggest issues facing business and tech and i imagine some politics, too. >> you would imagine so, yes. this is the final hour of trading for the month of may, so your last chance to sell in may if you were so inclined. the nasdaq, of course, has been the big out performer. discuss whether it is time to sell some of the high flying tech names. >> we'll see where the market on close number is. as we head into a traditional -- i don't like to talk about the traditional. >> hasn't work that great. >> we'll talk more about them, don't worry. begin with netflix ceo making headlines at the conference a few hours ago. our julia boorstin

kelly evans at the new york stock exchange. >> how do you do too? snap. >> crack's, pop. >> no.cause of snap. >> oh, snap. that's that comment there. >> not a lot of guys can snap their fingers. you're lucky. >> i don't know why that is. most talked about ipo of the year reporting earnings in about an hour. use it for advertising numbers, front and center. and we'll be talking about what to expect on those earni

i was thinking about last night, i said i think like kelly evans, i'm getting rid of twitter. >> you're done with it? >> i said that to my wife. but you see certain things -- i can't. i sort of can't, that's where you see things first. >> there's been news events i found out about on twitter. >> exactly. because the third grade instincts of what to do trend and therefore it becomes news. on the previous show this talked about this tweet for, like, 15 minutes. it's so frivolous, irrelevant and meaningless. i've tried to -- on iphones, i look and go what the hell is that? >> my guess is that he sent it out, went to sleep and woke up. >> if you want to make the story that he shouldn't tweet as much, he is the president, now he responds to the social media ridiculous coverage -- >> it's a weird echo chamber. i people from the left argue it shouldn't be covered because it takes your eye off the real story. >> we abdicated our responsibility on what is pertinent, relevant, important and can say anything trending by definition. anything trending is not relevant. >> some of his tweets are news