Welcome to closing bell I'm Scott Wapner live from post nine right here at the New York Stock Exchange

this make-up-break hour begins with the debt ceiling dual the president the speaker

and other congressional leaders meeting at the White House in less than an hour.

No resolution yet is in sight.

Stocks so far, taking the whole mess largely in stride.

Here's your scorecard with 60 minutes to go in regulation.

We seem to be waiting on tomorrow morning

CPR release before making the next move. There's your picture. Dow has been

down five of the past six days. Investors weighing a series of developments

around the Fed, regional banks of course, and earnings.

S&P 500 up a couple days in a row back negative at this hour as is NASDAQ, interest rates.

Let's take a look at that complex moving a touch higher as well.

It leads us to our talk of the tape is the risk reward improving for stocks are

getting worse and what if anything can get us out of this stubborn trading range.

Let's ask Courtney Garcia of Payne Capital and a CMDC contributor.

She is here with me at Post Nine.

Good to see you again.

I mean, that's like, what?

Are we ever going to get out of this range?

That's what we're hoping for right? I mean clearly I think what's happening right

now with the debt ceiling is not an issue. The markets are really

barely reacting to that. I think everybody's expecting there's not going to be any

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