Good morning. Today is Tuesday, December 19th, and I'm your host for today,

Rina Sherbal, filling in for Julie Morgan for the next couple of days.

Our top stories today, U.S. Forms Naval Task Force to protect ships in the Red Sea.

Google set to pay 700 million dollars to settle play Store lawsuit and Japanese takeover of iconic US steel seized

bipartisan opposition. On Monday all three major indexes ended higher as

investors continue to anticipate lower interest rates next year, despite

conflicting views from policy makers such as New York Fed President John Williams and

Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostick.

Stock futures were little changed on Tuesday after the major averages, extended gains in the last session

as Fed officials attempt to rein in bets for earlier and deeper than expected rate cuts next year.

Noting some of Tuesday's biggest stockmovers, shares in innate pharma were up over 16 percent

after it announced licensing of a fourth natural killer cell

engager in oncology to Sinofi. Cypher mining extended its gains

rising by 11.5% in early trading on Tuesday following a 17% surge on Monday.

One of the biggest losers today was Bluebird Bio whose shares fell over 15% following

the commencement of an underwritten public offering of

150 million of shares of its common stock. Our top stories today. The US and

other countries have formed a naval task force to protect commercial vessels traveling

through the Red Sea from Huthy rebel attacks.

The escalating attacks have damaged ships and threatened crew safety, forcing shipping companies

to stop their vessels from entering the Bob

Almonde Strait until security improves. The Strait which connects the Red Sea to the

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