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Stocks jumped around wildly in trading Wednesday, ultimately finishing in the green.

The press conference of President-elect Donald Trump to address conflicts of interest regarding his businesses and a report claiming ties to the Russian government sent stocks and other assets swinging wildly on Wednesday.

All three indexes finished positive, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average still unable to break through the 20,000 threshold.

We've got all the headlines, but first, the scoreboard:

• Dow: 19,947.91, +96.32, (0.16%)
• S&P 500: 2,275.19, +6.29, (0.28%)
• Nasdaq: 5,563.65, +11.83, (0.21%)
• WTI crude oil: $50.78, +$1.43, (2.81%)
• 10-year Treasury yield: 2.370%, -0.009

1. Trump talks to the media for the first time since the election. Trump admitted that Russia was behind election-related hacking and also promised that his sons would run his businesses without his knowledge, both concerns that had been raised since November 8.
2. Biotech stocks got crushed after Trump's comments on drug pricing. Trump said pharmaceutical companies were "getting away with murder" in terms of drug pricing and vowed to make the drugs cheaper. The iShares biotech ETF fell almost immediately and ended the day down roughly 2.75%.
3. Lockheed Martin also sold off after a Trump comment. Trump reiterated his comment that Lockheed's flagship F-35 fighter jet was too expensive and that he would get the price down. Despite most of the program already being paid for, the company's shares slid as much as 1.75% and finished the day down 0.5%
4. The Mexican peso went wild. The currency, used during the campaign as a proxy for Trump's chances to win, fluctuated wildly throughout the press conference as Trump addressed questions over his desire to build a wall between the US and Mexico, falling to its weakest ever level against the US dollar at one point in trading.
5. Bitcoin got rocked. The cryptocurrency fell just over 15% on Wednesday, to $768 per coin, and has lost more than 30% of its value in the last four plus trading sessions.
6. Jeff Gundlach of DoubleLine Capital went after Janus Capital's Bill Gross in his latest presentation. Gundlach said that "second-tier" bond investors (of which Gross is one) had said 2.6% was a key level for the US Treasury 10-year yield during a presentation to investors. Gross had made this call in a letter to clients earlier on the same day.

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Welcome to Finance Insider, Business Insider's summary of the top stories of the past 24 hours.

President-elect Donald Trump just finished his first press conference in over 100 days. Here are the highlights:

• Trump says drug companies are "getting away with murder" — and biotech shares are plunging
• Lockheed Martin is sliding after Trump attacks the cost of the F-35
• Stocks tumbled into the red then rebounded during Trump's press conference
• The Mexican peso is all over the place
• 'I think it was Russia': Trump finally concedes Russia responsible for election-related hacking
• Trump team refuses to completely drop business ties: 'The president-elect should not be expected to destroy the company he built'

In related news, we talked to Wall Street's top political risk analyst about the refugee crisis, Vox Populi, and Trump's Twitter account. And Sen. Marco Rubio grilled President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of state at his confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

Back on Wall Street, a startup backed by George Soros and Peter Thiel is in talks to do a big deal, and the US charged three former London-based FX traders over currency rigging.

Here's how we'll know the bond bull market is dead, according to DoubleLine Capital founder Jeff Gundlach. Gundlach also fired shots at Bill Gross. Here's his full presentation on expensive stocks, the economy under Trump, and the Federal Reserve.

Oaktree cofounder Howard Marks says a piece of advice from Warren Buffett perfectly sums up the problem with economists, experts, and the media.

In tech news, Salesforce will likely end its $5 billion buying spree this year, but its rivals won't. And regulators didn't like Wall Street's big loan to Uber.

Here are seven billion-dollar mega-projects that will transform New York City by 2035.

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"A massive system-wide problem, not just for those in finance, but more importantly for society at large" — Investors have been having a great time of it the last 30 years, benefiting from higher than average returns and lower than average volatility in the equity and bond markets. 

Trump has criticized General Motors and Toyota — but the companies still seem thrilled about his presidency — During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump took several shots at Ford. Now, while we wait for the 45th president to be inaugurated, the tweeter-in-chief has set his 140-character sights on General Motors and Toyota.

Goldman Sachs just promoted two senior San Francisco bankers — Goldman Sachs has promoted investment bankers Ryan Limaye and Nick Giovanni, naming them coheads of global technology investment banking, according to an internal memo on Tuesday.

Bitcoin is getting demolished — The fall comes after China announced it had begun investigating bitcoin exchanges in Beijing and Shanghai on suspicion of market manipulation, money laundering, unauthorized financing, and other issues.

The five biggest global risks to business in 2017 do not include Brexit, populism or terrorism — The five biggest risks to doing business globally do not include Brexit, populism, or terrorism, according to the World Economic Forum's benchmark "Global Risks" report for 2017. 

One of the biggest market leaders is flashing a warning sign — With the Dow struggling to break 20,000 and Inauguration Day approaching, there are murmurs about the stock market's near-term performance.

It's all about the yuan for anyone investing in China — Chinese local interest rates rose substantially late last year, and many bond offerings have been canceled, creating financial strain for some Chinese companies.

Junk bonds can cause pain even if they don't default — In the high-yield market, it’s no secret that the lower a bond’s quality, the higher its risk of default. Here’s something that isn’t so well understood: low-quality bonds can damage a portfolio even before they default.

Infiniti just unveiled a gorgeous SUV packed with new self-driving tech — Infiniti officially unveiled its luxury SUV concept at the Detroit Auto Show — and it's a nice glimpse of what we can expect from the automaker in the future.

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Dave Lutz, the head of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) at JonesTrading, has an overview of what's happening in markets on Wednesday:

• US stock futures are little changed, with the Nasdaq adding to the closing high it hit on Tuesday. The FTSE in London is gunning for a 10th straight record high. 
• Industrial commodities are rallying. Copper is adding to a three-month high, while crude oil is higher after two days of weakness and ahead of weekly inventory data from the Department of Energy.

Here's Lutz:

Good Morning!   US Futures are marked slightly higher, with the QQQs adding to record close.   A Mixed bag in Europe, where the DAX is up 10bp as discretionary and Energy rally, but thos Fins remain under pressure of profit-taking, hitting Italy for 25bp.  In London, the FTSE going for 7,300 and a 10th consecutive day of record closes as Miners jump higher again, offsetting weakness in Discretionary.  Volumes heavy across the continent, with the DAX and FTSE trading 40% heavier than average.  Asian stock markets were broadly higher - Japan closed up 30bp as the Yen fell, China lost 80bp on concerns of heavy Chinese IPOs incoming, while Hong Kong rose for a 5^th session - Aussie climbed small on Energy shares, while India reclaims 27,000

Some Reversal in Bunds and Treasuries – they had been under pressure most of the morning, but are now leaping higher, pressing the US 10YY back under 2.37%.   The DXY is bouncing from 102 - Euro hit towards 1.05 (and holding for now) - Sterling on 10week lows – while EM FX still weak:  Lira fresh lows and Peso on record lows into the Trump Presser at 11amET.   Bitcoin off 6% as China moves further against the currency.   Industrial commods are mostly higher, with Copper adding to 3month highs as Ore has leapt 10% this week and Oil rebounding from a 2day whack into DOE inventories – headers chattering Saudi supply cuts to Asia outweighing heavier than expected US Inventory data.  Interesting that GOLD is well bid despite the DXY rip – Positioning shows the street way short that yeller metal.

Quiet Economic Calendar today – we get Bank of England Bond-Buying Operation Results at 9:50, just before UK’s NIESR GDP Estimate at 10.  DOE data for Crude hits at 10:30 (Last night’s API showed a 1.5mln build, with Gasoline stocks jumping 1.7mln – both slightly heavier than estimates).  At 11am we get the Trump Presser (1^st Since Election) – then at 1pm we get a Auction of $20 Bln 10-Year Notes (Reopening).  Small builder KBH (#13 ITB – not even in the XHB) reports after the close.   Active day in Washington, as the Senate holds 3 confirmation hearings (supposed to be 5, 2 were delayed) and moves on ACA thru Budget Process.

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Dave Lutz, the head of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) at JonesTrading, has an overview of what's happening in markets on Wednesday:

• US stock futures are little changed, with the Nasdaq adding to the closing high it hit on Tuesday. The FTSE in London is gunning for a 10th straight record high. 
• Industrial commodities are rallying. Copper is adding to a three-month high, while crude oil is higher after two days of weakness and ahead of weekly inventory data from the Department of Energy.

Here's Lutz:

Good Morning!   US Futures are marked slightly higher, with the QQQs adding to record close.   A Mixed bag in Europe, where the DAX is up 10bp as discretionary and Energy rally, but thos Fins remain under pressure of profit-taking, hitting Italy for 25bp.  In London, the FTSE going for 7,300 and a 10th consecutive day of record closes as Miners jump higher again, offsetting weakness in Discretionary.  Volumes heavy across the continent, with the DAX and FTSE trading 40% heavier than average.  Asian stock markets were broadly higher - Japan closed up 30bp as the Yen fell, China lost 80bp on concerns of heavy Chinese IPOs incoming, while Hong Kong rose for a 5^th session - Aussie climbed small on Energy shares, while India reclaims 27,000

Some Reversal in Bunds and Treasuries – they had been under pressure most of the morning, but are now leaping higher, pressing the US 10YY back under 2.37%.   The DXY is bouncing from 102 - Euro hit towards 1.05 (and holding for now) - Sterling on 10week lows – while EM FX still weak:  Lira fresh lows and Peso on record lows into the Trump Presser at 11amET.   Bitcoin off 6% as China moves further against the currency.   Industrial commods are mostly higher, with Copper adding to 3month highs as Ore has leapt 10% this week and Oil rebounding from a 2day whack into DOE inventories – headers chattering Saudi supply cuts to Asia outweighing heavier than expected US Inventory data.  Interesting that GOLD is well bid despite the DXY rip – Positioning shows the street way short that yeller metal.

Quiet Economic Calendar today – we get Bank of England Bond-Buying Operation Results at 9:50, just before UK’s NIESR GDP Estimate at 10.  DOE data for Crude hits at 10:30 (Last night’s API showed a 1.5mln build, with Gasoline stocks jumping 1.7mln – both slightly heavier than estimates).  At 11am we get the Trump Presser (1^st Since Election) – then at 1pm we get a Auction of $20 Bln 10-Year Notes (Reopening).  Small builder KBH (#13 ITB – not even in the XHB) reports after the close.   Active day in Washington, as the Senate holds 3 confirmation hearings (supposed to be 5, 2 were delayed) and moves on ACA thru Budget Process.

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Bitcoin is getting demolished, trading down 12% at $797 per coin as of 7:19 a.m. ET. Wednesday's selling comes following three days where the cryptocurrency appeared to be stabilizing, holding in a range between $880 and $920, as traders digested the news that the People's Bank of China warned investors to exercise caution when investing in virtual currencies.

The cryptocurrency has had a wild start to 2017 after booking a 120% gain in 2016, making it the world's best performing currency for the second year in a row. Bitcoin rallied more than 20% in the first three-plus trading days of 2017, crossing the $1,000 mark for the first time since November 2013 and coming within $46 of an all-time high.

However, worries surrounding a crackdown on trading in China have punished bitcoin over the past four-plus  sessions, erasing about 30% of its value. 

Bitcoin is now down more than 14% in 2017. 

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