Closing Bell

Closing Bell
Genre	business news program
Presented by	Maria Bartiromo (2002–present) Dylan Ratigan (2006–2009) Tyler Mathisen (2002–2005)
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
Production
Running time	120 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	CNBC
Original run	February 4, 2002 – present
Chronology
Preceded by	Market Wrap
Followed by	incumbent
External links
Official website

Closing Bell broadcast set

Closing Bell screen wall

Closing Bell can refer to two CNBC programs, the original Closing Bell on CNBC (which debuted on February 4, 2002), and European Closing Bell on CNBC Europe.

About the show

The CNBC US program Closing Bell airs on CNBC between 3pm and 5pm, Eastern Time. The program is dual-anchored by Maria Bartiromo (primarily at the network's Englewood Cliffs, NJ studio) and another CNBC anchor (at the NYSE) between 3-4pm. If one of the anchors is out, the show is anchored by a substitute host. They include Melissa Francis, Melissa Lee and Rebecca Jarvis. Other regular fill-ins include Bob Pisani and Sue Herera (for Maria Bartiromo). During the 4-5pm ET block, Maria anchors solo (as per her contract). Tyler Mathisen was the former co-anchor from 3-4pm ET (originally from 4-5pm ET), until he was promoted to an off-camera job (CNBC managing editor) in 2005. That same year, Dylan Ratigan took over the 3-4pm ET co-anchoring duties until his departure from the network in March 2009.

The program covers the last hour of trading in the US stock markets, covering the closing bells of the NYSE and NASDAQ Stock Market at 4pm ET. Bob Pisani provides live reports from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Scott Wapner provides live reports from the NASDAQ. Like the "Opening Bell Countdown" segment on Squawk on the Street (which takes viewers to the opening bell), the "Closing Countdown" segment on this program (which takes viewers to the closing bell) also uses a countdown clock on the lower right of the screen (where the network bug usually appears).

After 4pm ET, there is analysis of the day's winners and losers, company results that are issued after the close of trade, and other business news.

Worldwide Closing Bell

Around CNBC's global branches, there are many counterparts of Closing Bell in the world:

Channel	Program	Still Run?	Replacement
CNBC Europe	European Closing Bell	(2003-06-02—present)	N/A
	Frankfurt Closing Bell	(2003-06-02—2004-09-10)	Europe Tonight
CNBC-e	Son Baskı	(2004—present)	N/A
CNBC-TV18	Closing Bell	(2004—present)	N/A
Nikkei CNBC	Nikkei CNBC Closing Bell	(2004—present)	N/A
Class-CNBC	Linea Mercati Pomeriggio (European close)	(?—present)	N/A
	Linea Mercati Notte (US close)	(?—present)	N/A
CNBC Arabiya	Jalsat Al Amal	(2003—present)	N/A

As the major Asian markets all close at different times, there is no "Asian Closing Bell". The equivalent programme is Worldwide Exchange, which replaced Asia Market Wrap on 2005-12-19.

Logos

The current Closing Bell logo, had a similar resemblance to the Morning Call logo (used from 2005-12-19 to 2007-08-07), as both of those respective programmes used identical opening titles. The aforementioned Morning Call logo was dropped entirely on 2007-08-08 as that program was renamed, The Call.

See also

• Asia Market Wrap (discontinued after 2005-12-16)
• Worldwide Exchange
• European Closing Bell
• Europe Tonight
• Europe This Week
• Countdown to the Closing Bell (a Fox Business Network program aired from 3-4 ET the same timeslot)
• Fox Business Bulls and Bears (a Fox Business Network program aired from 4-5 ET the same timeslot)

External links

1. Closing Bell official website on CNBC.com
2. Closing Bell official blog on CNBC.com: Closing Time (since 2006-12-04)