Stocks edge lower as oil dips

Stocks slip into the close as oil and bonds both fall. With stocks teetering on the edge of positive territory for the year, will 2015 end up being a year to remember for traders, or one to forget?

Oprah lifts Weight Watchers

Oprah Winfrey gave Weight Watchers a huge bump revealing her ad, detailing her personal struggle with weight loss is generating buzz online which sent shares skyrocketing.

Winners & losers

Shares that fell into the red today were Avon Products, Chesapeake Energy, and Pep Boys - the tug of war for Manny, Moe and Jack is effectively over, as Bridgestone tires declined to match Carl Icahn's latest bid for the company. Bridgestone had previously topped Icahn's last two offers.

Stocks that pushed higher today were the aforementioned Weight Watchers, Mallinckrodt, and Fairfield Semiconductor - the chipmaker surging after acknowledging it received a revised takeover offer from an undisclosed party, valued at $2.5 billion. Reuters reports the bidder is China Resources Microelectronics, a unit of China Resources Holdings.

2015: The year that was

It has been quite an interesting year for the markets - rising volatility, oil's steep slide, and let's not forget that rate hike. We speak with NYSE floor trader Keith Bliss, to get his unique perspective on trading for this year.

Looking ahead

• We'll get one last read on the employment situation across the country with an initial jobless claims report tomorrow;

• At 9:45a eastern we'll get an important report on the health of the economy in the midwest with ISM's Chicago purchasing manager's index;

• And yes, tomorrow is New Years Eve, but it's also the beginning of college football's national playoff semifinal games, as Clemson takes Oklahoma in the Capital One Orange Bowl, followed by Michigan State and Alabama in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl.