Closing Bell

The CNBC US program Closing Bell airs on CNBC between 3pm and 5pm, Eastern Time. The program is dual-anchored by Wilfred Frost and Sara Eisen at the NYSE. Maria Bartiromo was the original anchor of the show ran from 3-5pm ET until she departed from the network on November 22, 2013 to join the Fox Business Network.[1] During the 4-5pm block, Maria said with the phrase, "it is 4 O'Clock on Wall Street - do you know where your money is?". Bartiromo's role was replaced with Kelly Evans following the former's aforementioned departure. Like her predecessor, Evans anchored the 4-5pm ET block. Tyler Mathisen was the former co-anchor from 3-4pm ET (originally from 4-5pm ET), until he was promoted 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. Starting January 2011, Bill Griffeth became co-anchor after co-anchoring Power Lunch since 1996-2009 and taking a 1-year leave of absence. On March 12, 2018, Griffeth moved to PBS' Nightly Business Report to reunite with his former Power Lunch co-anchor, Sue Herera, while Frost (formerly co-anchor of Worldwide Exchange) replaced Griffeth as Kelly Evans' co-anchor of Closing Bell. On November 30, 2018, Sara Eisen (also co-anchor of Squawk on the Street), who filled in for Kelly Evans while the latter was on away maternity leave, took over Evans' role permanently, with Wilfred Frost now also co-anchoring both hours of the show with Eisen. By coincidence, both Frost and Eisen had previously co-anchored Worldwide Exchange for 2 years.

In 2012, Closing Bell moved to a new trading-floor studio set inside Post 9 at the NYSE, which is shared with two other CNBC US shows, Squawk on the Street and Squawk Alley.

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 provided live reports from the NASDAQ until becoming the host of CNBC Halftime Report (his role has since been filled by Bertha Coombs). 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.

On October 13, 2014, Closing Bell, along with CNBC's other trading-day programs, were launched in full 1080i high-definition as part of a network-wide switch to a full 16:9 letterbox presentation.

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—2015-12-18)	Squawk Alley
	Frankfurt Closing Bell	(2003-06-02—2004-09-10)	Europe Tonight
CNBC-e	Son Baskı	(2000—present)	N/A
CNBC-TV18	Closing Bell / NSE Closing Bell	(2005—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
SBS-CNBC	Closing Bell	(2009—present)	N/A
CNBC Indonesia	Closing Bell	(2018—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.

The previous 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 programs used identical opening titles. The aforementioned Morning Call logo was dropped entirely on 2007-08-08 as that program was renamed, The Call.

Started from January 14, 2014, the logo changed. It changed again on October 13, 2014.

• Asia Market Wrap (discontinued after 2005-12-16)
• Worldwide Exchange
• European Closing Bell (discontinued after 2015-12-18)
• Europe Tonight (discontinued after 2010-03-01)
• Europe This Week
• Countdown to the Closing Bell (a Fox Business Network program aired from 3-4 ET the same timeslot)

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