FED kept its key interest rate unchanged at 0-0.25 percent Wednesday and the likelihood of a rate hike in September, fell further. It also made the likelihood of a rate hike in December.
With continued low interest rates one more time the stage was set for further gains on the stock exchanges of New York, partly also driven by that many companies have presented better quarterly figures than expected the last couple of weeks.
Today it was among others Facebook turn, but the company disappointed a little.
The Dow Jones rose 0.69 percent to 17,751.39 while the S & amp; P 500 rose 0.73 percent to 2,108.57. Nasdaq rose 0.44 percent to 5,111.73.
For each share that fell on the NYSE, there were more than two stocks rose. On Nasdaq rose slightly more than one share for each that fell.
Eight of the ten most traded shares on Nasdaq rose, while Apple was one of the two that fell. The stock ended down 0.32 percent to $ 122.99.
Microsoft rose 2.1 percent to 46.29 on a lot of talk about the launch of Windows 10.
The winner in regular trade was Facebook, which rose 1.8 percent to $ 96.99 ahead of the publication of the quarterly figures. The stock turned down and fell at most 5 percent by trade, before it calmed with a decline of 1.7 percent to $ 95.38
Investors were not completely satisfied with the company’s operating income of 4.04 billion dollar and an adjusted net income of 40 cents, compared with 42 cents in the same quarter last year.
According to MarketWatch were expecting a reslultat pr. share of 47 cents.
On the NYSE rose to six of the ten most traded shares, with Twitter that today loser and most actively traded. Quarterly Wednesday fell not to the taste of investors who sent the stock down 14.5 percent to $ 31.24.
Oil prices rose and light crude ended up 88 cents to $ 48.86 on the fall in oil inventories and a slightly weaker dollar in the wake of the interest rate verdict.
Brent rose 31 cents to $ 53.61.
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