It was only a minor impact on the New York stock exchanges Tuesday night. Dow Jones ended down 0.2 percent to 17,613.74, while the broader S & amp; P 500 Index fell 0.3 percent to 2023.03. Earlier in the day the index up as much as 1.4 percent.
Technology Heavy Nasdaq fell 0.1 percent to 4661.50.
We note that oil prices have rebounded after Oslo Børs closed. The price of North Sea oil in the evening $ 48.26 a barrel, compared with $ 47.28 at 16: 30 o’clock.
The US light crude tend to be cheaper than Brent oil but is now approaching parity . Now the price $ 46.63.
Alcoa
After market close Monday kicked Alcoa started earnings season. The company earned 11 cents a share in Q4 2014, compared with minus $ 2.19 last year.
Revenue rose 14 percent to $ 6.4 billion, against expected 6.04 billion dollars.
The share ended down 2.3 percent to $ 15.80 a barrel.
Sentiment index
American sentiment index from the National Federation of Independent Business ( NFIB) rose from 98.1 in November to 100.4 in December.
The consensus was, according to our macro calendar of 98.5 points.
The index provides an atmospheric report on how things are with US small business.
The latest 15 years small businesses have accounted for around 60 percent of employment growth in the United States.
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