On Thursday, July 9, the main American stock market indices in the first half of the trading had grown up on the background of the output is better than analysts had expected, reporting the largest in the U.S. aluminum producer Alcoa and the favorable macro-economic statistics. Thus, the number of initial applications for unemployment benefits for the week decreased from 614 thousand to 565 thousand, while the expected reduction of up to 605 thousand
By 20:19 AM EDT barometer blue chips Dow rose 0,099% to the value 8 186.54 points, a broad SP 500 index increased by 0.529% and reached 884.21 points. Rate with a large proportion of the shares of high-tech companies Nasdaq has added 0,610% to the value 1 757.83 points.
Alcoa Shares went up by 0.32%. Net loss per share for the company's second quarter results amounted to 26 cents, while analysts predicted that the value of the figure will reach 38 cents per share. Sales fell by 41% to $ 4.24 billion at the queue reporting Chevron, and all investors are now looking at her.
Prices for black gold began to climb after falling six. Thus, by ICN in oil futures mark Brent traded at $ 60.814 a barrel. Against this background, oil companies had grown up quotes. Thus, Chevron paper stronger on 0,65%, while ConocoPhillips shares recovered to 2.97%. The market capitalization of Exxon Mobil rose by 0.02%.
Bumagi bank Goldman Sachs went up by 3.9% after the Bank of America raised its stock rating to neutral to buy, citing the fact that Goldman Sachs profit for the second quarter is likely to surpass the projected value. Analysts also revised earnings projections for the company in 2009 and 2010 and increased the target share price from $ 144 to $ 175.
Shares Kennametal, supplying equipment energy and mining companies cheaper to 8.8%. The company announced intention to sell 6.5 million shares to raise funds for the payment of debts. In addition, the company expects that the recession will continue to have a negative impact on the activities of the company in 2010.
By 20:19 AM EDT futures oil brand Brent with delivery in August went up by 0.927% to $ 60.99 a barrel. Prices of gold increased by 0.770% to $ 916.3 per troy ounce. The U.S. currency weakened against the euro at 1.132% and consolidated its position against the Japanese yen to 0,194%.
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