Wall Street closed this Friday in green and one of its main indices, the Nasdaq, gained 2.03% thanks to the momentum of the technology sector and especially Alphabet, which rose 10%.
At the end of the session, the Nasdaq stood at 15,929 points; The S&P 500 advanced 1.02%, to 5,099 units, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose a modest 0.40%, to 38,239 points.
The market reacted to the results of several large technology companies and rewarded Alphabet (10%), which announced this Thursday afternoon a notable increase in profits and its first dividend payment.
Social network Snap soared 27% after offering good prospects for the future also on the eve.
On the contrary, Intel fell 9% after reporting its losses, despite the fact that it has been reducing them.
Investors did not seem to pay attention to the personal consumption expenditures price index, a measure of inflation tracked by the Federal Reserve, which showed a new price increase in March.
The 10-year Treasury yield gave some respite, falling to 4.66%.
By sector, communications (4.7%) and technology companies (1.85%) stood out.
Among the 30 listed companies in the Dow Jones, Amazon (3.43%), Microsoft (1.82%) and Goldman Sachs (1.79%) led the gains.
Texas oil closed at $83.85 per barrel and, at the close of trading, gold rose to $2,351 per ounce and the euro was trading at $1.0695.
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2024-04-28 00:25:13