The U.S. stock markets ended Friday in a dispersed, the good employment figures released Friday was not enough to obscure completely the doubts that remain about the future of the euro area.
For the week, however, the New York indexes end up, driven by signs confirming the economic upturn States – States.
The labor market in the United States received in December of Jones solid growth reduced the unemployment rate to 8.5%, its lowest level in nearly three years, and provides further evidence of the acceleration economic recovery.
Statistics released Friday by the Labor Department shows 200,000 nonfarm jobs created, the highest figure in three months, higher than 50,000 consensus estimates of economists.
Friday, the Dow Jones 30 Industrial Average lost 0.45 U.S., 55.78 points, to 12,359.29, the Standard & Poor’s 500 benchmark index fund managers, has sold 0.25%, 3.25 points, to 1,277.81 and the Nasdaq, with high technological weight, gained 0.16%, 4.36 points, to 2674.22.
For the week, the Dow has been 1.17%, the S & P 500 advanced 1.61% and the Nasdaq rose 2.65%.
Carried by Amazon and Netflix, the Nasdaq has outperformed the other two indices.
Amazon has closed up 2.82% while Netflix jumped 8.81%. For the week, it rose nearly 25%. (Rodrigo Campos, Nicolas Delame for the French service). Some lower priced penny stocks were on the rise, which usually signals a speculative market.
