jeudi 1 janvier 2015

Wall Street closes lower but check the third annual gain in a row


US stocks ended Wednesday's session in the third week sessions and other low 2014 sessions continue the wave of losses for the second consecutive day due to profit taking and cover centers in the last year, which saw record levels of all the Wall Street indicators.

Decline in the Standard & Poor's 500 index by about 1 percent and lost the Dow Jones industrial average 0.9 percent and the Nasdaq lost 0.9 percent and the market will close tomorrow to spend the New Year's holiday.
Showed data released today in Washington, rising jobless claims increased by 17 thousand for the week ending December 27 Total 298 thousand from 281 thousand recorded for the previous week and was expected to total 287 thousand.

And slowed the growth of the manufacturing sector in Chicago during December and record index level of 58.3, compared with expectations that pointed to the level of 60.2, and the index record level of 60.8 during November.

And sales of existing homes rose by 0.8% during November, better than expected, which showed an increase of 0.6%, better than the previous reading, which registered a drop of 1.1%.

And the loss of the S & P index full gains during December, but he has made a gain of about 11.39 percent over the year in the third annual gain in a row thanks to strong boom witnessed by the US economy during this year, which recorded the highest growth pace in 11 years during the third quarter.

The index recorded its highest historical level 2,093.55 points, with support from the Federal Reserve to end monetary stimulus program and kept low between zero interest rates, 0.25 percent in the last statement through December, said he will be patient in raising interest rates.

And achieved the Dow Jones index rose by 7.5 percent over 2014 and a record high of 18,103.45 points, the Nasdaq has achieved an annual increase of 13.4 percent and scored a historic high at 4,814.95 points.
Wall Street indices
Dow Jones industrial index of top US companies for shares of a low 160.00 points or 0.89 percent to 17,823.07 points.

The decline in the S & P 500 index broader 21.45 points or 1.03 percent to 2,058.90 points.

The Nasdaq Composite Index, which is dominated by technology stocks 41.38 points or 0.87 percent to 4,736.06 points.

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