Dow Jones sets record, investor remains optimistic | Financial

The leading Dow Jones index closed with 1.3% rise to 34,869.17 points. The broad S&P 500 is up 1.1%, the Nasdaq 1%.

Optimism was evident throughout the market. Brent oil became 2% more expensive,

Companies that still had to take losses on Thursday due to concerns about the economic recovery from the corona crisis and the advance of the Delta variant were picked up again.

This is how airlines rose Delta Air Lines, American Airlines on United Airlines to 0.9%. Cruise providers Carnival, Norwegian Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean were up 1.5%.

The financial sector also rebounded. State Street (+ 5.7%) in Capital One (+5.3%) gain ground.

Big banks like Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo posted pluses of up to 3.5%.

JD.com, Baidu on Marriott Hotel went up to 3.5%.

Levi Strauss won 1.7%. The American maker of jeanswear is almost at the level of before the corona crisis in terms of turnover. In particular, the brand’s increasing online sales resulted in additional revenues. But the fact that more and more shops are allowed to open again also generates more income. Levi Strauss further raised its expectations for the full year as well as its dividend.

The New York-listed Chinese taxi app Didi Global managed to recover something from the beating of earlier this week with a plus of 3%.

Didi has been hit hard in recent days as the Chinese authorities are increasingly strict against technology companies. Online retailer Alibaba also showed some recovery, with a gain of 1.3%.

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