ROUNDUP / New York Stocks: More profits thanks to good Goldman numbers and data

NEW YORK (dpa-AFX) – Der Dow Jones Industrial expanded his previous day’s profits on Friday. Among other things, positive business figures from the investment bank Goldman Sachs ensured a good mood . In addition, retail sales, which are important for the USA as the world’s largest economy, increased surprisingly in September.

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The US benchmark index rose 0.86 percent to 35 212.82 points in early trading. This moved a little closer to the record high reached in mid-August at a good 35,631 points. On a weekly basis, there is an increase of around 1.5 percent.

The S&P 500 gained 0.63 percent to 4466.29 points on Friday. For the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 it went up 0.35 percent to 15,104.45 points.

Goldman Sachs is heading for a record year thanks to brilliant mergers and IPOs. In addition, the bank surprised positively with its net income and earnings per share in the third quarter. The shares of the financial institution gained around two percent.

Investors also took courage in other bank stocks. Morgan Stanley’s shares went up , the Bank of America , the Citigroup and from Wells Fargo between a good one and around five percent.

Moderna papers advanced 0.7 percent. After approving Corona booster vaccinations for the elderly and risk groups with the means from Biontech / Pfizer a panel of experts from the US FDA has now spoken out in favor of such vaccinations with the agent from Moderna./la/jha/

Source: dpa-AFX

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