NEW YORK (dpa-AFX) – Just before the weekend, Wall Street investors were in a good mood. After an already strong trading week, equity markets took a step further on Friday. The leading Dow Jones Industrial Index rose 2.42 percent to 32,807.56 points, bringing it to a weekly increase of 5.5 percent. The S&P 500 at … Read more
NEW YORK (dpa-AFX) – US stocks continued to rise at the start of the new week. The Dow Jones Industrial rose on Monday 1.12 per cent to 31,430.07 points and therefore the highest level since mid-September. She continued the significant gains on Friday. The Dow has now recovered nearly 10% from the year’s low in … Read more
NEW YORK (dpa-AFX) – Investors are more defensive on Wall Street on Thursday. Neither the Russian gas flowing back through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline nor a significant interest rate hike by the ECB gave the standard values traded there any clear impetus, which also did not come from mixed company figures. On the technology-heavy … Read more
NEW YORK (dpa-AFX) – In the middle of the week, the US leading index made it to another high. With 35,669.69 points, the Dow surpassed the previous record high of mid-August on Wednesday. The higher profit targets of the telecommunications giant Verizon were well received by investors and the pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories at. This … Read more
NEW YORK (dpa-AFX) – Shortly before the publication of the economic assessment of the US Federal Reserve, the US benchmark index Dow rose to another record on Wednesday. At 35,669.69 points, the Dow overcame the previous record high from mid-August. Investors may be betting on good news from the Fed in the so-called Beige Book, … Read more
The US stock exchanges are not going any further after the records set early the previous day. On Tuesday the momentum had already been lost, on Wednesday the New York stock barometer was mostly downhill. The Dow Jones Industrial But it did better, with a slight increase of 0.14 percent to 31,567.92 points, it was … Read more
On Wall Street, things could go up moderately on Tuesday after the mixed week start. The broker IG assessed the Dow Jones Industrial half an hour before the start, 0.23 percent higher to 31,034 points. From the members of the Wall Street price barometer, some quarterly reports came with a rather mixed conclusion, which the … Read more
(New: Honda joins ad boycott) LONDON/NEW YORK (dpa-AFX) – Facebook is under increasing pressure due to its controversial handling of racist, inflammatory and manipulative content. The consumer goods giant Unilever and the car maker Honda announced on Friday that they would no longer advertise in the US on the online network and its subsidiary Instagram. … Read more
(New: reactions of companies to Zuckerberg announcement) LONDON / NEW YORK (dpa-AFX) – More and more companies are joining in protest against the use of Facebook with hate comments and derogatory content in his services to an advertising boycott. The consumer goods giant Unilever and the car maker Honda announced on Friday that they would … Read more
The social networks Facebook and Twitter are under increasing pressure in connection with the racism debate in the USA. Now the consumer goods manufacturer Unilever no longer wants to advertise on both platforms in the USA – at least for the rest of the year. That was announced by Luis Di Como, who is responsible … Read more