US stocks ended Friday's session at last week's sessions recorded high
and the major indexes hit new highs after Greece reached an agreement
on a new rescue plan in conjunction with the speculation to keep US
interest rates low for a long period
Standard & Poor's index rose 0.6 percent and a record high of
2,110.61 points, and the Dow Jones index by about 0.9 percent and the
historical record level at 18,144.29 points, and continued Nasdaq gains
for an eighth day in a row and a record level at 4,957.02 highest point
since March March 2000.
The European Union and Greece reached an agreement to extend the
bailout program four months in exchange for the Greek government's
commitment to a set of reforms, and Omhluwa Greek government until next
Monday to provide an initial list of actions and to be the end of April
is the deadline for submission of the final list.
The data showed today in Washington, the accelerated pace of the
manufacturing sector during the current month and recorded a preliminary
reading of the Manufacturing PMI 54.3 level in February, compared with
53.9 during January, and forecasts referred to 53.7 level.
And achieved the Nasdaq rose by 1.3 percent over the week WSJ record
levels for the sixth consecutive day with the support of strong gains
for technology companies, rose Priceline Group shares by 10 percent.
The energy sector lost 2.4 percent, the proportion of companies
throughout the week in its worst weekly performance since the week
ending January 9 January, the US crude oil and scored the first weekly
loss in a month with record-high oil inventories in the United States is
the largest consumer of oil in the worldWall Street indices
Dow Jones industrial index of top US companies for shares of high 154.67 points or 0.86 percent to 18,140.44 points.And the S & P 500 index broader 12.85 points or 0.61 percent to 2,110.30 points.The
Nasdaq Composite Index, which is dominated by technology stocks 31.27
points or 0.63 percent to 4,955.97 points, its highest closing level
since March March 2000.
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