The main US stock indices are confirmed in positive territory in the last session of the week, after i April 2024 employment data.
At 5.15 pm the Dow Jones was up 0.86% at 38,555 points, while the S&P500 gained 0.78% at 5,104 points. Better performance for the Nasdaq (+1.53% to 16,084 points).
Definitely a positive day for Apple (+6.41% to 184.12 dollars), after the release of the financial results for the 2nd quarter of 2023/2024, the period closed with revenues and earnings per share better than consensus.
Amgen also did very well (+12.9% to $314.19), in the wake of the financial data for the 1st quarter of 2024 and the positive indications on the trial of the anti-obesity drug.
Oil sector stocks are in red, after the price of crude oil in New York (contract expiring in June 2024) fell to 78.5 dollars a barrel. Chevron and Exxon Mobil lost 2.12% and 1.42% respectively.
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