US indexes dropped from Friday results
Lack of important economic data in the early weeks of the new exchange led to the tentative start of today’s session on Wall Street. All three major indexes found themselves in positive territory in early trade but shortly thereafter changed direction and gravitate around the neutral zone. Dow Jones Industrial Average, which brings together 30 most actively traded stock in U.S. companies with the highest market capitalization remains unchanged at 10 570.51 points by one hour after the start of trade. Broader index S & P 500, meanwhile rose by 0,1 percent to 1 138.68 points. On the Nasdaq stock exchange, however, the main Nasdaq Composite index rose by 0.2% to 2 330.15 points, which is its highest level since early September 2008, technology companies are among the most profitable today, but those in the health sector is ranked among the top losers in the trade. The last session last week led to significant increases in the indexes after the data on the labor market showed that unemployment in the United States remains at a level of 9.7 percent for the second consecutive month in February, but the cuts in non-agricultural sectors of the economy fell more than expected. Trading last week was volatile because of the key data on employment in the sectors of U.S. economy and may continue to be volatile in coming days and because of scarce economic data.
The Shares of AIG risen by 5.3 percent to 29.56 dollars as the reason for this given the news that the U.S. insurance company will sell its international life assurance unit Alico for 15.5 billion dollars. Buyer in the transaction will be the largest U.S. life insurance company MetLife, whose shares Increase 4.3% to 40.61 dollars on the New York Stock Exchange. Meanwhile, oil prices rose by 0.4 percent to 81.83 dollars a barrel, while gold cheaper by 0.6% to 1 125.20 dollars an ounce. The yield on ten-year U.S. government securities decreased by one basis points to 3.71 percent of the market in debt securities.
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