Dow and S&P Hold on to Slim Gains While Amazon Drags Nasdaq Into the Red
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rises Friday as the U.S. economy creates nearly double the expected number of jobs in January and investors weigh the progress of trade talks between Washington and Beijing.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 64 points, or 0.26%, to 25,064, the S&P 500 rose 0.09%, and the Nasdaq slipped 0.25%. The major indexes closed out January with their best monthly performance in years on Thursday. The Dow jumped 7.2% in January, the blue-chip index's biggest increase in January in 30 years. The S&P 500, up 7.9%, had its best January since 1987.
Wall Street also got a boost Friday from the Consumer Sentiment index for January, which fell less than expected to 91.2 from 98.3 in December, and the Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing index, which rose last month to 56 from 54.3 in December.
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https://www.thestreet.com/markets/stocks...t-14852648
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rises Friday as the U.S. economy creates nearly double the expected number of jobs in January and investors weigh the progress of trade talks between Washington and Beijing.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 64 points, or 0.26%, to 25,064, the S&P 500 rose 0.09%, and the Nasdaq slipped 0.25%. The major indexes closed out January with their best monthly performance in years on Thursday. The Dow jumped 7.2% in January, the blue-chip index's biggest increase in January in 30 years. The S&P 500, up 7.9%, had its best January since 1987.
Wall Street also got a boost Friday from the Consumer Sentiment index for January, which fell less than expected to 91.2 from 98.3 in December, and the Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing index, which rose last month to 56 from 54.3 in December.
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https://www.thestreet.com/markets/stocks...t-14852648
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