Stocks - S&P Rallies as Techs Climb and Trade Tensions Ease - Investing.com

© Reuters.

Investing.com - Stocks rallied Friday, finishing near their highs for the day, as trade tensions appeared to ease and reports suggested Germany might consider ideas to stimulate its faltering economy.

But a tumultuous week that saw the industrials lose 800 points on Wednesday, ended with the major U.S. averages showing modest losses.

The Dow ended Friday up 307 points, or 1.2%. The rose 1.4%. The index climbed nearly 1.7%.

The Dow's gain was its second of more than 300 points during the week. Four of the Dow's five session ended with daily gains or losses of more than 300 points, including that big 800-point loss. Thursday ended with the Dow up 99.97 points.

The ended the week down 1.53%. The was off 1.03 for the week, with the Nasdaq down 0.8%. But the declines were the third-straight for each index and their fourth losses in five weeks.

The major averages have fallen back after hitting new highs in July, mostly because of the Trump Administration's threats to impose new tariffs on imports from China starting Sept. 1. Despite Friday's gains, the Dow was off 5.5% from its July peak, with the S&P 500 down 4.6% and the Nasdaq down 5.3%.

The trade tensions eased a bit after President Donald Trump agreed to delay tariffs on many products, especially electronics and other consumer goods ahead of the holiday shopping season. They seemed to ease more on Friday if only because there were few ugly tweets or other pronouncements.

It's not clear if the two sides are embarked on trying to resolve their differences with less incendiary rhetoric, however. So volatility is likely to continue.

German stocks rose with the up 1.3% on news reports that the Angela Merkel government is looking for ways to run larger budget deficits than normally allowed when German manufacturing is falling back.

Industrials, technology and financial stocks were the strongest market sectors.

Apple (NASDAQ:), Nvidia (NASDAQ:), Microsoft (NASDAQ:) and 3M (NYSE:) were among the market leaders on the day.

Interest rates moved higher as investors seemed willing to buy stocks after so much volatility. The Treasury yield rose to 1.559% after hitting a low of 1.475% on Thursday. The 2-year Treasury yield fell to 1.489%.

Oil prices climbed, but gold fell back.

Disclaimer: Fusion Media would like to remind you that the data contained in this website is not necessarily real-time nor accurate. All CFDs (stocks, indexes, futures) and Forex prices are not provided by exchanges but rather by market makers, and so prices may not be accurate and may differ from the actual market price, meaning prices are indicative and not appropriate for trading purposes. Therefore Fusion Media doesn`t bear any responsibility for any trading losses you might incur as a result of using this data.

Fusion Media or anyone involved with Fusion Media will not accept any liability for loss or damage as a result of reliance on the information including data, quotes, charts and buy/sell signals contained within this website. Please be fully informed regarding the risks and costs associated with trading the financial markets, it is one of the riskiest investment forms possible.

Let's block ads! (Why?)

https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/stocks--sp-rallies-as-techs-climb-and-trade-tensions-ease-1957422

2019-08-16 20:41:00Z
52780354308769

Bagikan Berita Ini