Wall Street opens with a stable rating – EasyBourse.com

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Wall Street opens on a stable tone released 05/11/2015

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York Stock Exchange began on a stable rating Monday after his leap before Friday in favor of a report on employment reflect a restart of the US economy, but not enough to let fear a more rapid recovery than expected interest rates by the Federal Reserve.

The Dow Jones gained 0.04% to 18,198.325 points in early trade. The Standard & amp; Poor’s 500, wider, takes 0.03% to 2,116.74 points and the Nasdaq Composite rose more significantly, by 0.2% to 5013.50 points.

The major US indices took more 1% Friday after the announcement of resumption of the last month of job creation in the United States, with an unemployment rate at its lowest level in nearly seven years.

The pharmaceutical group Actavis gained 3.42% after announcing a jump of nearly 60% of its turnover in the first quarter thanks to higher sales of its patented medicines in North America .

The online retailer Zulily flies more than 18%, while still far from its peak of 73.50 reached in February 2014. Chinese giant Alibaba e-commerce increased its stake to 9.2% between Wednesday and Friday, taking advantage of the fall of the title after its results.

Noble Energy however loses 4.85% after buying Rosetta Resources (+ 25%) for two billion dollars, thus gaining access to two oil facilities in Texas.

Citibank and JPMorgan yield respectively 0.11% and 0.44% after a report in the Financial Times that an amicable agreement has been completed between the US Department of Justice and major banks accused of manipulating the currency market International. They will pay a billion dollars each and plead guilty, the newspaper said.

(Tanya Agrawal, Juliette Rouillon for the French service, edited by Veronique Tison)

Reuters