NEW YORK (Dow Jones) – Wall Street could start on a hesitant note of Monday, with investors likely to pause after the strong growth in equity during the past week. The volumes of the meeting also expected to remain slightly expanded while most banks and federal agencies and the market will be closed on Monday obligaire the United States for the celebration of the “Columbus Day.” To 2:50 p.m., the futures contract on the Dow Jones gained 4 points, or 0.02% to 16,995 points. The one on the S & amp; P 500 yielded 1 point, or 0.75%, to 2006.75 points. The futures contract on the Nasdaq 100 Index took 4 points, or 0.09%, to 4363 points. US stocks ended slightly higher Friday, completing one of the most favorable weeks to equity markets for months, as investors seem comforted in the idea that the cost of money is not going up quickly in the USA. The Dow was up 0.2% to 17,084 points. The S & amp; P 500 took 0.1% to 2014 points and the Nasdaq gained 0.4% to 4,830 points. Over the whole week, the Dow and the S & amp; P 500 rose 3%, while the Nasdaq took 2.6%.
VALUES TO FOLLOW
-EMC jumped 4.8% in pre-opening. Data storage specialist has agreed to be bought by the Dell computer company to nearly 67 billion in securities and cash.
ford was down 0.1%. The automaker announced Monday an investment of $ 1.8 billion in China over the next five years.
UPCOMING EVENTS
-In the absence of macroeconomic indicators, investors will be alert to any statements of members of the Federal Reserve (Fed). The president of the Chicago Fed, Charles Evans, must in particular be expressed at 16:30 during a speech in Chicago while the governor of the central bank Lael Brainard must deliver its analysis on monetary policy and economic outlook at 20:30 Washington.
-Sara Sjolin, Dow Jones Newswires
(French Version Jerome Batteau) ed / EC
Dow Jones Newswires
October 12, 2015 8:59 ET (12:59 GMT)
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