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Different movements at the stock exchanges in Europe and the US

24 marzo 2017

On Thursday, the major markets in Europe recorded its first increase this week as they finished at plus after bad news about unemployment in the United States.

German index DAX30 closed at the level of 12,039, after an increase of 1.1% or climb of 135 points. Index throughout the trading session climbed, the bottom was at the beginning of the day.

British FTSE 100 also recorded an increase of 0.2% or 15 points to 7340, as a strong impact on the market still had a terrorist attack yesterday in London.

Overseas, major indexes recorded poor performance after negative data on unemployment in the US. Applications for unemployment benefits in the US rose to a 7-week high. Growth amounted to 15 thousand and to 258 thousand requests during the week ended March 18, according to the Ministry of Labor.

As a result, major indexes recorded slight declines. SP500 wiped 2.5 points, and finished at 2346, Nasdaq followed by 3.95 and reached 5 817 and DowJones decreased by 4.72 or modest decrease 0.02% to 20,656.