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Mixed movements at the stock exchanges

15 febrero 2017

Mixed movement in Europe and new growth on US exchanges marked the second day of the week. The reason for this was hearing the chairman of the US Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen. The biggest losers in the last session were shares of construction companies.

Big jump in Peugeot's shares was caused by news of negotiations with General Motors. Shares of the French company for the production of cars rose 4.3%.

FTSE 100 reported fell by 0.14% closing the session at 7268.56 points.

German DAX also fell by 0.02%, finishing at 11,771.81 points.

Winner of yesterday's session turned out to be French CAC40, which closed at 4895.82, which was an increase of 0.16%.

US indices closed Tuesday at new highs for the fourth consecutive trading session, as the main factor was the financial sector. Banking climb after Fed Chairman - Janet Yellen signaled that the central bank will rise interest rates sooner than expected.

SP500 added 0.40% or 9 points and climb to 2337 followed by the Nasdaq, which added 18 points to 5782 and Dow Jones, who added 92 points or 0.5% to 20,504.

Attitudes among small businesses in the US are improving and in January reached its highest level in over 10 years, reports the Wall Street Journal. The index of the National Federation of Independent Business optimism among small businesses rose to 105.9 points in January, the highest level since December 2004.