Despite the unemployment figures for December, which are worse than expected, U.S. stock markets end up, thanks to a late start of the session: the Dow Jones gained 0.10% and the Nasdaq, 0.75%. The day before, the Exchange had ended in the balance.
The U.S. has destroyed 85,000 jobs in December as the monthly report of the U.S. Department of Labor. The unemployment rate remains at 10%. Half an hour before the release of U.S. unemployment figures in December, all future pointing upward. Markets expect that job losses have continued into December. Some also not ruled the possibility of new posts.
The consumer credit in the United States continued to decline in November for the tenth consecutive month, falling 8.5% annual rate from October, the most since 1980, according to official figures published Friday.
As for values, General Mills lost 0.77% to 70.75 dollars. The group is expected to announce some numerical predictions.
Barclays (0.53% to U.S. $ 21.06) enjoys a higher recommendation of UBS "neutral" from "buy."
Delta Airlines (-1.69% to 12.48 dollars). Information published by the Wall Street Journal announced that the U.S. airline American Airlines, together with the company TPG Capital, now propose to invest 300 million dollars more in Japan Airlines, for a total of 1.4 billion dollars.