After their fine up yesterday, the U.S. stock market continued to gain momentum, encouraged by the results of resistance testing in European banks. At the final bell, the Dow Jones 102.32 points to 10,424.62 wins points and the Nasdaq, dominated by technological 23.58 points to 2269.47 points. The broader index Standard & Poor's 500 rose 0.82% on its side of (8.99 points) to 1102.66 points.
A little sleepy at the opening, the market has moderated in the afternoon, once known the results of resistance testing in European banks. On the macroeconomic front, the meeting was very quiet. No major indicator was expected in the United States.
From the values listed, investors will react to another round of results published the day after the close of Wall Street.
The U.S. computer giant Microsoft seems to have turned the page on the economic crisis with a quarterly profit up 48% year on year, better than expected, more than 4.5 billion dollars. Over the year, net income jumped to 18.760 billion dollars, up 29% and sales to nearly $ 62.5 billion, up 7%. As the leaves 0.12%, to 25.81 dollars.
Always on the side of values, the Internet retailer Amazon has posted Thursday a net profit increase of over 45% in the second quarter but below expectations free credit report and score. The penalty could be severe since the title has lost up to 10% at the opening 109.61 dollars.But ultimately, he only has left only 1.05% to 118.81 dollars.
The credit card issuer American Express American issued Thursday a net income group share increased by 3 over one year to over $ 1 billion in the second quarter. The group was encouraged by the recovery of expenses of its customers and lower defaults on credit cards. The stock has gained 3.70% to 44.79 dollars
Note also the flash memory maker SanDisk has announced a quarterly benefit of $ 257.9 million slightly exceeded expectations. The turnover was 1.18 billion over the quarter against 730 million last year. "The U.S. market is recovering quickly (27%) and becomes profitable, but significant uncertainties remain safe with the new law on the distribution of consumer credit" note the experts at Aurel BGC.The group remains very cautious on the outlook for activity in the United States.