20 Mar 2015
Wall Street Closing: Up and down we come a bit
FXStreet (Guatemala) - In markets on Friday, there had been a broad-based sell off when the euro got some support on speculation Greece will receive an infusion of bailout money.
Oil was rallying through $46 bbl while the euro topped out at 1.0881. Gold made a high of $1,188 from $1,169 and The S&P 500 was trading up over 1% and the Nasdaq composite index moved closer to an all time high set at the height of the dot-com bubble. However, the markets started pulling in towards the close.
In the end, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 168.69 points, or 0.9 percent, to 18,127.72. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 18.65 points, or 0.9 percent, to 2,107.92 and the Nasdaq composite added 34.04 points, or 0.7 percent, to 5,026.42.
Oil was rallying through $46 bbl while the euro topped out at 1.0881. Gold made a high of $1,188 from $1,169 and The S&P 500 was trading up over 1% and the Nasdaq composite index moved closer to an all time high set at the height of the dot-com bubble. However, the markets started pulling in towards the close.
In the end, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 168.69 points, or 0.9 percent, to 18,127.72. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 18.65 points, or 0.9 percent, to 2,107.92 and the Nasdaq composite added 34.04 points, or 0.7 percent, to 5,026.42.