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3 Jul 2014
Stocks up after ECB, NFP
FXStreet (Córdoba) - Wall Street is rising on Friday after the Non-Farm Payroll report and European markets finished higher boosted by employment data and the ECB. The central bank left its policy unchanged while the US economy added 288.000 jobs in June surpassing expectation of a increase by 200.000.
The US dollar rose across the board with the NFP report and after Wall Street opening pulled back but still was with the Canadian dollar among the best performers. Gold was falling 0.75%, trading at $1,321/oz while crude oil dropped further to $103.75.
Among European indexes, the FTSE 100 rose 0.72%, the Dax 1.19% and the Cac 40 1.09%. The general index for the region, the Stoxx 600 finished up 0.93%. In Wall Street the Dow Jones broke above 17,000 for the first time and was rising 0.51% while the Nasdaq was up 0.57%.
The US dollar rose across the board with the NFP report and after Wall Street opening pulled back but still was with the Canadian dollar among the best performers. Gold was falling 0.75%, trading at $1,321/oz while crude oil dropped further to $103.75.
Among European indexes, the FTSE 100 rose 0.72%, the Dax 1.19% and the Cac 40 1.09%. The general index for the region, the Stoxx 600 finished up 0.93%. In Wall Street the Dow Jones broke above 17,000 for the first time and was rising 0.51% while the Nasdaq was up 0.57%.