Wall Street turned green on data

On Thursday, August 9, U.S. stock indexes edged higher as the government reported on better-than-expected data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 0.07 per cent; the Standard & Poor 500 Index rose by 0.06 per cent, while the Nasdaq Composite index added 0.22 per cent. At the same time, European stocks were mixed, while Asian stock indexes soared more than 1 per cent.