S&P 500 jumps 1.7% on Friday

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On Friday US benchmark S&P 500 Index finished at 1,255.19 gaining 1.69% or 20.84 points after European officials managed to find consensus on fiscal ties and US customer confidence reached a 6-month high. On weekly basis the index experienced an increase of 0.9%. Financial companies were leading the gains. Morgan Stanley added 3.16%, and Bank of America Corp. surged 2.33%. Tech stocks also contributed positively to the index with Microsoft Corp. advancing 1.18% and International Business Machines Corp. climbing 1.56%.

 

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Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:34:41 GMT

Euro falls on Moody's review

Euro experienced a sharp decline on Monday after Moody's Investors Service told it will revisit credit ratings for EU countries. According to Moody's European summit last week provided few new actions and majority of proposed measures are similar to earlier announced ones. After Moody's statement 17-nation currency plunged 1% reaching $1.3253. Currently EUR/USD is trading at $1.3262.  

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