On Wednesday S&P 500 gave up 0.2% or
2.54 points up at 1,261.01. On the upside were financials: Morgan Stanley
gained 4.58%, Goldman Sachs Group added 3.92% and Bank of America Corp.
ascended 1.90%. Nevertheless, U.S. benchmark index opened lower on Thursday. At
the moment of writing S&P 500 is trading at 1,252.80 or 0.65% down as ECB
president Mario Draghi rejected the idea that ECB could increase purchases of
debt-troubled euro-nations.