Dow Jones swings between gains and losses

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After a two-day straight drop, Dow Jones Industrial Average Index gained 0.4% or 46.24 points and closed at 12,196.37 on Wednesday. Gain was mainly supported by a 2.3% increase in JPMorgan Chase & Co. after the bank reported it has decided to buy back extra shares after paying less than supervisors allowed in dividends. Mc Donald's Corp. also boosted index adding 1.4% after company announced 8.7% surge in November sales in Japan. However, on Thursday morning trade index opened lower at 12,135.48 or 0.5% down, reflecting Mario Draghi's announcement ECB will not purchase more debt of troubled European countries. 

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Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:40:23 GMT

German DAX drops on Draghi announcement

On Thursday German stocks experienced sharp decline after ECB President Mario Draghi said the bank will not boost sovereign debt purchases. Germany's benchmark index DAX 30 fell for a third day in a row losing 1.1% to 5,927.27 in Frankfurt afternoon trade. Main downside contribution was provided from German financials as Commerzbank AG and Deutsche Bank AG gave up 5.3% and 1.6%, respectively. Automakers also declined with

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:38:28 GMT

S&P 500 opens lower

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

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