The New York Stock Exchange ended sharply higher Thursday a shortened just before the long weekend of Independence Day with records for the Dow Jones sitting and S & P 500 in the wake of good employment figures in the United USA.
The Dow surpassed the 17,000 point, rising 92.02 Points (0.54%) to 17 068.26 points.
The S & P 500, wider, took 10.82 points, or 0.55%, to close to 2,000 points, to 1,985.44 Points
The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 28.19 point his side (0.63%) to 4485.92 points.
The trading volume was relatively low during this short session came a close a marked increase for the three benchmarks with 1.3% for the Dow week, 1.25% for the S & P +2% for the Nasdaq, which rose in seven of the last eight weeks, gaining 10% during this period.
The U.S. economy created 288,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate fell to 6.1%, according to the official report released on Thursday, confirming the rebound in economic activity in the country after a difficult start to the year.
These good statistics could prompt the Federal Reserve to begin sooner than expected to raise interest rates, which limited the rise in prices.
The dollar is gaining ground
"It is very difficult to find anything wrong with this report. It hit on all fronts. There is no doubt that it feeds expectations of rising interest rates to the extent that the unemployment rate to 6, 1% income is virtually normal "territory, said David Keeble (Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Banking in New York).
Treasury bonds are expected to remain under pressure. We will buy down. "
As illustrate this, the employment figures had the effect of increasing yields of 10-year Treasuries, which hit a two-month high.
The dollar also benefited from this favorable indicator, rising 0.32% compared to a reference basket of currencies.
The deficit in the trade balance is also reduced slightly more than expected in May due to an increase in exports, which reached a record, suggesting that trade could have weighed less heavily than expected growth in the second quarter.
On the oil front, Brent crude hit its lowest level in three weeks, under 111 dollars, calming fears about supplies from Libya.
Values, the pet store chain PetSmart jumped more than 12% after the activist fund Jana Partners announced it had become the main shareholder and asked sale.
The Lorillard Tobacco Company gained 5.33% after announcing information CNBC probable merger with Reynolds American at the end of July.
Paccar rose 5.44% despite the denial by Volkswagen of information that the German group would prepare a bid of U.S. truck manufacturer.
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