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Friday 20 November 2015

S&P 500 SCORES BEST WEEK IN ALMOST A YEAR

  • Wall Street racked up a solid week on Friday, with healthcare, technology and consumer stock making gains and investors looking beyond a widely-expected December interest rate hike. 
  • The S&P 500 ended its strongest week in almost a year, while the Dow Jones industrial average erased its year-to-date loss, led by a 5.46 percent jump in Nike, which announced a USD 12 billion share buyback and a 2-for-1 share split. 
  • The sporting goods maker helped send the consumer discretionary sector up 1.23 percent, making it the top gainer among the 10 major S&P sectors. 
  • Healthcare rose 0.74 percent, led by Allergan's 3.45 percent increase. The drugmaker rose on reports that the U.S. Treasury's new tax inversion rules were unlikely to thwart its proposed deal with Pfizer. 
  • Minutes from the Fed's October meeting, released on Wednesday, hardened expectations of a December interest rate hike and hinted at a cautious approach after that. 
  • Many on Wall Street believe that raising rates next month will be interpreted as a sign of confidence in the US economic recovery.
  • The Dow Jones industrial average rose 0.51 percent to end at 17,823.81 points and the S&P 500 gained 0.38 percent to 2,089.17. The Nasdaq Composite added 0.62 percent to 5,104.92. The S&P gained 3.3 percent for the week, its best showing since December. The Dow rose 3.4 percent for the week and the Nasdaq added 3.6 percent. 
  • Next week is likely to see tepid trading volume, with many investors taking time off for the Thanksgiving holiday.
  • Abercrombie & Fitch surged 25 percent. Its quarterly profit more than doubled and same-store sales fell less than expected. Sprint tumbled 5.43 percent after the wireless carrier said it would raise about USD 1.1 billion in cash through a sale and lease-back deal with a company backed by Japan's SoftBank.
  • Tesla lost 0.81 percent after it said it was recalling 90,000 Model S sedans to check for a possible seatbelt defect. Advancing issues outnumbered decliners on the NYSE by 1,819 to 1,249. On the Nasdaq, 1,751 issues rose and 1,014. 
  • The S&P 500 index showed 32 new 52-week highs and nine new lows, while the Nasdaq recorded 76 new highs and 81 new lows. About 6.9 billion shares changed hands on US exchanges, below the 7.2 billion daily average for the past 20 trading days, according to Thomson Reuters data.

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