(MENAFN– ecpulse)
Wall Street opened and closed slightly higher today amid lack of fundamentals on overall good earnings reported where investors trading cautiously before the outcome of the U.S. Federal Reserve`s latest monetary policy meeting on worries the United States Federal Reserve may draw back its enormous stimulus plan.
Indices performance came as follows:
The Dow Jones Industrial Average index shed 7.75 points or 0.05% to close at 15002.99 levels, the index reached the highest point at 15074.92 and the lowest point at 14992.16.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index added 6.35 points or 0.39% to close at 1652.41 levels, the index reached the highest point at 1658.92 and the lowest point at 1646.08.
The NASDAQ Composite Index inclined 24.50 points or 0.68% to close at 3613.59 levels, the index reached the highest point at 3625.26 and the lowest point at 3593.15.
The Dollar index which measures the performance of the U.S. dollar against a basket of currencies including the Euro, the Pound, and the Yen, fall from today`s opening level of 81.30 to trade at 80.94, recording a daily high of 81.38 and a low of 80.76.
Gold price rose to $1371.15 an ounce from $1365.58. Oil futures fall below the $106 psychological barrier to trade around $105.05 a barrel from $106.69.
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