Wall Street ends in scattered order, sharp rebound of the Nasdaq

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Feb 4 (Reuters) – The New York Stock Exchange ended in disarray on Friday after a rocky session and the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq regained some of the ground left the day before, driven in particular by results from Amazon.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.06 percent, or 21.42 points, to 35,089.74 points.

The broader S&P-500 gained 23.1 points, or 0.52%, to 4,500.54 points.

The Nasdaq Composite advanced for its part by 219.19 points (1.58%) to 14,098.01 points.

Over the week, the Dow Jones rose 1%, the S&P 500 gained 1.6% and the Nasdaq gained 2.4%.

On the oil market, WTI stood at $92.16 (+2.09%) and Brent at $93.09 (+2.18%).

The dollar was up 0.08% against a basket of currencies a few minutes after the close of Wall Street, while the euro stood at 1.1449 dollars (+0.10%).

On the bond market, ten-year paper took 9 basis points to settle at 1.9175%. Its five-year counterpart rose 11.4 basis points to 1.7748%.

In stocks, Amazon jumped 13.54% after reporting strong results, dragging tech behavior in its wake.

Pinterest gained 11.18% after also beating analysts’ forecasts. Twitter, which will report its results on Tuesday, took 7.13%.


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