At the end of the morning, the Dow Jones thus advanced by 0.5% 35,671 points, while the Nasdaq Composite rose by 0.8% 15,476.6 points.
The announcement, before the opening, of an upward revision of US growth in the third quarter particularly supports the rating.
The growth in activity over the period from July to September was revised upwards to 2.3%, according to the third estimate of the Department of Commerce, which had previously valued it at 2.1%.
In other good news, American consumer confidence improved markedly in December, according to the index compiled by the Conference Board.
Despite inflation and Omicron, the index published by the employers’ organization came out 115.8 this month, against 111.9 the previous month, while economists expected it to drop slightly to around 111.5.
Remaining on the reserve in recent days, investors have relied on these good figures to repeat the purchase, focusing in particular on values linked to consumption.
The markets also seem to have appreciated the publication of a Bloomberg report claiming that 80% of people infected with Omicron are asymptomatic, that few feel ‘sick’ and that emergency room admissions remain rare.
After the correction of the day before, the day remains the consolidation on the bond market, where the American 10-year rate, a real benchmark in the matter, fell by two more basis points 1.4650%.
Little movement also on the NYMEX, where US light crude (WTI) rose 0.7% to 71.7 dollars after the publication of weekly oil stocks lower.
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