WALL STREET CLOSED WITH GAINS AND EXPECTED TO IMPROVE U.S
The potential expansion from Visa in China and Mc Donald`s possible restructuration plan helped that investors see the positive side in a season of mixed results disparate corporate.Wall Street ended in rise on Wednesday, driven by numerous other commerce bags and with more hope for economic growth of the U.S: The Dow Jones rose 0,49% and the Nasdaq 0,42%.
According to the final result of closure, the Dow Jones Industrial Average earnt 88,68 points to 18.038,27 units and Nasdaq, dominated by the technological values, rose 21,07 points to 5.037,17 units.
"The figure of sales of using housing was better than expected and that drives many economic sectors," stressed Chris Low, of FTN Financial.
In annualized terms and data corrected by seasonal variations, in March, the number of transactions increased 6,1% to 5.19 millions, according to data from the National Association of Estate Agents in the United States (N.A.R.).
On the other hand, of 103 companies in the S&P, 500 that have published their results so far, 78 exceeded analysts estimates, 15 were worse and 10 were consistent with the expected S&P Capital IQ.
"The growt very, very slow the first quarter was an anomaly", said Low. And it has been regained hope for improvement.
Investors expect even the figures for sales of new homes, which will be broadcast on Thursday, and the sale of durable goods on Friday, to have a more precise idea about the evolution of the economy.
