Shares of Wallstree ended diversely on Monday after a fall in prices of technology companies' securities cooled a bit the enthusiasm in the market.
Comments about the weak sale on behalf of the producers of chips SanDisk Corp. reduced the share prices of companies from the technology sector. The Dow Jones index, which had rose during the day by over 100 points, finished quite below its peak level.
Report of the private Institute Conference Board showed that the main economic indicators rose by 0.1% in April, following a similar increase in March. The index, which is designed to forecast economic activity over the next three to six months, strengthened the faith of investors that the United States economy was going towards restoration.
Technology shares, however, did attempt to pull the market down after at a technology conference organized by JPMorgan of the company SanDisk, cautious comments on sales were made.
Dow Jones index added 0.32, to 13.028.16, after its value had reached to 150 points higher in the course of the day.
Broad indexes ended variously. The index S & P 500 added 0.09% up to 1.426.63 points, and the technological NASDAQ fell by 0.50% to 2.516.09 points.
The price of government bonds has increased. Profitability of the 10 - year treasury bonds fell to 3.83%, compared to 3.85% late on Friday.
The dollar was traded higher against other major world currencies, while gold prices also rose.
The price of oil increased by 76 cents on Monday, setting up the record 127.05 for a barrel on the New York Stock Exchange trading. The price of galon of gasoline first passed 4 dollars in the major U.S. cities.
Yesterday Microsoft Corp renewed its talks with Yahoo Inc. on the conclusion of a deal that could strengthen the positions of both companies in the field of online search and advertising. Microsoft's shares devalued by 53 cents to 29.46 dollars per share while those of Yahoo added 2 cents to its value and reached to 27.68 dollars per share.
Russell 2000 index of the smaller companies fell by 0.37% to 738.45 points.
The number of losing shares slightly exceeded those of the winning on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. Traded volume amounted to 3.55 billion shares, compared to 3.74 billion papers marketed on Friday.
In the remaining part of the world the Japanese Nikkei index added 0.35%, the British FTSE increased by 1.15%, German DAX increased by 0.97% and the French CAC 40 added 1.26%.
Shares fell 2.1 per cent Friday on the Seoul stock exchange on general recession fears. South Korea's won dropped against the dollar.
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