Nasdaq Closes with Sixth Straight Gain
The major indices ended the week higher with the
tech heavy Nasdaq gaining for the sixth straight session.
Leading the Nasdaq 100 today are NVIDIA
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Celgene
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PowerRating), which added 7.8% and 4.5% respectively.
May Crude futures closed
fractionally lower to $64.28 per barrel. Gold futures
moved higher in today’s session by $2.00 to close at $679.40 an ounce.
Around Europe, the U.K’s FTSE 100 Index led with
a gain of 0.5% to close at 6,397.30. France’s CAC 40
finished fractionally higher to 5,741.38 and Germany’s DAX index
gained 0.4% to 7,099.91.
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Darren Wong
Associate Editor
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