Monday's market wrap
- 6 years ago
And for your closing figures on the markets,... Wall Street finished higher on Monday,... as investors extended their last week's global equity rally while stabilizing bond yields.
Anticipation is high,... with the new Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, scheduled to deliver his *first testimony to Congress,.. before taking over from Janet Yellen.
The Dow Jones and the S&P 500 finished higher for the third straight day,... with both adding over one-percent to finish the day at 25,709-point-2 and 2,779-point-6, respectively.
The Nasdaq added about the same percentage amount at 7,421-point-4.
Shares in Korea were mixed on the first session of the week,... with the benchmark KOSPI adding a quarter-percent to 2,457-point-6-5,... marking the second upbeat trading day in a row-- after a more than one-percent gain last Friday.
The junior bourse KOSDAQ was flat,... at 874-point-4.
Anticipation is high,... with the new Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, scheduled to deliver his *first testimony to Congress,.. before taking over from Janet Yellen.
The Dow Jones and the S&P 500 finished higher for the third straight day,... with both adding over one-percent to finish the day at 25,709-point-2 and 2,779-point-6, respectively.
The Nasdaq added about the same percentage amount at 7,421-point-4.
Shares in Korea were mixed on the first session of the week,... with the benchmark KOSPI adding a quarter-percent to 2,457-point-6-5,... marking the second upbeat trading day in a row-- after a more than one-percent gain last Friday.
The junior bourse KOSDAQ was flat,... at 874-point-4.