Wall Street extends recordreeks – Elsevier

NEW YORK (REUTERS) – The stock exchanges in New York stood Friday in the last handelsuur on profit. This gave the advance on Wall Street which is already a month almost continuously persists for a sequel. Investors processed under more positive figures on U.s. consumer confidence. Media company 21st Century Fox was in the spotlight, after a miljardenbod did on his British professional Sky.

The Dow jones index recorded around 21.30 (Dutch time) and 0.7 percent higher at 19.741 points. The broad S&P 500 rose 0.6 percent to 2258 points. Technologiegraadmeter Nasdaq gained 0.4 percent, with 5440 points. Thus, the measures based on the recordstanden of a day earlier.

21st Century Fox saw its market capitalisation is 1.6 percent decline. The company of mediamagnaat Rupert Murdoch has set his sights on a complete takeover of Sky, that 39 percent is in the hands of Fox. To Sky hangs a price tag of only € 22 billion.

Coca-Cola

The price of Coca-Cola rose 2.4 percent after the world’s largest frisdrankfabrikant a change at the top announced. James Quincey follows the coming spring Muhtar Kent as ceo of Coca-Cola. Has stood since 2008 at the helm of the company.

That automaker Fiat Chrysler is expected to begin early next year with a fully electric model coming up, did investors not yet have broad appeal. The share of the Italian-American automaker was 0.8 percent down.

Debut

there was a lot of attention for the initial public offering of Athene Holding. The insurer has listened to its debut on Wall Street with a gain of 12 percent. The luxurious huizeninrichter Restoration Hardware (minus 17.6 percent) went on sale, after its profit forecast for the whole of 2016 down had adjusted.

Casinobedrijf Wynn Resorts won 1.1 percent of market capitalisation. There were reports that there measures would come to be the gambling by the Chinese in the Asian casinoparadijs Macau to curtail, but this was later denied.

The price of a barrel of American oil was 1.4 percent higher at 51,53 dollar and Brentolie was 0.9 percent up to 54,36 dollar per barrel. The euro recorded 1,0551 dollar, against 1,0545 dollar in the European slot.