Wall Street closes positive year in minor NU.nl

The Dow jones index eventually lost 0.3 percent to end the year close on 19.762,60 points. The leading indicator of the winner of this year more than 13 percent. The S&P 500 lost 0.5 percent to 2238,83 points.

The broad index ends the year with a gain of 9.5 percent. The Nasdaq yielded 0.9 percent, and came on 5383,12 points. In the whole of 2016 knew the technologiegraadmeter 7.5 percent to thicken.

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The trading in the last session of the year is thin because a lot of the books have already closed. Especially the losses at tech fell to. As provided techreuzen as Facebook, Google mother Alphabet and Microsoft to 1.3 percent.

Apple saw its market capitalization Friday’s 0.8 percent decline. Reportedly going to the techbedrijf the production of its iPhones with a 10 percent reduction. In the wake of Apple also did suppliers like Qualcomm, Skyworks Solutions, Cirrus Logic, and Qorvo is a step back.

Chipmaker Nvidia was again in the spotlight because of short-seller Citron Research again, difficult times are predicted for the group in 2017. The share lost more than 4 percent.

Pharmacist Mylan won 2 percent of market value. The company launched generic versions of two drugs and was thus in the hands of investors on each other. SE Health lost nearly a fifth of market value after disappointing test results for an experimental drug.

Chevron joined the closing session of 2016, a fraction lower. The commodity company is a plus of about 30 percent one of the strongest risers in the Dow jones index this year. Count – and bouwmachinemaker Caterpillar, that this year about 40 percent of market capitalization, won, and delivered in the last session 0.6 percent.

Nike, the big winner of 2015, is the end of this year at the bottom of the list of thirty blue chip companies. The sportartikelenreus was almost a fifth less worth in 2016. Friday gave Nike another 0.5 percent.

The price of a barrel of U.s. oil was almost flat on 53,76 dollar. Brent crude was 0.1 per cent cheaper, at 56,82 dollar per barrel. The euro was 1,0524 dollar traded against 1,0555 dollar at the close of the European stock exchanges.

By: ANP