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Stocks opened lower on Friday as investors wait for a presidential election winner to be declared. Wall Street bounced back from earlier lows after the jobs report showed the economy continues to recover. The Dow fell nearly 150 points, or 0.5%, in early trading. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq were down 0.5% and 0.9%. The Dow and S&P 500 posted gains of about 7% this week. According to CNN, the Nasdaq rallied 9% in the past five days.
The closing bell rings at the New York Stock Exchange as the Dow finishes at a record, capping a strong week for US stocks following mostly solid corporate earnings that have offset worries about inflation. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average ended up 0.2 percent at 35,677.02, its first record since mid-August. IMAGES
Hong Kong, Sep 21 (EFE/EPA).- The Chinese real estate giant Evergrande continued to fall Tuesday on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange as it lost 3.51 percent of its value at the noon to $0.28 per share. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE). B-ROLL OF OUTSIDE VIEWS OF EXCHANGE SQUARE (HK BOURSE) IN HONG KONG.
Hong Kong, Sep 20 (EFE/EPA).- The benchmark index of the Hong Kong stock market, the Hang Seng, dropped Monday 3.5 percent at 3:00 p.m. local time (7:00 GMT) on a day marked by the falls of companies in the real estate sector, which fell more than 6 percent.The uncertainty regarding the future of the Chinese real estate developer Evergrande, one of the largest in the Asian country, has dragged other companies in the sector such as Henderson Land or New World Development to fall more than 10 percent at that time. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE).SHOT LIST: PEDESTRIANS WALK PAST AN ELECTRONIC BILLBOARD SHOWING THE HANG SENG INDEX FIGURES IN HONG KONG.
Tokyo, Sep 6 (EFE/EPA).- Tokyo's Nikkei Stock Average shot up 1.83 percent at the closing of the session on Monday after Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced his sudden decision last Friday not to run for his ruling party's next general election. The Tokyo stock reacted to Suga's decision, soaring more than 531.78 points to close at 29,659.89. (Camera: KIMIMASA MAYAMA). SHOT LIST: PEDESTRIANS WALK PAST A DISPLAY SHOWING TOKYO'S NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE DURING AN AFTERNOON TRADING SESSION IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Seoul, Jul 9 (EFE/EPA).- The benchmark South Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) posted worst week after it fell 34.73 points, or 1.07 percent, to close at 3,217.95, on Friday, due to fears over Covid-19 surge. The country on Friday recorded a new daily record of Covid-19 infections with 1,316 cases, prompting the government to approve the highest level of restrictions for Seoul and its surroundings, where 80 percent of new cases are concentrated.Friday's data also represents the first time that South Korea has added more than 1,200 daily infections for three days in a row, while two deaths were recorded. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN). SHOT LIST: SOUTH KOREAN DEALERS WORK IN FRONT OF MONITORS AT THE HANA BANK IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
Seoul, Jun 1 (EFE/EPA).- The benchmark South Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) Tuesday rose 7.95 points, or 0.56 percent, to close at 3,221.87, its highest closing in over three weeks. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN).SHOT LIST: SOUTH KOREAN DEALERS WORK IN FRONT OF MONITORS AT THE HANA BANK IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.