It's always nice to kick off a week with gains across the board. Last week's jobs numbers have stocks at a three-month high. To top it off, investors are feeling confident that that European Central Bank, following strong comments from President Draghi, will lower borrowing costs for indebted nations Spain and Italy.
Let's take a closer look at how the three major indexes are faring and check out several stocks making headlines.
Index |
Gain/Loss |
Gain/Loss % |
Intraday Value |
---|---|---|---|
Dow Jones Industrial Average |
6648 | 0.51% | 13,162.65 |
Nasdaq | 19.75 | 0.67% | 2,987.65 |
S&P 500 | 6.54 | 0.47% | 1,397.53 |
Source: Yahoo! Finance as of 10:15 a.m. EDT.
All thirty of the Dow's components are seeing green, with the biggest gainer being Kraft
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