Wall St. climbed 1.3% and European shares gained 3.1% to – Ambito.com

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    Friday January 22, 2016
    
         
    

Markets

Wall Street ended the Romans with gains and the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the main indicator, rose 1.3%, driven by a strong increase in oil prices, though still well below the levels at which it started the year.

According to preliminary information at the end session, the Dow added 210.21 points and ended at 16,092.89 points, while the selective S & P 500 grew by 2% and the Nasdaq composite index rose 2.7%.

The statements made Thursday by the president of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi, suggesting that the bank could ease its monetary policy in March also encouraged the investors.

Meanwhile, European shares closed Friday higher, influenced by the rise in oil prices and the prospect of further ECB measures in the euro area . The FTSE-100 index of leading stock market values ​​of London gained 2.2% compared to the end of the day before.

The CAC 40 of the Paris stock exchange rose 3.1% and the DAX index of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange gained 2% . For its part the Ibex 35 of the Madrid stock exchange index rose 3% and FTSE Mib index of the Milan Stock Exchange finished up 1.6% .

On Thursday, after the monthly monetary policy meeting, Draghi hinted that the central bank could announce additional stimulus measures in March to support prices in the euro area and stimulate circulation. In December, inflation was only 0.2%, far below the target of around 2%.

• Tokyo

Asian stocks turned breathe on Friday in the wake of European and American plazas hopes that central banks come to the aid of the disoriented in markets so far this year.

The optimism prevail again Thursday after reassurances new ECB President Mario Draghi. It will be “need to reassess and possibly revise” monetary policy at the next meeting of the board of governors, on March 10, he said.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange closed today with a strong up that won the Nikkei index 941.27 points, reaching 16,958.53 (+5,88 percent).

also recorded upload the Shanghai Composite Index, 1.40 percent and 1.70 percent for Shenzhen (China).

In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng promotions showed 2.90 percent, South Korea’s Kospi +1.95 percent and the Indian Sensex +1.80 +1.10 Sydney Stock Exchange percent

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