U.S. stocks started the week higher as the latest sign of a strong domestic economy overshadowed jitters over the back-and-forth on trade. Though concerns about the pace of growth world-wide have emerged lately, the advance in major indexes followed a big bounce in stocks Friday that came amid dimming worries about Italian politics and an upbeat U.S. employment report. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite was on track to close at a fresh record. Markets in Europe, Hong Kong and Japan vaulted higher as well. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.7% in the last half-hour of trading. The S&P 500 gained 0.4%. The Nasdaq Composite added 0.6%, on track to break its March 12 all-time closing high. Technology heavyweights helped buoy markets, extending a spell of confidence in one of this year's most volatile groups. Over the weekend, the Trump administration showed no sign of backing down from restrictive tariffs in the face of pushback from allies and China. Beijing separately said it wouldn't abide by any agreement to buy more U.S. products without assurances that the U.S. wouldn't go ahead with plans to hit it with tariffs on Chinese imports. The US Gold price declined 0.1% to 1,291.50 US$/oz.
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