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Standard & Poor’s 500 as well as Dow Jones now are on maximum levels since Barack Obama was elected in November of last year as US president, has reported Bloomberg Agency.
Nasdaq has reached the highest point since October, raised 12 trades successively. Such long period of lifting has not been fixed from 1992.

“With the round number of 9,000 not being there for a significant amount of time, it’s encouraging,” said Michael Koskuba, a New York-based fund manager at Victory Capital Management Inc. – “It’s really a result of companies reporting better-than-expected news.”

Index Dow Jones Industrial has grown on 2, 12 % – to 9069, 29 points on Thursday, Standard & Poor’s 500 has increased the results of the trades by 2, 33 %, having made 976, 29 points, Nasdaq Composite Index for a day climbed on 2,45 % – to 1973,6 points.
From the beginning of current year Dow Jones increase on 3, 3 % and S&P 500 – 8, 1 %.

Index Nasdaq has added of 25, 15 % this year. At the same time, in the morning on Friday futures for the American indexes decrease moderately.
Citigroup Inc. raised its 2009 and 2010 profit estimates for the S&P 500 by 9.8 percent and 11 percent respectively, citing better-than-expected earnings. Experts Citigroup expect that the profit of the companies from S&P 500 during the current year will make $56 per share against earlier expected $51. The forecast for the next year has been raised to $62 per share from $56.
It’s been a good earnings season, given the backdrop that was there,” said Sarah Hunt from Alpine Mutual Funds. “When you look at some of the estimates, they are expecting a better second half.”
The Internet shop eBay stock value has jumped up on Thursday on 11 %. The results published by the company testify the stabilization in the online trade market. EBay has got in the second quarter profit at a rate of $327 million, or 25 cents per share, in comparison with $460 million, or 35 cents, one year ago. The gain has made $2, 1 billion without single factors the company has earned 37 cents per share. Analysts expected 35 cents at a gain in $1, 99 billion.
Ford increased 9.4 percent to $6.98. The only from the largest American auto manufacturers, which not using the help of the state, has won in April-June net profit after four quarter losses.
AT&T rose in price for 2, 6 % also because of positive financial results. The largest American telephone company has lowered net profit in the second quarter on 15 % – to $3, 2 billion, or 54 cents counting per share.
A gauge of homebuilders advanced 5.2 percent after sales of existing U.S. homes rose 3.6 percent in June to an annual rate of 4.89 million, the National Association of Realtors said in Washington. Economists in a survey had forecast an increase of 1.5 percent. D.R. Horton jumped 7.6 percent to $11.17.
3M have risen in price for 7, 4 % that became a record gain among the companies from Dow Jones. The company which produces about 55 thousand of names of the goods – from electronics to stationery, in the second quarter has reduced net profit to 17 % – to $783 million, or $1, 12 per share. However without some expenses the company profit has made $1, 2 on the action against 94 cents expected on the average by analysts.
The Fifth Third Bancorp surged 14 percent to $8.01 to lead a measure of financial shares in the S&P 500 to a 3 percent advance. Ohio’s largest lender posted second-quarter earnings of $1.15 a share, compared with a loss of 37 cents a share a year earlier.