US stocks rally 9 percent! | |
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Oct 29, 2008 02:02 | |
| US stocks rallied about 9 percent yesterday since the investors believed the Fed will cut the interest rates again. The Dow Jones industrial average, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index and the Nasdaq Composite Index all surged at least 9 percent. Especially, the Dow Jones Industrial average surged above 9000 points, almost increasing 900 basis points. The US central bank holds a two-day meeting From Tuesday. According to the source, the central bank might cut the inretest rates by 50 points to 1 percent. Many investors believed that this move will help save the credit market. The shares of Citi-bank, Bank of America increased by 14 percent and 12 percent respectively. General Motor jumped 15 percent and it is said that US government is going to offer financial support to GM, helping it merge with Chrysler. On the other hand, the European markets also bounced a little. The average price and index of stocks increased 1.92 percent. |
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