US stock markets have risen on Thursday. At the end of trading in New York, the Dow was calculated at 40,753 points, a rise of 0.2 percent compared to the previous trading day.
Just a few minutes earlier, the broader S&P 500 was at around 5,620 points, up 0.9 percent and the Nasdaq 100 on the technology stock exchange was at approximately 19,787 points, up 1.1 percent.
Investors’ fears that US President Donald Trump’s trade policy would weigh on the economy have been somewhat alleviated in the tech sector: Microsoft and Meta exceeded expectations with their quarterly results, which were announced after trading on Wednesday. Microsoft’s growth was mainly in the area of artificial intelligence, while Meta’s advertising revenues increased significantly.
The European community currency was weaker on Thursday evening: One euro cost 1.1288 US dollars and one dollar was therefore equivalent to 0.8859 euros.
The gold price fell significantly, with a fine ounce being traded at 3,231 US dollars (-1.8 percent). This corresponds to a price of 92.02 euros per gram.
Meanwhile, the oil price rose significantly: A barrel of North Sea crude oil was trading at around 22:00 (German time) on Thursday evening at 61.94 US dollars, which was 88 cents or 1.4 percent more than at the end of the previous trading day.