Mariana Adam
mariana.adam@economico.pt
The North American markets today had the best session since April. The easing of tension between Russia and Ukraine that departs the scene of a larger conflict in that region did breathe of relief investors and led the global equity market to close with strong valuations.
After the Europe has closed the first session of the week with gains exceeding 1% – was the only exception where the output Lisbon BES and the pressure of 20 PSI PT pushed into the red – North American markets saw the best session since April. The fact that Russia has decided to halt military exercises and reduce the military presence on the border with Ukraine provided the investment in riskier assets, such as shares.
The announced truce in Gaza also boosted the optimism at start of this week, which is usually of lower liquidity in the records that year.
“There is a sense that geopolitical risks are fading or at least that the situation is better than it was in mid-hyped last week, “argues Bill Schultz of McQueen, Ball & amp; . Speaking to Bloomberg Associates
In this scenario the Dow Jones Industrial and S & amp;. Today P 500 advanced 0.10% and 0.27%, accompanied by technological Nasdaq, which rose 0.70%
In business terms especially Chiquita Brands, which was the target of a public hostile takeover bid – Cutrale and the Safra Group offering $ 611 million – and the company’s shares closed the banana value over 30 .%
The climbs of the securities of pharmaceutical developing potential treatments for Ebola virus were also significant: the Tekmira rose about 25% and Sarepta Therapeutics gained more than 7%.
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