Major US stock indexes ended in positive territory

Major US stock indices rose moderately against the background of a rise in prices for shares of the utility sector and the service sector, as well as hopes for progress in the US-China trade negotiations.

The Dow Jones report said that China and the United States are not yet ready to make a trade deal, but subsequent negotiations at Cabinet level are expected later in January. Also, referring to the sources, it is known that the negotiators have narrowed the differences on trade.

In addition, a vacancy and labor turnover survey (JOLTS), published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, showed that in November, the number of vacancies fell to 6.888 million from 7.131 million in October (revised from 7.079 million). Analysts had expected the number of vacancies to drop to 7.063 million. The level of vacancies decreased by 0.1% and amounted to 4.4%. The number of vacancies decreased in the private sector (-237 00) and has changed little in the government sphere. As for industries, the number of vacancies increased in the field of transport, warehousing and utilities (+40,000), but decreased in a number of industries, with the largest drop in the other services sector (-66,000) and the construction sector (-45,000 ).

Most of the components of DOW recorded an increase (26 of 30). The growth leader was the shares of The Boeing Company (BA, + 3.63%). The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. shares turned out to be an outsider. (GS, -0.53%).

All sectors of the S & P finished trading in positive territory. The greatest growth was shown by the utility sector (+ 1.4%).

At the time of closing:

Dow 23,787.45 +256.10 +1.09%

S & P 500 2,574.41 +24.72 +0.97%

Nasdaq 100 6,897.00 +73.53 +1.08%