At the close, at 6:00 pm (Brasília time) this Thursday (01), the Dow Jones Industrial Average registered gains of 0.52%, traded at 33,153 points. The indicator had the day marked by the plan of the President of the United States, Joe Biden, of $ 2.3 trillion to rebuild the country's infrastructure and stimulate the economy still in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. In addition to the 3.26% jump in shares of Alphabet Inc., 2.79% in Microsoft Corp and 2.16% in Amazon. Attention also to the advances in coronavirus vaccination in the world, despite the recent growth of cases, hospitalizations and deaths caused by the disease in European countries. In a negative aspect, 719 thousand Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, compared to 658 thousand in the previous week and an expectation of 680 thousand applications.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.