Noticias de Hoy

LONDON (Reuters) – Stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Friday, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 falling 0. 1 to 0. 3 percent. U. S. economic growth likely rebounded in the first quarter after almost stalling at the end of 2012 as Americans shrugged off higher taxes and stepped up spending, but the trend is likely temporary. . . .

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By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks rose on Thursday, lifted by stronger-than-expected earnings and a large drop in weekly jobless claims. The S&P 500, up for five straight sessions, traded within a point of its record closing high before shedding about half of the day’s gains. The high was near the 1,593 level that is expected to be technical resistance. Telecommunications companies’ shares led the S&P 500’s advance, with the sector’s index up 1. 7 percent. Verizon Communications hit a 13-year high with a 2. 7 percent jump to $53. . . .

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By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks rose on Thursday, buoyed by gains in shares of materials companies, including iron ore producer Cliffs Natural Resources Inc , and a drop in weekly jobless claims. Cliffs’ stock jumped 18. 6 percent to $21. 61 after it posted earnings late on Wednesday that were much better than analysts had estimated. [ID:nL2N0DB2FF] The S&P 500 materials index was up 1. 7 percent, leading the S&P 500 higher. Telecommunications companies’ shares also rose following a rally in Verizon Communications Inc . The stock rose 2. 5 percent to $53. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures added to gains on Thursday after data showed the number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week. S&P 500 futures rose 7. 6 points and were above fair value, a formula that evaluates pricing by taking into account interest rates, dividends and time to expiration of the contract. Dow Jones industrial average futures gained 54 points and Nasdaq 100 futures were up 19 points. (Reporting by Leah Schnurr; Editing by Bernadette Baum)

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By Chikako Mogi TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares edged higher on Thursday, supported by views that a run of weak global economic data will encourage major central banks to keep or deepen their monetary stimulus, though dismal U. S. durable goods orders for March weighed on the dollar. Oil prices, copper and gold recovered, also helping to improve sentiment towards risk assets. . . .

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By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) – The S&P 500 and Nasdaq ended flat on Wednesday with Boeing’s five-year high among the day’s highlights, but weakness in Procter & Gamble and AT&T kept the Dow in negative territory. Procter & Gamble shares fell 5. 8 percent to $77. 12 after the world’s largest household products maker issued a profit outlook that was below expectations. It was the stock’s biggest drop since January 2009, and contributed to a 1. 7 percent drop in the S&P consumer staples index . . . .

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By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks edged lower on Wednesday as weaker-than-expected economic data and disappointing earnings, including some from the biggest corporate names, overshadowed a rally in Boeing shares. March durable goods orders slumped 5. 7 percent in March, the government said, marking the biggest decline in seven months. Economists polled by Reuters had expected orders to fall only 2. 8 percent. The drop was the latest sign global growth could be slowing. On the upside, Boeing jumped 3. 4 percent to $91. . . .

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By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – European shares edged up on Wednesday, building on their best day in seven months as investors waited to see if German business and European bank data support expectations of an interest rate cut. Top European shares on the FTSEurofirst 300 opened 0. 4 percent higher at 1187. 45 points, after Tuesday’s gains of almost 2. 5 percent pushed the index back towards last month’s 4-1/2 year high. London’s FTSE 100 , Paris’s CAC-40 and Frankfurt’s DAX were up 0. 4-0. 5 percent. . . .

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By Bernard Vaughan and Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – The U. S. government filed a civil fraud lawsuit against Novartis AG on Tuesday, accusing a unit of the Swiss drug maker of causing the Medicare and Medicaid programs to pay tens of millions of dollars in reimbursements based on fraudulent, kickback-tainted claims. U. S. . . .

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By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks sharply cut gains before bouncing back on Tuesday following a "bogus" Associated Press report about explosions at the White House. The benchmark S&P 500 dropped 14 points to as low as 1,563. 03 before recovering, all in about five seconds. An AP tweet, which an AP spokesman said was "bogus," had said there were two explosions at the White House. "We see this every time this type of news comes out: liquidity evaporates quickly. . . .

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