Investors return to Wall Street – Virgin Galactic shares are well up

Frankfurt, New York At the end of the month on the stock exchange, Wall Street dropped feathers. The US standard value index Dow Jones closed on Thursday 1.6 percent lower to 33,843 points. The technology-heavy Nasdaq was down 0.4 percent to 14,448 points. The broad S&P 500 lost 1.2 percent to 4307 points.

Since only a few company balance sheets were published in the past month, economic data had shaped the mood, said Jay Hatfield, head of asset manager Infrastructure Capital. These would have rather disappointed. The surprising surge in initial US jobless claims last week joined this group.

In response, investors set their course for the “safe haven” of gold. The precious metal rose by almost two percent to $ 1,758 per barrel (159 liters). Since the development of the labor market is crucial for US monetary policy, the curbing of securities purchases by the Federal Reserve could be delayed, says the independent analyst Robin Bhar.