China-Singapore Jingwei client, April 18, Friday, EDT, the three major US stock indexes opened higher and higher.

  As of the close, the Dow rose 704.81 points to 24242.49 points, an increase of 2.99%; the Nasdaq rose 117.78 points to 8650.14 points, an increase of 1.38%; the S & P 500 index rose 75.01 points to 2874.56 points, an increase of 2.68%.

  Three major US stock index trends: Wind

  On the disk, US financial stocks rose collectively, Citigroup rose 12.12%, JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America rose more than 8%, Wells Fargo rose 5.43%, Goldman Sachs rose 3.6%, Morgan Stanley, Berkshire Hathaway rose more than 1%. Energy stocks strengthened, EOG Energy rose 14.47%, ConocoPhillips rose 13.42%, Exxon Mobil rose 10.37%, Chevron rose 9.01%.

  Technology stocks rose and fell, Facebook, Google rose more than 1%, Microsoft rose 0.82%; Netflix fell 3.92%, Apple, Amazon fell more than 1%. In addition, Tesla rose 1.15%.

  In terms of Chinese stocks, Dianiu Financial rose 30.77%, Sohu rose 25.36%, Litchi rose 14.3%, Baidu rose 2.12%; JD.com fell 2.84%, Alibaba, Pinduoduo, Weilai Automobile and others fell more than 1%.

  In other global markets, European stocks closed up sharply. The German DAX index rose 3.15% to 10625.78 points, the French CAC40 index rose 3.42% to 4449.01 points, and the British FTSE 100 index rose 2.82% to 5789.96 points.

  The Asia-Pacific market also closed up collectively, with the Shanghai Index reporting 2838.49 points, an increase of 0.66%; the Shenzhen Component Index reporting 10527.99 points, an increase of 0.55%. The Hong Kong Hang Seng Index reported 24380.00 points, an increase of 1.56%; the Nikkei 225 Index reported 19897.26 points, an increase of 3.15%; the Korea Composite Index reported 1914.53 points, an increase of 3.09%.

  The price of gold futures delivered by the New York Mercantile Exchange in June fell by US $ 32.90, a decrease of 1.9%, to close at US $ 1698.80 per ounce. This week, gold futures prices fell 3.1%.

  In terms of international oil prices, WTI futures prices fell by US $ 1.60, or 8.1%, to close at US $ 18.27 per barrel, the lowest closing price since January 2002; this week, the cumulative decline was 19.7%. Industry analysis believes that despite OPEC + 's agreement to reduce production, US crude oil inventories have increased, remaining inventory space is tight, and crude oil demand has recorded a record decline. All three have put pressure on them, causing crude oil futures prices to be hit. (Sino-Singapore Jingwei app)