Sino-Singapore Jingwei Client, August 28. On Friday, Eastern Time, the three major U.S. stock indexes rose across the board, and the Nasdaq and S&P 500 continued to hit record highs.

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  At 16:00 on August 27, Eastern Time (04:00 on August 28, Beijing time), the Dow rose 0.69% to 3,5455.8 points, the Nasdaq rose 1.23% to 1,5129.5 points, and the S&P 500 index rose 0.88% to 4,509.37 points.

This week, the Dow rose 0.96%, the S&P 500 rose 1.52%, and the Nasdaq rose 2.82%.

  Technology stocks rose across the board. Apple rose 0.72%, Amazon rose 1.01%, Netflix rose 1.6%, Google rose 1.81%, Facebook rose 2.26%, and Microsoft rose 0.21%.

  Bank stocks rose collectively. JPMorgan Chase rose 0.8%, Goldman Sachs rose 1.72%, Citigroup rose 0.73%, Morgan Stanley rose 1.57%, Bank of America rose 1.09%, and Wells Fargo rose 1.59%.

  Energy stocks rose across the board, Exxon Mobil rose 1.96%, Chevron rose 1.47%, ConocoPhillips rose 2.92%, Schlumberger rose 3.45%, and Occidental Petroleum rose 6.79%.

  Popular Chinese concept stocks went up and down mixed. Bit number rose 18.44%, Newegg rose 12.79%, China Recycling Energy rose 11.02%, and Canaan Technology rose 6.82%.

In terms of declines, Connex fell 12.76%, Blue City Brothers fell 11.89%, New Oxygen fell 10.75%, Weibo fell 10.71%, 21Vianet fell 10.62%, Luokung Technology fell 7.78%, Dingdong Maicai fell 6.95%, and iQiyi Fell 6.07%.

New energy auto stocks generally fell. Weilai fell 0.6%, Xiaopeng Motors fell 0.84%, and Ideal Motors fell 0.95%.

  In terms of European stocks, the three major European stock indexes rose across the board that day.

The London Stock Market "Financial Times" average price index of 100 stocks closed at 7148.01 points on the 27th, an increase of 23.03 points or 0.32% from the previous trading day; the CAC40 index of the Paris stock market in France closed at 6,681.92 points, compared with the previous trading day It rose by 15.89 points, or 0.24%; the DAX index in Frankfurt, Germany, closed at 15,851.75 points, an increase of 58.13 points, or 0.37%, from the previous trading day.

  On the news, on August 27, local time, Fed Chairman Powell said in a speech at the annual meeting of global central banks that if the employment situation in the United States continues to improve, the Fed will begin to withdraw some loose monetary policies this year, but the federal funds rate will remain unchanged. At the current level close to zero.

Powell said that the development of the U.S. economy no longer needs so much policy support. In addition, the inflation rate has recently risen significantly and has exceeded the 2% target previously set by the Fed. Therefore, it is necessary to start reducing asset repurchases.

  In terms of international gold prices, the most active December gold futures price on the New York Mercantile Exchange gold futures market rose by 24.3 US dollars over the previous trading day on the 27th, closing at US$1819.5 per ounce, an increase of 1.35%.

  In terms of oil prices, oil prices in New York rose on the 27th, and the price of New York light crude oil futures for delivery in October rose by $1.32 to close at $68.74 per barrel.

  In addition, the U.S. dollar index fell on the 27th. As of the end of New York trading, the U.S. dollar index, which measures the U.S. dollar against six major currencies, fell 0.39% to 92.6893.

(Zhongxin Jingwei APP)