New York (AFP)

The New York Stock Exchange closed Friday on new records, driven by hopes of an agreement on support for the US economy and relegating to the background of mixed employment figures.

According to closing results on Wall Street, the flagship Dow Jones index closed up 0.83% to 30,218.26 points, passing for the second time since the end of November above the symbolic threshold of 30,000 points at the close .

The technology-dominated Nasdaq advanced 0.70% to 12,464.23 points and the broader S&P 500 index climbed 0.88% to 3,699.12 points, also new records.

"The US equity market finished higher, posting weekly gains for the second week in a row while posting new records," Schwab analysts commented.

Wall Street ignored a mixed employment report which in November showed job creation slowed to 245,000 from 610,000 in October and analysts' expectations of 650,000.

The unemployment rate fell by two tenths of a point to 6.7%, but mainly because of a decline in labor market participation.

The data actually acted as an additional argument for the need for a fiscal stimulus expected by investors and for which President-elect Joe Biden again strongly argued on Friday.

"If we don't act now, the future will be very bleak," he warned.

On the side of the negotiators of the support plan, the Democratic President of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi spoke of "a momentum" in the discussions, evoking a possible vote by Christmas.

She had spoken the day before with the leader of the Republican majority in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, who seems on the same line.

Nine of the eleven sectors of the S&P finished in the green, driven by the energy sector in the wake of a rise in oil prices (+ 5.43%) but also by the materials sectors (+ 2.03% ) and real estate (+ 1.33%).

Boeing up sharply Thursday after orders for its 737 MAX dropped 1.89%.

The distribution giant Walmart which announced bonuses for its employees has yielded 0.26%.

The titles of marijuana planters changed feverishly on Friday after the House of Representatives passed a bill to remove cannabis from the federal list of dangerous drugs, a step towards its decriminalization in the United States.

However, this text has a good chance of being blocked in the Senate, currently controlled by the Republicans.

Canopy concluded negative 0.14%.

Tesla (+ 0.95%) set another record after Thursday's at almost $ 600 per title.

The bond yield on 10-year Treasury bills rallied to 0.9709% from 0.9063%, as investors sold their bonds, being more confident in the recovery thanks to the future arrival of vaccines and no doubt 'economic aid to Americans.

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