(index / closing price / change items /% change)

Nikkei +110.96 22597.20 +0.49%

TOPIX +14.08 1786.15 +0.79%

Hang Seng -57.02 29623.83 -0.19%

CSI 300 -2.07 4053.75 -0.05%

Euro Stoxx 50 +6.42 3589.91 +0.18%

FTSE 100 -67.09 7393.56 -0.90%

DAX +2.34 13061.87 +0.02%

CAC 40 +7.57 5398.05 +0.14%

DJIA +103.97 23940.68 +0.44%

S&P 500 -0.97 2626.07 -0.04%

NASDAQ -87.97 6824.39 -1.27%

S&P/TSX -61.92 15967.72 -0.39%

Major US stock indices showed mixed dynamics on Wednesday: Nasdaq fell more than 1%, S & P almost did not change, and the Dow grew moderately. Investors sold technological shares and switched to financial assets, which received a strong impetus due to economic data and comments from Fed officials regarding future rate increases.

As it became known, economic growth in the US in the third quarter was stronger than previously thought, while corporate profits recovered during the summer months. Gross domestic product, a wide range of goods and services created in the US, in the third quarter increased by 3.3%, seasonally adjusted and adjusted for inflation, in the third quarter, the Ministry of Commerce said.

Meanwhile, unfinished transactions for the sale of housing increased by 3.5% in October, but remained 0.6% lower than a year ago, the National Association of Realtors reported. Economists predicted an increase in the index by 1% in October. The value of the index in October was 109.3, where the level of 100 was the same as the average level of contract activity during 2001. The indicator for September changed slightly, to 105.6.

Most components of the DOW index finished the session in positive territory (20 out of 30). The leader of growth was UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (UNH, + 3.05%). Outsider were shares of Visa Inc. (V, -3.37%).

The sectors of the S & P index showed mixed dynamics. The financial sector grew most (+ 0.7%). The largest losses were recorded in the technological sector (-2.1%).

At closing:

DJIA + 0.44% 23.940.68 +103.97

Nasdaq -1.27% 6,824.34 -88.02

S & P -0.04% 2,626.07 -0.97

U.S. stock-index futures were flat on Wednesday, a day after progress on a U.S. tax bill pushed stocks to record levels.

Global Stocks:

Nikkei 22,597.20 +110.96 +0.49%

Hang Seng 29,623.83 -57.02 -0.19%

Shanghai 3,338.00 +4.35 +0.13%

S&P/ASX 6,011.12 +26.86 +0.45%

FTSE 7,418.97 -41.68 -0.56%

CAC 5,429.13 +38.65 +0.72%

DAX 13,179.24 +119.71 +0.92%

Crude $57.72 (-0.47%)

Gold $1,287.70 (-0.56%)

(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)

Home Depot (HD) target raised to $183 from $175 at Credit Suisse; maintain Outperform

Wal-Mart (WMT) upgraded to Sector Perform from Underperform at RBC Capital Mkts

European stocks finished higher for the first time in three sessions on Tuesday, with Ocado Group PLC turning in the Stoxx Europe 600's best performance following a technology deal. The benchmark also was lifted by major oil companies after Royal Dutch Shell-an industry bellwether-provided an upbeat outlook, seen as demonstrating the worst of the crude-price slump is behind the sector.

US Stocks closed at records Tuesday after bouncing around during the regular session as geopolitical tensions and domestic developments pulled the market in different directions. All three main indexes had traded in record territory earlier but came off highs as North Korea tested a ballistic missile for the first time in more than two months. But the indexes soon regained lost ground after a Republican tax proposal moved a step closer to a Senate vote.

Chinese and Hong Kong stocks fell again after initial Wednesday morning gains, as investors in Asia largely shrugged off North Korea's latest missile launch. But some market focus has drifted temporarily from equities, as bitcoin cracked $10,000 for the first time in Asian trading. It is up more than 20% since Friday as the cryptocurrency has increasingly become mainstream. It was recently at $10,256.79, according to research site CoinDesk.