Wall Street opens higher after the employment figures
The U.S. markets have opened higher on Thursday, reacting positively to an unexpected improvement in the labor market in the United States.
A few minutes after the start of trading, the Dow Jones gained 0.28% to 10,087.98 points, the Standard & Poor's 500 index 0.38% to 1159.29 points and the Nasdaq Composite 2148.66 0.33% points.
The markets were reassured by a larger decline than expected enrollment in weekly unemployment in the United States during the week to August 21, at 473 000 504 000 cons last week.
As for values, Dell noted Thursday his company bid on the data storage 3PAR to 24.30 dollars per share, a superior proposal to that presented by Hewlett-Packard.The IT group has indicated that the Board of Directors 3PAR has accepted his offer.
Titles took Dell and HP respectively 0.8% and 0.75% at the opening, while the title 3PAR lost 1.9%.