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NEW YORK Adidas Originals Superstar 2 Zwart Kopen , May 6 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks posted gains for the first week of May, as investors mainly cheered over strong corporate earnings and economic reports.


For the week, the blue-chip Dow rose 0.3 percent, and the broader S&P 500 gained 0.6 percent, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq increased 0.9 percent.


On the economic front, the U.S. total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 211,000 in April, better than market estimates Adidas Originals Superstar 2 Wit Kopen , and the unemployment rate was little changed at 4.4 percent, said the Labor Department on Friday.


In April, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 7 cents to 26.19 U.S. dollars. Over the year, average hourly earnings have risen by 65 cents, or 2.5 percent.


Investors had been looking forward to April jobs report after March's numbers disappointed Wall Street.


Traders kept a close eye on the nonfarm payrolls to gauge whether the U.S. central bank could stay on its current path towards monetary policy normalization.


The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rates unchanged earlier this week as it waited for more data to assess the U.S. economic outlook. But the Fed policymakers hinted at a possible rate hike in June.


Market expectations for a June rate hike were 78.5 percent, according to the CME Group's FedWatch tool Friday.


In the week ending April 29, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 238,000 Adidas Originals Superstar LGBT Pride Pack Zwart Goud Kopen , a decrease of 19,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 257,000, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday.


The 4-week moving average was 243,000, an increase of 750 from the previous week's unrevised average of 242,250.


U.S. private sector employment increased by 177,000 jobs from March to April on a seasonally adjusted basis Adidas Originals Heren Superstar Pharrell Mr Supershell Wit Kopen , above the market consensus of 175,000, according to the March ADP National Employment Report released on Wednesday.


The Automatic Data Processing (ADP) figure is widely seen as a pre-indicator for the non-farm payrolls report due on Friday.


In addition, U.S. personal income increased 0.2 percent in March, slightly less than market expectations, according to the Commerce Department Monday.


In March, personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased 5.7 billion dollars, or less than 0.1 percent.


The manufacturing index Adidas Originals Superstar Slip On Trainer Zwart Kopen , also known as the purchasing managers index (PMI), registered 54.8 in April, below market estimates and a decrease of 2.4 percentage point from the previous month reading of 57.2, the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) said in a report on Monday.


In corporate news, shares of Facebook Inc. fell nearly one percent on Thursday, even though the social media networking website delivered better-than-expected first-quarter results.


Apple posted better-than-expected adjusted earnings per share on Wednesday, but iPhone sales missed analyst expectations.


This earnings season has been strong so far. The latest data from Thomson Reuters showed that the S&P 500 companies' blended earnings in the first quarter of 2017 are expected to rise 14.7 percent year on year, while the revenues are forecast to increase 7.2 percent.


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NEW YORK, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks ended lower on Thursday, with the Dow Jones industrial average falling for the first time in 10 sessions, as investors were digesting the latest Federal Reserve statement.


The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 53.36 points, or 0.24 percent, to 22,359.23. The S&P 500 lost 7.64 points Adidas Originals Superstar Foundation Wit Blauw Kopen , or 0.30 percent, to 2,500.60. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 33.35 points, or 0.52 percent, to 6,422.69.


The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday kept interest rates unchanged, but announced that it will start to unwind its 4.5-trillion-U.S. dollar balance sheet from October, a further step to end the loose monetary policy.


"Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in July indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and that economic activity has been rising moderately so far this year Adidas Originals Superstar Foundation Zwart Kopen ," said the Fed in a statement released after its two-day monetary policy meeting.


The central bank said Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maris were expected to affect U.S. economy in the near term, while they would not alter the course of the economy in the medium term.


Fed officials continue to expect that the U.S. economy will expand at a moderate pace in the future.


"We're working down our balance sheet, because we feel that's stimulus that in some sense is no longer needed," said Fed chairwoman Janet Yellen at a press conference after the Fed meeting.


"The basic message here is U.S. economic performance has been good," she added.


On the economic front, in the week ending Sept. 16 balenciaga speed trainer kopen , the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 259,000, a decrease of 23,000 from the previous week's revised level, the Labor Department announced Thursday.


The four-week moving average was 268,750, an increase of 6,000 from the previous week's revised average.


Meanwhile nike air force 1 zwart kopen , manufacturing firms reported an improvement in regional manufacturing conditions in September, according to the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Business Outlook Survey Thursday.


The index for current manufacturing activity in the region increased 5 points to a reading of 23.8 and has remained positive for 14 consecutive months.

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