The American stock market finished the previous week with an upward impetus resulting from strong macroeconomic indicators of the country. Data on the labor market and consumer confidence in the US published during the previous week seriously outpaced investors’ expectations. Nonfarm payroll (NFP) employment grew 266,000, reaching a record-high value for the last ten months. Also, improvements were noticed in healthcare, processing industry and the tourism sector.

Financial markets survey 09.12.2019