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Geneva, Jun 30 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: EPA archive) The global weekly coronavirus cases reversed a 2-month decline, driven by the Delta variant, which has spread in nearly 100 countries including in the African continent, Russia, Brazil and the United Kingdom.ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF VACCINATION POINTS AND TESTING IN WASHINGTON, BANGLADESH, INDIA AND THE UK.
US stocks closed at record highs on Wednesday after President Joe Biden was sworn into office. Tech stocks drove the market following an optimistic earnings report from Netflix. According to Business Insider, the Netflix report sent shares soaring nearly 20%. Tech shares didn't stop with Netflix, Alphabet rose to an all-time high with a 6% surge. Alibaba climbed 7% after it's founder, Jack Ma, made an appearance in a videoconference. Ma had not been seen in public for months prior to the call. Gold rose 1.57% on the news of the 46th President's inauguration to $1,869.10 per ounce.
US stocks climbed on Friday after disappointing November jobs data buoyed hopes for a near-term stimulus deal. The S&P 500, Dow Jones industrial average, and the Nasdaq composite all closed at all-time highs. The US unemployment rate edged downward from 6.9% to 6.7% meeting economists' forecasts. The S&P 500 closed at 3,699.12, up 0.9% on Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average closed at 30,218.26, up 0.8% (249 points). While the Nasdaq composite saw closing numbers of 12,464.23, up 0.7%.
The closing bell rings at the New York Stock Exchange as the Dow concludes its best month in more than three decades, with gains propelled by expectations for a 2021 recovery based on coronavirus vaccine progress. The blue-chip index suffered a 0.9 percent drop in the session to finish at 29,638.64, but that's nearly a 12 percent gain for all of November, making it the best month since January 1987. The broad-based S&P 500 dropped 0.5 percent to 3,621.63, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index slipped 0.1 percent to 12,198.74. IMAGES
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