Trades in the United States were closed positively - indexes rose

At the auction on Thursday
US stock indexes rose
after the stock prices of banks.
The latter, in turn, started to grow
on the positive results of the second round
Fed's stress tests. As reports
Bloomberg, data on retail sales in the US
for February were weak and it
weakened the expectation of lifting the base
Fed interest rates.

"I
I think, now is exactly the case when
bad news - good news -
says an analyst at National Securities in New York
Donald Selkin. - They are positive in
terms that weaken confidence
Investors will soon rise base
US Central Bank rate".

The Dow
Jones Industrial Average at the end of trading on Thursday,
It rose by 259.83 points - to the level of 17,895.22,
Standard Poor's 500 grew by 25.71 points - to
2065,95, Nasdaq Composite rose to 4893.29.

shares
Morgan Stanley rose by 6,1%, American Express - on
2,7%, Citigroup - 3.3%. Most proven
banks have coped well with the two stages
stress tests, some, however,
having trouble in the second round. AT
Therefore, the Fed has blocked payment
American dividend "daughters"
two of the largest European banks -
Deutsche Bank and Santander.

Quotes Intel shares
Corp. decreased by 4.7% when the company
worsened the forecast of revenue for the I quarter
because of the weakness of the global PC market.
The value of shares Microsoft Corp. also decreased
2.3%.