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Wall St shares bounce back again

Traders on Wall Street
It has been a volatile week on Wall Street

The volatile week continued on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, with leading shares rebounding.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 261.7 points or 2.2% to 12,361.3. It had fallen 293 points on Wednesday and risen 420 on Tuesday.

It was led by financial shares such as American Express, which rose 9.5% and JPMorgan Chase, which closed up 8.3%.

European and Asian shares went in the opposite direction with Hong Kong closing down 3.5%.

London's FTSE 100 closed 0.9% lower, Frankfurt's Dax lost 0.7% and the Cac 40 in Paris fell 0.5%.

Tokyo markets were closed for a public holiday on Thursday and many global markets are closed on Friday for the long Easter weekend.



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MARKET DATA - 03:40 UK

FTSE 100
3780.96down
 -94.03 -2.43%
Dax
4127.41down
 -92.79 -2.20%
Cac 40
2881.26down
 -99.16 -3.33%
Dow Jones
8046.42up
 494.13 6.54%
Nasdaq
1384.35up
 68.23 5.18%
S&P 500
800.03up
 47.59 6.32%
BBC Global 30
4764.60up
 166.11 3.61%
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