U.S. MARKETS

摘要

The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.6% to finish at 17,574.75, while the S&P 500 Index inched up 0.1% to 2,052.23, and the Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index rose 0.4% to 47.37. Freeport-McMoRan was the most traded mining stock, falling US32 cents to US$$7.36 per share. The company announced more cuts in copper and molybdenum production, suspension of its common stock dividend and revisions to its oil and gas capital spending plans, to US$1.8 billion in 2016 and US$1.2 billion in 2017.