U.S. MARKETS / JANUARY 6-10

摘要

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.66% to 28,823.77 and the S&P 500 Index gained 0.94% to 3,265.35. Spot gold climbed US$9.80 per oz. to finish at US$1,562.10 per ounce. Nutrien, the world's largest provider of crop inputs and services, bought 100% of the equity of Brazilian agricultural retailer Agrosema Comercial Agricola. Agrosema has annual sales of US$60 million across 12 farm centres, with 200 employees servicing thousands of farm customers. Chuck Magro, Nutrien's president and CEO, said the company expects "to continue to expand our operations in Brazil in the coming years, both through acquisition and expansion of product and service offerings." Nutrien has two main operations in Brazil, with a central fertilizer blending facility in Itapetininga and six more facilities in the states of Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais. Nutrien also owns Agrichem, which produces specialty liquid fertilizers for the entire country. Shares of Nutrien ended at US$47.21, up US36 cents.