Jobs figures lifted Wall Street – Swedish Dagbladet

There is every indication that the US central bank will raise interest rates later this year. Microsoft and McDonald’s was a couple of heavyweights climbed. Hamburger giant reported global sales figures that were better than expected in April, and its shares rose 1.5 percent.

The Dow Jones Industrial Index went up 1.5 percent, while the Nasdaq composite index rose 1.2 percent.