Wall Street draws final sprint with support from star Boeing | Financial

The leading Dow-Jones index ended 3 percent higher at 24242 points. The broad S&P 500 gained 2.7 percent to 2874 points, and technology gauge Nasdaq rose 1.4 percent to 8650 points.

Gilead Sciences headed 9.7% higher. According to the medical website STAT News, the pharmaceutical drug Remdesivir shows promising results in the treatment of corona patients.

Ford gained 3.5% despite the automaker’s forecast for the first quarter to lose $ 2 billion.

Boeing got wings and skyrocketed 14.6%. The aircraft manufacturer will gradually resume production of airliners at its Seattle plant.

Procter & Gamble (P&G) won 2.6%. The food group benefited in the past quarter from the hammering of groceries.

Schlumberger grew 8.7% despite a billion dollar loss for the oil

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