US and European stock markets: stocks are mixed and European stocks are higher

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The US stock market closed in Friday, with the Dow Jones index falling 15.87 points to 8539.73 points, or 0.2%. The Nasdaq composite index rose 19.75 points to 1827.47 points, or 1.1%.  European stocks rallied as the Dow Jones European Stoxx 600 rose to 1.3%, the FTSE 100 index, up 1.5%. U.S. stock Market Friday review: U.S. stocks in Friday close mixed, the Dow Jones in the past five trading days, the fourth time the closing down, but its constituent shares of Microsoft (Microsoft) higher.  Technology stocks were strong overall, and Apple was higher, but research inmotion halted recent gains.  The Dow Jones index closed down 15.87 points to 8539.73 points, falling 0.2%, last week's only Thursday closing rally, a total of 259.53 points in the week, down 3%, for the first time in the last one months. The standard and Poole 500 index rose 2.86 points to 921.23, 0.3%, the second consecutive trading day. The index was lower in the previous three trading days.  The standard Poole 500 index fell 24.98 points last week, or 2.6%. The Nasdaq composite index rose 19.75 points to 1827.47 points, 1.1%, by the rise in technology stocks.  The index fell 31.33 points, or 1.7%, last week. Microsoft rose 57 cents to $24.07 trillion, or 2.4%. Goldman Sachs said Microsoft's share price was expected to rise, citing reasons such as the potential boost to revenue from new products ﹑ better cost management and large cash balances. Goldman put Microsoft on the firm's buy list and raised its target price from $23 trillion to $29.  Microsoft last week rose 74 cents, or 3%. Apple's shares rose 3.60 to $139.48, or 2.6%. Consumer demand for Apple's iphone 3G appears to be strong, as customers lined up outside Apple's entire U.S. stores in the early Friday to make sure they were the first to buy the new iphone.  Apple fell 97 cents last week, down 4%. The motion fell 3.77 US dollars to $72.78, or 4.9%. The company's first fiscal quarter profit surged 33%, to $3.8 million, thanks to an increase in BlackBerry handset users, but the company's second-quarter earnings forecasts were somewhat disappointing in the quarter, when revenue and user growth was slightly lower than in the previous quarter.  In motion last week, the total fell 10.24 U.S. dollars, or 12%.  European stock markets in Friday review: European stocks rose in Friday, the second consecutive trading day closed up, including mining and banking stocks in the front. The Dow Jones European Stoxx 600 index closed 1.3%, to 208.28 points.  The FTSE 100 index closed up 1.5%, to 4,345.93; The French CAC-40 index rose 0.9%, to 3,221 27; Germany's DAX 30 index rose less than 0.1%, to 4,839.46.  Heino Ruland, strategist at Ruland, said the rally was partly boosted by low buying.  The rise in mining stocks pushed European equities higher, with Lonmin rising 5.6%, BHP Billiton Billiton 2%. Financial stocks also climbed, with Bank of Ireland shares rising 2.4%; (Standard Chartered) up 2%.
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