Indices Performance

COLUMBUS, Ga., Sept. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Aflac, the leading provider of voluntary insurance sales at the worksite in the U.S., announced today that the company has once again captured a place on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America List for 2017. This is the 7(th) consecutive year that Aflac has qualified for this prestigious honor.

Sept. 08, 2017 /Yassine Maaroufi/ -- The Standard & Poor’s 500, covering US large caps has been heading down since the beginning of August, branching out of its current bullish trend, a seven-month long rally. It has bounced back however two weeks ago. It has reached a high of 2480 points above the previous support line but without reaching the previous peak of 2490 points. It has closed at 2465 points right on the support line. Technically the index is at a turning point and could either rejoin the bullish corridor or start a correction. The latter is particularly possible following the string of weak economic data released last week regarding employment.

MEXICO CITY and NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- IPC Systems Inc., a leading global provider of secure, compliant communications and networking solutions for the financial markets community and the Mexican Stock Exchange, a leading exchange in Latin America with daily trading volumes over 800 million USD announced today that they continue their expansion into the global marketplace with the addition of the Market Data services for the Equity and Derivatives markets.

August 28, 2017 /Yassine Maaroufi/ -- The Standard & Poor’s 500 is in the middle of a correction after a 9-month upward trend directed by a solid support line. It closed at 2443.05 points last week, down 1.29% in 20 days from a high of 2490.87. The stock market has been trending up thanks to the positive economic growth in the US and the temporary pause in interest rates hikes by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 recorded 11.50% performance since December 2016, the beginning of the previous trend.