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Wall Street rebounds as U.S. manufacturing expands in January


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(Reuters) - Wall Street main indexes rose 1% on Monday following their worst week in at least four months as Amazon and Nike gained and U.S. factory activity showed a surprise rebound.

 
 

ISM data showed the manufacturing sector expanded in January after five straight months of contraction, offering hope that a prolonged slump in business investment has probably bottomed out.

Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) gained 2.6% ahead of its quarterly results, which will wrap up earnings for the so-called FAANG group of stocks.

A 4.1% rise in Nike Inc's (NKE.N) shares after JP Morgan added the footwear maker to their focus list provided the biggest boost to the Dow Industrials .DJI.

The consumer discretionary index .SPLRCD gained 1.6%, the most among the 11 major S&P indexes.

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Had a meeting with our largest laser and machined good supplier on Friday.   He said things were picking up for them after a slow quarter.  Said they never come close to layoffs as they don't have enough workers for the time they were slow much less as things pick back up.

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2 hours ago, Highmark said:

Had a meeting with our largest laser and machined good supplier on Friday.   He said things were picking up for them after a slow quarter.  Said they never come close to layoffs as they don't have enough workers for the time they were slow much less as things pick back up.

The last quarter is typically slower for us, although quoting activity shot up noticeably and orders continue to keep coming in.

These are split between mid and the largest F500 customers covering most sectors.

This is about the same as most of the process suppliers.  :bc:

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