Wall Street received mixed signs on Thursday from investors that continued to hope for a oil rose after the rally OPEC deal

Dow Jones went up 0.41% and the S&P 500 went down 0.06%. Meanwhile, Nasdaq slipped 0.99%, all of this in the morning session.

After OPEC´s announcement of cutting production and support the price of oil, the black gold rose Thursday gaining more than 4%, and making possible for Brent oil to hit its highest score this year.

Crude oil in the USA went up 4.47%, to $51.65%. Brent oil, on the other hand, went down to $54.34 by 4.86%.

The USA manufacturing activity rose more than expected, due to the ISM index that showed unbelievably high results.

The Jobless claims had a disappointing rise, and showed that the labour market in the USA are below expectations.

Although the employment report will come on Friday, the results had a powerful impact. 

Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan declared on Thursday that: “we are at a point that we ought to, in the near future, remove some amount of accommodation.”, but the results aren´t promising.

In a more optimistic  light, Ford Motors rose by 6%, after the November vehicle sales in the U.S. General Motors had the same result. 

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