On May 8, in the U.S. stock markets, the Dow Jones index rose by 0.62% to 41,368.45 points, the S&P 500 index increased by 0.58% to 5,663.94 points, and the Nasdaq index grew by 1.07% to 17,928.14 points, APA-Economics reports.
On the same day in European stock markets, the FTSE 100 index decreased by 0.32% to 8,531.61 points, while Germany's DAX index rose by 1.02% to 23,352.69 points, and France's CAC-40 index increased by 0.89% to 7,694.44 points.
In global markets, the euro-to-dollar exchange rate rose by 0.12%, reaching USD 1.1242.