UPDATE 1-Wall Street interrupts a series of four cuts – Challenges.fr

* The Dow Jones gained 0.19%, the S & amp; P 500 and the Nasdaq 0.24% 0.57%

* For the whole week, the Dow fell, however, 2.3%, the S & amp; P 2.2% and Nasdaq 2.7%

* Intel gained more than 6% after information on a possible takeover of Altera

Chuck Mikolajczak

NEW YORK, March 27 (Reuters) – The New York Stock Exchange ended slightly up Friday, interrupting a series of four consecutive declines, the indices retaining their gains after Janet Yellen, president of the Federal Reserve, said just before closing a rise in interest rates could be justifée later this year.

The Dow Jones has won 0 19%, or 34.43 points to 17,712.66. The S & amp; P 500, wider, took 4.87 points, or 0.24%, to 2061.02. The Nasdaq Composite has advanced his side of point 27.86 (+ 0.57%) to 4,891.22.

For the whole week, the Dow still lost about 2.3% The S & amp;. P 500 2.2% and the Nasdaq 2.7%

Since the beginning of the year, the Dow posted a fall of 0.6%, while the S & amp; P recorded a small increase (+ 0.17%). Nasdaq displays his side a gain of 3.4%.

The Federal Reserve “think seriously” to start tightening its accommodative monetary policy and rising interest rates could be justified later this year, Janet Yellen said on Friday, central bank President American.

However, it added that a decline in the inflation rate could prompt the Fed to delay.

At the end of meeting, the Altera title flew, ending in a jump of 28.39% to 44.39 dollars after a Wall Street Journal saying that the giant Intel semiconductors was interested through the acquisition of its smaller competitor.

The Intel action for his part won 6.83% to 32.00 dollars.

Health values, with a including biotechnology rebound shot up the coast, while the fund has suffered a relapse in crude. (Benoit Van Overstraeten for the French service, edited by)