NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / January 20, 2017 / U.S. markets fell across the board Thursday as investors await President's Trump upcoming inauguration. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell over 125 points before settling to close at 19,732.40, down 0.37 percent, while the S&P 500 Index and the Nasdaq posted declines of 0.36 percent and 0.28 percent, respectively. The S&P 500 has averaged a rise of 1.6 percent during the initial 100 days of a new President's first term since 1953, wrote Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA, in a note.

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"Performance differences by party were pronounced," Stovall said. "The S&P 500 fell in price an average of 0.4% under the five new Republican presidents, and rose 60% of the time, versus a 3.5% average gain and an 80% frequency of advance for the six Democrats."

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Netflix's shares gained 3.86 percent to close at $138.41 a share Thursday. The stock traded between $123.51 and $143.46 on volume of 23.20 million shares traded. Shares of the company hit a new all-time high Thursday after reporting impressive surge in subscribers. Netflix reported that it added a total of 7.05 million subscribers (5.12 million internationally and 1.93 million domestically) in the fourth quarter of 2016, surpassing the company's previous estimates of an additional 5.2 million subscribers. Netflix expects to add 5.2 million subscribers (1.5 million domestically and 3.7 million internationally) in the first quarter of 2017. Revenues for the fourth quarter of 2016 totaled $2.35 billion, an increase of 35 41 percent from the same quarter prior year, whereas earnings grew to $67 million or $0.15 a share as against earnings of $43 million or $0.10 a share reported in fourth quarter 2015.

American Express Company (NYSE: AXP)

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American Express' shares declined 1.03 percent to close at $76.69 a share Thursday. The stock traded between $76.61 and $77.78 on volume of 8.11 million shares traded. The company reported a net income of $825 million, or $0.88 a share, for the fourth quarter of 2016, a decrease of 8.2 percent when compared to a net income of $899 million, $0.89 a share, for the fourth quarter of 2015. Revenues were $8.02 billion for the fourth quarter of 2016, a decrease of 4.5 percent from revenues reported in same quarter a year ago. Revenues topped analysts' estimates of $7.95 billion, according to Bloomberg. Total expenses for the fourth quarter were $6.24 billion, a 2 percent declines over prior year quarter, yet it is higher than analysts' estimates of $5.93 billion. With this result, company has reported diluted net income of $5.65 a share for full year of 2016 and expects earnings in a range of $5.60 to $5.80 per share for year 2017.

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