U.S. stock indices rose on the background of positive financial statements of major companies. By the end of Wednesday the Dow Jones rose 0.63%, the S&P 500 rose 0.94% and NASDAQ gained 0.5%. Players' optimism was not interrupted by negative statistics on employment in the United States, which showed an unexpected decline in the number of jobs at private U.S. companies; this has not happened for over a year. The index declined by 301 thousand shares of Alphabet jumped 9% after the announcement of its profit for the past year, the latter in 1.8 times higher than the results in 2020. The company's quarterly revenue exceeded analysts' expectations by $3 billion, rising to $75.3 billion against the forecasted $72.2 billion. Also, the IT corporation announced its intention to hold a 20:1 stock split. General Motors stock rose 0.5% during the day on news of a 1.6-fold increase in the company's net profit last year to $10 billion. However, by the evening quotations shifted to the fall, as a result of which GM stock lost about 2%.