New York Stock Exchange: uncertain, Wall Street rebounded slightly at the opening
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New York (awp / afp) – Wall Street rose slightly Friday after the opening face many questions about geopolitics and the US economy before the intervention of the president of the Federal Reserve (Fed), Janet Yellen: the Dow Jones gained 0.04% and the Nasdaq 0.40%
. Around 1400 GMT, the index Featured Dow Jones Industrial Average took 6.67 points 17’684,90 points and the Nasdaq, dominated by technology, 19.25 points 4,882.66 points.
The broader S & amp;. P 500, closely followed by investors, clinching 0.14% or 2.84 points to 2058.99 point
On Thursday, the stock market was packed at the end of a session in which investors could not rebound after the sharp drop the previous day due to lack of major economic news: the Dow had sold 0.23% and the Nasdaq 0.27 %.
Now, Wall Street ahead a little “for a speech later in the day Janet Yellen (…) in a context of uncertainty about the possibility of an increase rate “of the central bank, as highlighted experts from the brokerage Charles Schwab.
Investors fear that the Fed keeps rates near zero, withdrew in June or September this important support for the economy, and they seem nervous about it again after being reassured last week by a balanced monetary statement from the institution.
In this context, the market is particularly attentive to what Fed officials, and seemed to neglect Friday a new estimate of US growth in the last quarter of 2014, the Commerce Department now estimates that 2.2% of gross domestic product (GDP), revised in small drop.
“As we are four days of the end of the first quarter,” this estimate is not really relevant and “should not have any effect on the exchange of aujourd ay, “noted Patrick O’Hare of Briefing.com.
He emphasized that the market has zigzagged since the beginning of the year, only to finish the quarter slightly below the level where it was on 1 January.
“Once the economy looks solid, the next she was weakened air one day Greece out of the euro zone, the next day she remains One day some people would put Yemen on a map, the next day everyone becomes an expert in maritime traffic through the Strait of Bab al-Mandeb, “he listed, referring to several geopolitical risks.
“One day the dollar supports the results of business the next day that is not the case one day oil prices go up, the next day they fall, one day the Fed’s back rates, the next day she refrains, “said he continued.
BLACKBERRY ADVANCE
Among the values, the group of Quiksilver clothing, affectionate surfers, fell 7.11% to $ 2.09, after changes in its management, whose appointment as Director General of the French Pierre Agnes, already president.
The Chevron oil company, which will sell Australia assets, fell 1.40% to $ 103.78 in a sector penalized by a further decline in crude prices, its rival ExxonMobil exemble losing by 0.97% to $ 83.50.
Hewlett Packard IT group, which has cede control of a Chinese subsidiary estimated at 5 billion USD fell by 1.20% to $ 31.63.
Conversely, the manufacturer Canadian Blackberry smartphones took 4.22% to $ 12.09 on the New York trading, having said it expects a return to profitability this year.
The internet group Yahoo gained 2.25 % to $ 45.47 after announcing he would donate US $ 2 billion to shareholders through share repurchases.
The Dow Chemical advancing 3.59% at 48 11 USD after announcing the merger of its activities with those of chlorine Olin fellow who flew 20.12% to $ 32.66.
Carnival Corporation, the world cruise , jumped 7.01% to $ 47.53, after ordering nine new vessels to Italian and German manufacturers.
The bond market advanced, the yield on 10-year Treasury falling to 1,962 % against 2.001% Wednesday night, and that for 30 years at 2.551% against 2.585% previously
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