(CircleFinance.com) –
The main equity indices (+1.24% on the Dow Jones, +1.19% on the S&P500 and +1.28% on the Nasdaq-100) recorded a rebound at the close on Wall Street, after finishing in the red Tuesday amid concerns over the US debt ceiling file.

“The meeting Tuesday between Joe Biden and the leaders of Congress has not yet resolved the crisis”, underlines Commerzbank, adding that “despite some progress in the talks, there are still significant obstacles to overcome”.

“The New York Stock Exchange ended lower on Tuesday as disappointing Home Depot forecasts and monthly retail sales in the United States indicate a slowdown in consumer spending,” said Kiplink.

Published at the start of the session, housing starts in the United States rose as expected by 2.2% in April, but building permits fell by 1.5%, thus slightly missing the consensus. .

In the news of values, the chain of low-cost food stores Target publishes adjusted EPS down 6% for its first quarter, with sluggish like-for-like sales ‘in an increasingly difficult environment’.

For its part, its peer TJX Companies publishes for its first quarter, an adjusted EPS up 12% and sales up 3% at comparable stores, stimulated by an increase in the overall attendance of its customers.

Accenture has completed the acquisition of Objectivity, a digital engineering company specializing in cloud and platform development services that help clients accelerate their transformation journey for rapid innovation.

The distribution group TJX Companies published for its first accounting quarter, an adjusted EPS up 12% to 0.76 dollar, for sales up 3% to 11.8 billion dollars, in data published as at comparable stores.

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