(Reuters) – The New York Stock Exchange hesitates at the opening on Tuesday, against the backdrop of Beijing Riposte with customs duties imposed by the United States on Chinese imports.
In the first exchanges, the Dow Jones index lost 41.06 points, or 0.09% to 44,380.85 points and the Standard & Poor’s 500, wider, increased from 0.02% to 5.995.73 points. The Nasdaq Composite takes 0.16% or 30.66 points, at 19,422.61.
China intends to impose customs duties on imports of coal and natural gas from the United States, as well as to petroleum and agricultural equipment, open a competition survey against Google and control its exports of certain products Critics.
On the other hand, the customs duties mentioned against Mexico and Canada have been postponed.
Bofa analysts derive as concluding that “the American administration is transactional, nothing is set as long as the measures are not put in place, but that its threats must be taken seriously”.
“Investors hoped that the action market would constitute the US administration’s compass and that any policy harmful to risky assets will be abandoned. We call for more caution,” add analysts.
The exchanges are also animated by a salvo of results.
Spotify figures (+7%), Palant (+23%) are well received by investors.
Conversely, the results deemed disappointing of Paypal (-8%) or Merck (-10%) are sanctioned.
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