PARIS (Reuters) – The New York Stock Exchange opened prudent on Thursday, investors incorporating an avalanche of contrasting business results before the publication of very follow -up on the American employment on Friday.

In the first exchanges, the Dow Jones index earns 44.84 points, or 0.10%, at 44,918.12 points.

The larger Standard & Poor’s 500 increased by 13.34 points, or 0.22%, to 6,074.82 points.

The Nasdaq Composite takes 33.04 points, or 0.17%, to 19,725.37 points.

The gains are limited to the aftermath of a session in the green while the markets experienced up to the week of upheavals linked to the customs duties wanted by the American president, Donald Trump.

“There are so many things in motion with the new administration (Trump) and the new executive decrees (signed) every day,” explains Peter Andersen, founder of Andersen Capital Management, adding that it does not surprise it that the market oscillates Between optimism and pessimism since the start of the year.

The economic indicator of the day in the United States shows that weekly unemployed registrations increased to 219,000 last week, against 208,000 the previous week.

This statistic, often volatile, will be compared with the official monthly report on the job expected on Friday. The Reuters consensus provides for a slowdown in the creations of non-agricultural positions at 170,000 in January after 256,000 the previous month, a stable unemployment rate at 4.1% and a stagnation in wages growth at 0.3% over a month. ::

On the business side, several values ​​of “tech” are in the spotlight.

Arm Holdings plunges 7.25% after warning that he would not reach the top of the range of his initial annual turnover forecast. Qualcomm loses 5% in a forefoot despite sales higher than expectations, the group providing no growth in income from licenses this year this year

Skyworks solutions tumbles 26.69%, the Apple supplier who has announced to provide a quarterly profit below expectations.

In the other sectors, Ford Motor abandons 5.89%, the car manufacturer having announced to anticipate a net loss of up to 5.5 billion dollars for its activities related to electric vehicles and software this year.

Ralph Lauren increased by 13.69% after revising his forecast for annual turnover, while Tapestry climbs 17% thanks to the increase in his annual sales forecast.

Eli Lilly won 1.9% after having announced to provide an annual benefit above the expectations of Wall Street, focusing on the launch of its popular treatments against diabetes and weight loss in new markets.

(Written by Claude Chendjou, edited by Sophie Louet)

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