New York (Reuters) – The New York Stock Exchange ended up sharply on Friday while alert signals are increasing for the American economy and investors continue to fear that Donald Trump will trigger a generalized trade war.
The Dow Jones index sold 1.69%, or 748.63 points, to 43,428.02 points. Standard & Poor’s 500, wider, lost 104.39 points, -1.71%, to 6,013.13 points. The Nasdaq Composite fell for its part of 438.36 points, or -2.20%, to 19,524.005 points.
The three clues finish in a clear drop over the week, signing their worst weekly performance for several months.
The recent indicators have shown a deceleration of the activity of American companies and a deterioration of household morale, with increasingly dark perspectives in the face of the accumulation of economic uncertainty.
The optimism of American companies has “evaporated” in a context “of growing uncertainty”, said Chris Williamson, chief economist of S&P Global.
“The data of the Survey of the University of Michigan showed a significant decline (of household morale),” noted Michael Green, chief strategist at Simplify Asset Management in Philadelphia. “We have the feeling that the markets could fall by 20% overnight.”
The most sensitive sectors in the economic situation have suffered, as well as the largest capitalizations such as Alphabet, Amazon, Nvidia and Tesla, which lost between 2.6% and 4.78%.
(Written by Stephen Culp, French Tangi Salaün version)
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