By chuck mikolajczak
New York (Reuters) – The New York Stock Exchange ended up slightly on Friday after spending most of the red session, after remarks deemed accommodating by Donald Trump on the United States’s trade policy.
The Dow Jones index won 0.08%, or 32.03 points, at 41,985.35 points.
The wider S&P-500 took 4.67 points, also 0.08%, at 5,667.56 points, after giving in more than 1% during the session.
The Nasdaq Composite advanced 92.43 points (0.52%) at 17,784.051 points.
Over the week, the DOW took 1.2%, the S&P-500 0.5%and the NASDAQ 0.17%. For the latter, this is right to the first weekly progression after four consecutive weeks of withdrawal.
While Wall Street has been suffering for weeks from the uncertainties created by the sometimes contradictory announcements of Donald Trump on American customs duties and their implementation calendar, the President of the United States reassured investors a little on Friday by promising to be flexibility and by evoking an interview next week between Jamieson Greer, American representative, and his Chinese counterpart.
Approaching the quarterly results season next month, many American companies nevertheless see their prospects down.
Fedex fell by 6.45% after lowering its profit and turnover forecasts for the current financial year due to its doubts about the evolution of the American industrial sector.
Its competitor UPS dropped 1.61%. These transport and delivery specialists are generally considered to be good barometers in the world economy due to their links with many sectors of activity.
Nike, for its part, sold 5.46% after warning Thursday that its sales could drop more than expected in the fourth quarter of its offbeat exercise.
Boeing won 3.06%. The aeronautical manufacturer, in difficulty with its activity in commercial aviation, won the contract for the construction of the F-47, the future fighter plane of the American army. Lockheed Martin, who for the moment equips the US Air Force with F-22s called to be replaced by the F-47, however lost 5.79%.
(Written by Chuck Mikolajczak, with Pranav Kashyap and Johann M Cherian in Bangalore, Bertrand Boucey)
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