by David French

New York (Reuters) – The New York Stock Exchange ended up in dispersed order on Tuesday, the S&P -500 and the NASDAQ registered in green after a sawtooth session dominated by uncertainty among investors, upstream of the announcements of reciprocal taxes promised by the American president Donald Trump.

The Dow Jones index sold 0.03%, or 11.80 points, to 41,989.96 points.

The wider S&P-500 took 21.22 points, or 0.38%, at 5,633.07 points.

The Nasdaq Composite advanced 150.60 points (0.87%) at 17,449.89 points.

The White House said Donald Trump would be expressed on Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. GMT), at the time of the closure at Wall Street, during what he called the “Liberation Day” (Liberation Day) to mark the launch of a commercial policy presented as favorable to American consumers and products.

Faced with the multiple commercial announcements made by Donald Trump since the start of his second term on January 20, the financial markets have been volatile in recent weeks, concerned about the impact that the vast series of customs duties could have on the economy and inflation promised by the American president.

If more clarity on the specificity of the measures is expected with the speech of Donald Trump on Wednesday afternoon, great uncertainty should persist in respect of the repercussions, with the absence of a clear direction for Wall Street.

Believing that confidence in the markets has been “showered”, Garrett Melson, strategist at Natixis Investment Managers Solutions, said that we will not think that we will have the type of clarity wanted by investors and business leaders “.

“In the end, we spend a lot of time talking about customs duties,” he added, “but a more important fact is that we are dealing with an economy that does not turn at full speed”.

Therefore, he continued, investors “play the watch”.

This was highlighted Tuesday, the main clues of Wall Street having oscillated between gains and folds over the session, before resuming height before the fence.

Investors seem to have ignored data showing that manufacturing activity in the United States has contracted in March, while a separate report indicates that job offers fell into the country in February.

A rebound in technological values, which have known among the strongest decrees since the beginning of the year, benefited the Nasdaq and the S&P-500, allowing the latter to compensate for the decline in air and health sectors.

Tesla took 3.6% on the eve of the publication of its quarterly deliveries, while other members of the “Seven Magnificent” also ended up, such as Amazon, Microsoft and Meta Platforms.

Johnson & Johnson declined 7.6% after an American judge rejected a proposal of $ 10 billion issued by the pharmaceutical group to end tens of thousands of complaints related to his talc.

In addition, the Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines companies all declined, between 2.4% and 5.9%, while Jefferies analysts revised their recommendations downwards, against the background of fears that economic uncertainty can harm travel demand.

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