By Stephen Culp

New York (Reuters) – The New York Stock Exchange ended up on Thursday, ending in the green for the third consecutive session, in the wake of technological values ​​and while investors continued to scrutinize potential progress in the commercial quarrel between the United States and China.

The Dow Jones index won 1.23%, or 486.83 points, at 40,093.40 points.

The wider S&P-500 took 108.91 points, or 2.03%, at 5,484.77 points.

The Nasdaq Composite advanced 457.99 points (2.74%) at 17,166.04 points.

Beijing has called for the withdrawal of Washington from Chinese products, after the United States Secretary of Commerce, Scott Bessent, suggested that the White House was arranged to a de -escalation of the trade war that has shaken the financial markets in recent weeks.

This desire for appeasement about customs duties is “one of the reasons why semiconductors lead the way, because they are in a way in the eye of the cyclone (in the trade war) between China and the United States,” commented Paul Nolte, strategist at Murphy & Sylvest.

Stressing that any de-escalation in rhetoric about Sino-American customs duties was profitable in the technological sector as a whole, he declared that he remained “many questions” about commercial policies “to which we really do not have the answer for the time being”.

“So many of us play darts in the dark in a way,” he added.

It is expected that the season of quarterly results, which has accelerated, delivers indications on the way in which commercial uncertainties weigh on businesses and consumer confidence.

Procter & Gamble, Pepsico, Chipotle Mexican Grill and American Airlines have all revised down or withdrawn their forecasts, citing the high uncertainty that reigns among consumers.

However, this gloom is not generalized.

ServiceNow has published a quarterly profit above expectations, thanks to resilient demand for software powered by artificial intelligence (IA), and jumped 15.5%Thursday.

These positive results brought the group of “Seven Magnificent” of Wall Street, which contributed in particular to the gains of the Nasdaq.

The technological sector recorded the highest increase in the day (3.2%) among the main sectors of the S & P-500, which have all progressed with the exception of current consumer goods.

Of the 157 companies in the S & P-500 having for the time being communicated their quarterly results, 74% of them have been beating expectations, according to LSEG data. Analysts now anticipate growth of 8.9% over one year of average turnover on the S&P-500 in the first quarter, compared to 8.0% on April 1.

Hasbro climbed 14.6% after exceeding consensus in the first quarter.

Alphabet and Intel published their results after the fence.

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