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New York (Reuters) – The New York Stock Exchange ended up on Wednesday, its main clues having registered in green just before the end of the wake of semiconductors’ winnings, while the American Federal Reserve (Fed) did not change its rates at its monetary policy meeting, as was anticipated.

The Dow Jones index won 0.70%, or 284.97 points, at 41,113.97 points.

The wider S&P-500 took 24.37 points, or 0.43%, at 5,631.28 points.

The Nasdaq Composite advanced 48.50 points (0.27%) to 17,738.16 points.

At the end of two days of meeting, the Fed reported risks increased for inflation and unemployment, increasing the economic horizon while the central bank seeks to assess the repercussions of customs duties decided by President Donald Trump.

“Clearly, the press release (from the Fed) seeks to send to the White House the message that its recent measures made the economic environment more complicated,” said Ellen Hazen, chief market strategist of FL Putnam Investment Management, in Massachusetts.

Fed officials stressed “that the risk of higher unemployment has climbed, that the risk of higher inflation has climbed,” she said. “They do not attribute this not specifically to customs duties, but whoever looks at (the press release) understands that this is what they mean.”

During his traditional post-reunion press conference, the president of the Fed, Jerome Powell, admitted that current uncertainty has sealed the morale of consumers and businesses, while adding that the American economy was still healthy.

He also said that rate reductions were possible if economic data were to suggest such a decision. The Fed cannot prevent any changes in its monetary policy without having more clarity, he said.

According to LSEG data, the vast majority of markets are lowering the rates of at least 25 base points at the July Bank’s July meeting.

At first withdrawn after the Fed press release, the main Wall Street indices marked a rebound at the end of the session in the wake of gains in the semiconductor sector after Bloomberg reported that the Trump administration intended to lift restrictions on artificial intelligence chips (IA) set up by the previous American administration.

A spokesperson for the American trade department later confirmed this information.

Wall Street was brought at the start of the session by the announcement the day before an upcoming first meeting between American and Chinese representatives on trade, after several weeks of commercial climbing between Washington and Beijing.

But, at midday, Donald Trump said they excluded customs duties of 145% imposed since last month on imports from China, causing some analysts a downward movement to Wall Street.

If the Trump administration has repeated in recent days that potential trade agreements with important partners could be announced shortly, the markets are still waiting to see concrete advances.

The Nasdaq was in red Wednesday during the essentials of the session under the weight of the alphabet decline, the mother house of Google, which sold more than 7% and also weighed in the communication services sector, in withdrawal of 1.8%.

On the other hand, the Dow Jones took advantage of the leap of 10.8% of Disney after the entertainment giant published quarterly results superior to expectations.

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