(Reuters) – The New York Stock Exchange opened in small increases on Wednesday, investors being cautious while awaiting potential new advances in commercial negotiations.

In the first exchanges, the Dow Jones index earns 69.53 points, or 0.16%, at 42,209.96 points and the Standard & Poor’s 500, wider, increased from 0.21% to 5,899.07 points.

The Nasdaq Composite takes 0.36%, or 68.13 points, at 19,078.22 points.

After two sessions marked by the enthusiasm aroused by the announcement of a trade agreement between the United States and China and by the less significant increase in consumer prices, investors now seem to opt for caution pending potential new trade agreements.

They will scrutinize in particular the visit of President Donald Trump in the Gulf region in the hope of seeing commercial negotiations lead to a new appeasement of the tensions that had put the markets on top.

The looks are also turned to the Federal Reserve (Fed), of which President Jerome Powell has already been the subject of vehement criticism from Donald Trump and has to speak on Thursday. Since the announcement of the Sino-American agreement, the markets have been anticipating two reductions in guiding rates of 25 base points by the end of the year.

At the values, Nvidia gained 2.6% and AMD 6.1% after the two companies announced agreements related to artificial intelligence in the Middle East.

Tesla wins 1.4%, still carried by the optimism aroused by the trade agreement between China and the United States.

Super Micro Computers takes 16.5%, continuing his rally started the day before after Raymond James began monitoring the value with a recommendation to “outperform”.

(Written by Pauline Foret, edited by Kate Entringer)

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