By Christmas Randewich and Pranav Kashyap

(Reuters) – The New York Stock Exchange finished in order dispersed Thursday, the S & P -500 registering once again in the green and the Dow Jones having rebounded after its withdrawal of the day before, thanks in particular to the gains of Cisco Systems which noted its annual forecasts by citing the demand for artificial intelligence.

The Dow Jones index gained 0.65% to 42,322.75 points.

The wider S&P-500 took 0.41% to 5,916.93 points.

The Nasdaq Composite fell on 0.18% to 19,112.32 points.

In the wake of the trade discussions initiated by the United States and China during the weekend, which led to a truce, the S&P-500 continued its rise this week after a tumble in early April when US President Donald Trump announced large taxes presented as reciprocal, originally a world trade war.

However, it is around 4% of its closing record of February 19.

Investors are relying on the fact that Washington will conclude agreements with its business partners and review customs duties from 10% to 50% announced last month by the White House, taxes that economists consider to feed inflation.

Walmart warned that he was going to start to take up his prices later this month because of customs duties, retreating by 0.5% during the session, even if his sales in the first quarter beat expectations.

The retailer refrained from providing a forecast for the current quarter, imitating a range of companies through different sectors that have lowered or withdraw their forecasts, which highlighted their concern about the potential repercussions of customs duties.

Amazon, also very affected by customs duties, sold 2.4%, weighing on the Nasdaq.

“People think that there will be (commercial) agreements, so they anticipate, they don’t want to be caught up in deprived,” said Dennis Dick, trader at Triple D Trading.

Data published during the day show that retail sales in the United States has slowed down in April, while a separate report indicates that American production prices fell last month unexpectedly.

“We are still watching for inflation. This is not yet the case, but we are waiting,” said John Augustine, director of investments at Huntington National Bank.

Eight of the eleven major sectors of the S & P-500 finished the session in the green.

Cisco Systems took almost 5% after noting its annual forecasts.

Conversely, Unitedhealth Group plunged 11% after the Wall Street Journal reported that the American Department of Justice was carrying out a criminal investigation into a possible health insurance fraud. The group said he did not have been informed of any investigation.

His rivals Humana and Molina Healthcare also ended up.

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