(Reuters) – The New York Stock Exchange opened in dispersed order on Friday before quickly spending in green, as the end of a week marked by a renewed optimism regarding the appeasement of trade tensions between the United States and China.
In the first exchanges, the Dow Jones index earns 41.21 points, or 0.10%, at 42,363.96 points while the Standard & Poor’s 500, wider, increased from 0.16% to 5,926.28 points.
The Nasdaq Composite takes 0.21%, or 40.77 points, to 19,153.084 points.
The world’s stock markets rebounded earlier this week in the wake of the trade agreements signed by the United States with China and Great Britain.
Uncertainty remains among investors who are still trying to assess the impact that new negotiated customs duties, which remain greater than those in force at the end of 2024, could have on the global economy.
“Although risks remain, the markets are moving away from the most pessimistic scenario and probably extrapolate this development towards a lower probability of reciprocal customs duties for the rest of the world”, according to analysts from Société Générale.
Investors are later waiting for the comments of the US Federal Reserve (FED), at least two of them, including the president of the Fed of Richmond, Thomas Barkin, to be expressed during the day.
At the values, Eli Lilly won 1.21% after the announcement of the resignation of the director general of his competitor Novo Nordisk.
Constellation Brands takes 1,23% after Berkshire Hathaway announced Thursday that it has more than doubled his participation in the producer of alcoholic drinks
Alphabet advances by 2.63%.
(Written by Mara Vîlcu, edited by Augustin Turpin)
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