NEW YORK (Reuters) – – The New York Stock Exchange completed the week on a new increase on Friday, while careful optimism prevails among investors since the truce announced on Monday in the trade war between the United States and China.

The Dow Jones won 331.99 points (+0.78%) at 42,674 points. The S&P 500 has garnered 41.45 points (+0.70%) to 5,958.38 points and the NASDAQ Composite increased from 98.78 points (+0.52%) to 19,211.10.

Over the past week, the Dow Jones won 3.41%, the S&P 500 5.27%and the NASDAQ 7.15%.

The unexpected decline in consumer morale calculated by the University of Michigan for the month of May, fueled by anticipations of an increase in inflation, weighed on clues in the morning.

But the S&P 500 finally closed on its fifth consecutive positive session since the announcement, Monday by Beijing and Washington, of a suspension for 90 days of prohibitive customs duties that the two countries had imposed themselves during their tariff climbing in April.

Recording the market as “prudently optimistic”, due to the now more accommodating position of Donald Trump’s administration on commercial policy, Paul Christopher, director of investment strategy at Wells Fargo Investment Institute, however stressed that uncertainty still hits the impact of this tariff war.

“We have not even started to see what will happen when companies will have to increase their prices and consumers will see less goods on the shelves,” he said.

Investors are also waiting to see more clearly on the tax policy of the United States government, while a large bill on tax credits was rejected on Friday in committee in the House of Representatives with the support of Republican elected officials, some – moderate – worrying about the impact of the cuts provided for in social expenses, others – radical – demanding more frank cuts.

In values, Unitedhealth Group returned to field (+6.4%) After eight consecutive days of decline, investors hoping for strategic changes after the resignation of the director general Andrew Witty, the suspension of group forecasts for 2025 and revelations of the Wall Street Journal concerning a survey by the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) on a possible fraud in Medicare.

The semiconductor manufacturer’s equipment supplier Applied Materials dropped by 5.3% after missing expectations for its turnover in the second quarter.

The Action Verizon Communications took advantage (+1.7%) of the green light given by the telecommunications authority (FCC) to its buy -in project for $ 20 billion in the Internet Supplier Frontier Communications, the largest American telecom company having given up implementing its internal diversity, equity and inclusion program.

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