(Reuters)-The New York Stock Exchange opened on low variations on Wednesday, pending the monetary policy decision and the prospects of the Federal Reserve (Fed) later in the day, and while the Israeli-Iranian conflict maintains investors on the alert.
In the first exchanges, the Dow Jones index is unchanged at 5.986.49 points and the Standard & Poor’s 500, wider, clipped 0.06% to 5,986.49 points.
The Nasdaq Composite also opened on a low variation (+0.06%) to 19.532,51 points.
Monetary policy will occupy the stage on Wednesday as the Fed will announce its decision at 6:00 p.m. GMT. Although a status quo on rates is widely expected, the markets will be attentive to the new economic forecasts of the bank and the comments of its president, Jerome Powell.
The central bank will express themselves in a context marked by the uncertain impact of the commercial and budgetary policies of the administration of Donald Trump on inflation and economic activity, and while the conflict in the Middle East continues, reviving fears of an increase in energy prices.
Before the Fed’s decision, operators estimate the rate reductions at the end of 2025, with a 55% probability of a reduction of 25 basis in September, shows the Fedwatch of the CME Group at the end of 45.
On the macroeconomic front, unemployed registration decreased in the United States during the week to June 14 to 245,000 against 250,000 in the previous week, data that remains at levels compatible with a slowdown in the labor market in June.
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