(Reuters) – The New York Stock Exchange opened on Friday after Donald Trump’s decision to give himself two weeks to decide whether or not the United States intervenes militarily in Iran.
In the first exchanges, the Dow Jones index earns 145.31 points, or 0.34%, at 42,316.97 points and the Standard & Poor’s 500, wider, increased from 0.37% to 6.003.21 points.
The Nasdaq Composite takes 0.55%, or 107.78 points, at 19,654.06 points.
Investors continue to navigate in a context of international tensions exacerbated by the conflict between Israel and Iran.
On Thursday, the White House said that Donald Trump would make a decision to intervene or not in the Israeli military campaign against Iran over the next two weeks, given the “high probability” of negotiations in the near future.
“All information going in the direction of a de -escalation will be positive for the markets, and this is what we observe to a certain extent here”, according to Art Hogan, chief market strategist at B. Riley Wealth.
“Even if the immediate prospect of an American intervention in Iran seems to have moved away, the fact that it is apparently a two -week break means that this question will remain current for the markets with next week,” said Dan Coatsworth, investment analyst at Aj Bell.
In addition, Wednesday, the Fed maintained its unchanged interest rates and reported that borrowing costs should decrease this year, while slowing down the overall rate of its future rate drops in the face of the prospect of an increase in inflation resulting from the White House trade policy.
“All external forecastists and the Fed say that we expect a significant level of inflation to arrive in the coming months and we must take it into account,” said Jerome Powell.
At the values, Kroger advances 6.63% after having noted his annual sales forecasts at comparable stores on Friday.
Accenture abandons 7.64% after announcing a second consecutive drop in new quarterly orders on Friday.
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(Written by Mara Vîlcu, edited by Jean-Stéphane Brosse)
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