(Reuters) – The indexs of the New York Stock Exchange finished in disorder on Friday, investors playing the card of prudence before the climbing of tensions between Iran and Israel, while the United States says they consider a possible involvement in the conflict.
The Dow Jones index won 0.08%, or 35.16 points, at 42,206.82 points. The larger Standard & Poor’s 500 lost 13.03 points, -0.22% to 5,967.84 points. The Nasdaq Composite fell on its side of 98.86 points, or -0.51% to 19,447.41 points.
Over the week, the S&P 500 lost 0.15%, the NASDAQ took 0.21%and the Dow Jones nibbled 0.02%.
The session turned out to be volatile, the S&P 500 managing to reduce part of its initial losses. This nervousness comes when the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abbas Araqchi, said that Tehran was favorable to the continuation of discussions with Germany, France, the United Kingdom and the European Union, saying that he was ready to take over the talks soon following a meeting in Geneva.
The White House said Thursday that President Donald Trump would make a decision within two weeks as to a possible American intervention in the air conflict between Israel and Iran, thus accentuating the pressure on Tehran so that he returned to the negotiating table.
“Investors are a bit nervous at the idea of ​​buying actions in this context, and more particularly as the weekend approaches,” said Rick Meckler, associated with Cherry Lane Investments in New Vernon, New Jersey.
At the same time, the markets digest the latest declarations of officials of the Federal Reserve. The FED maintained its unchanged interest rates on Wednesday, while its president, Jerome Powell, warned that inflation could accelerate during the summer.
Governor Christopher Waller minimized the inflationary impact of customs duties and said he was favorable to a drop in rates as of the next meeting. Conversely, the president of the Fed of Richmond, Tom Barkin, adopted a more cautious position, believing that there was no urgency to act.
On the sectoral level, technological values ​​with high capitalization, in particular Nvidia weighed on the performance of the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ, appearing among the main brakes on the progression of the indices.
(Some data may accuse a slight offset)
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