PARIS (Reuters) – The New York Stock Exchange opened slightly on Friday, investors being reassured by the resistance of the American economy.
In the first exchanges, the Dow Jones index earns 76.55 points, or 0.17% to 44,561.04 points and the Standard & Poor’s 500, wider, increased from 0.26% to 6.313.60 points. The Nasdaq Composite takes 0.35% or 73.92 points, at 20,959,569.
The economic indicators published across the Atlantic during the week that ended positively and reassured about the resistance capacity of the US economy to the Trump administration policies.
In this context, the markets are now betting at 56.3% over a drop in rates of the American Federal Reserve (Fed) in September when a drop in July now seems unlikely.
The president of the central bank, Jerome Powell, also opts for the status quo in order to give himself time to observe the consequences on the prices of the policies of Donald Trump.
The American president may have denying the rumors reporting that he wanted to dismiss the manager before the end of his mandate, investors are concerned about the potential consequences of such an option.
In values, American Express loses 1.5% after its results.
Chevron won 1.7%, the American major having won her legal battle against Exxon Mobil to acquire Hess.
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(Written by Bertrand de Meyer, edited by Augustin Turpin)
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