By Christmas Randewich and Pranav Kashyap

(Reuters)-The New York Stock Exchange finished in order dispersed Thursday, the Dow Jones having decreased while the S & P-500 and the NASDAQ reached records in the wake of the quarterly alphabet results, also against the backdrop of optimism about the commercial negotiations carried out by the United States.

The Dow Jones index sold 0.70% to 44,693.91 points.

The wider S&P-500 took 0.07% to 6,363.35 points.

The Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.18% to 21,057.96 points.

The solid results of alphabet, published Wednesday after the closure and on the occasion of which the group revised upwards its investment spending plans, fueled the optimism of investors about artificial intelligence (AI) and the technological sector.

Alphabet, mother house of Google, took 1%. Microsoft, Nvidia and Amazon have also increased by 1% or more.

Wall Street was reassured this week by the trade agreement announced between the United States and Japan, as well as by information that the administration of US President Donald Trump was moving towards an agreement with the European Union which would provide customs duties of 15%. “Investors feel optimistic about commercial negotiations, about the economy, the trajectory of inflation, as well as to the best than expected quarterly results,” commented Sam Stovall, chief strategist of CFRA Research.

The markets also awaited the visit, scheduled for Thursday afternoon, of Donald Trump at the headquarters of the Federal Reserve (Fed), whose president he regularly criticized, Jerome Powell, since his return to power last January.

It is expected that the American central bank does not change its interest rates next week. A first drop in rates is anticipated in September, at around 60% by the markets, according to CME Fedwatch.

Data published during the day by the American Labor Department show that weekly unemployed registrations have backed away more than expected, suggesting resilience in the job market.

Eight of the eleven major sectors of the S & P-500 finished the session in the red.

Note, on the values side, the decline of 8.2% Tesla after its boss Elon Musk warned of several “difficult” quarters following disappointing results over the April-June period. IBM sold almost 8% after reporting disappointing quarterly sales of its software division.

American Airlines fell by almost 10% following a forecast of significant loss in the third quarter, due to gloomy demand in the United States, while the trade war waged by Donald Trump has caused the greatest period of uncertainty for the airline sector since the COVIR crisis.

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