PARIS (Reuters) – On the New York Stock Exchange, two of the three main clues bounce on Wednesday, carried out in particular by Alphabet which benefited from a favorable court decision within the framework of an antitrust dispute, pending the American employment report.

In the first exchanges, the Dow Jones index lost 44.90 points, or 0.10%, at 45,250.91 points.

Standard & poor’s 500, wider, increased by 27.48 points, or 0.43%, to 6,443.02 points.

The Nasdaq Composite takes 183.76 points, or 0.86%, at 21,463.39 points.

The American markets, which had suffered concerns on Tuesday from the legality of customs duties wanted by President Donald Trump and tensions in the bond, start from the front with the support of the technological compartment, which advances by 0.50%.

Alphabet jumps by 6.67% and Apple by 2.86% while American justice decided Tuesday evening that the mother house of Google, which has a partnership in search engines on the Internet with the iPhone manufacturer, should not give in its Chrome browser, as claimed by the antitrust authorities. Google will however have to share data with its competitors.

“This decision removes an important legal obstacle and indicates that the court is ready to seek pragmatic solutions rather than burnt earth policy,” comments Matt Britzman, principal analyst of actions at Hargreaves Lansdown.

“This is a message that the rest of the ‘Big Tech’, many of whom faced their own antitrust battles, will watch closely,” he added.

Apart from “Tech”, business results also animate the exchanges, starting with Macy’s which jumped 19.71% after the increase in turnover and profit for the year, while Campbell’s wins 3.90% after its financial publication.

Dollar Tree, on the other hand, abandons 11.77%, the low -cost distributor anticipating a stable adjusted profit for the current quarter due to the increase in customs duties.

On the macroeconomic level, the market will read at 2:00 p.m. GMT of the JOLTS survey on job offers, prelude to the official monthly report on the labor market scheduled for Friday, which could influence the next decision of the American Federal Reserve (Fed).

A drop in borrowing costs of the 25 or 50 basic Fed is expected on September 17, but the penitification of the rate curve, that is to say the digging of the gap between short and long maturity, continues to worry investors, in a context of budgetary questions. The yield of the American ten years is stable Wednesday, at 4.26%, while the 30 years, crossed the very monitored threshold of 5%in session.

The publication at 6:00 p.m. GMT from the beige book of the Fed, which serves as a work base for its monetary policy committee, will also provide elements on the American conjuncture.

(Written by Claude Chendjou, edited by Blandine Hénault)

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