Paris (Reuters) -The New York Stock Exchange opened up on Monday with anticipations of drops in the American Federal Reserve (Fed).
In the first exchanges, the Dow Jones index earns 19.79 points, or 0.04% to 45,420.65 points and the Standard & Poor’s 500, wider, increased from 0.26% to 6,498.20 points. The Nasdaq Composite takes 0.62% or 135.26 points, at 21,835.648.
The Wall Street Stock Exchange is moving towards a rebound on Monday after the drop in the last session linked to fears about the American economy.
On Friday, the monthly employment report reported on the creations of non -agricultural jobs much lower than expectations and highlighted the gloomy state of the economy.
It is now the reaction of the American Federal Reserve (Fed), with a drop in rates expected in September, which supports the indices across the Atlantic.
The markets now consider that there are 88% chance that Fed rates be reduced by 25 base points in September, according to the Fedwatch tool of the CME.
Standard Charterd even expects a drop in 50 base points in September, against a drop of 25 base points initially planned.
Above all, several analysts now predict three rate drops this year, against two previously.
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