By Sinéad Carew and NiKet Nishant

(Reuters) – The New York Stock Exchange ended up on Wednesday, carried out in particular by the health sector despite the publication of a survey of a surprise destruction of jobs in the United States and the uncertainty that reigns the day after the “Shutdown” of the American administration.

The Dow Jones index won 0.09%, or 43.21 points, at 46,441.10 points. 0.34% The Standard & Poor’s 500, wider, took 22.74 points, or 6,711.20 points. The Nasdaq Composite advanced 95.15 points, 0.42% to 22,755.157 points.

The ADP’s monthly survey has shown that the private sector in the United States had, against all odds, destroyed 32,000 jobs in September, while the figure for August was revised to display -3,000, against +54,000 initially estimated.

This statistic confirms the fears of a slowdown in the labor market while the publication Friday of the monthly indicator of the labor department on job creations, the unemployment rate and the evolution of wages are now threatened by a possible extension of the “Shutdown”.

While Wall Street had dropped down, the markets returned to the green during the session, the health compartment, carried by the pharmaceutical laboratories, is that of the eleven major sectors of the S&P-500 which has progressed the most.

“Yesterday was a catalyst for the health sector,” said Lara Castleton, manager of the United States construction and portfolio strategy at Janus Henderson Investors.

Companies in the pharmaceutical sector increased after the announcement of US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced to Pfizer on the drop in prices of all his medicines sold as part of the “Medicaid” health insurance program in the United States.

The technology sector has also progressed.

In values, AESA Bondi after the Financial Times reported Tuesday that Global Infrastructure Partners, owned by Blackrock, was about to conclude an agreement of $ 38 billion to acquire the provider of public services.

Corteva decreased after announcing Wednesday that it would split its seed and pesticide activities into two separate companies listed on the stock market.

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