By Sinéad Carew and NiKet Nishant

(Reuters) – The New York Stock Exchange ended up on Thursday, driven in particular by the technology sector and while in the absence of new official indicators due to the “Shutdown”, investors have focused on other data.

The Dow Jones index won 0.17%, or 78.62 points, at 46,519.72 points. The larger Standard & Poor’s 500 took 4.15 points, or 0.06% to 6,715.35 points. The Nasdaq Composite advanced 88.89 points, 0.39% to 22,844.051 points.

The partial closure of the activities of the American Federal Administration (“Shutdown”), prevented the publication of the unemployed weekly registration indicator in the United States, scheduled for Thursday, while the official report of the US work department on postal creations, unemployment and wages, scheduled for Friday, is also threatened.

Investors have thus concentrated in particular on the latest ADP’s survey which shows a degradation of the labor market, thus relating the prospect of a new monetary easing of the Fed.

“The market examines all of this in the context of already low (published) data in recent months in order to try to assess the real path that the labor market will follow,” said Jim Baird, investment manager at Plante Moran Financial Advisors.

Jim Baird, however, noted that, although the impact of a “Shutdown” on the financial markets was minimal in the past, the concern rises.

“Given the polarization of the two (political) parties at the moment, and as they seem to camp in their positions, it would not be surprising that the situation persists for a moment,” he said.

To the values, Tesla, who had advanced after reporting for the third quarter having exceeded market expectations, lost ground after certain analysts have warned of the risks that weigh on sales in the next quarters due to the expiration of the federal tax credit of 7,500 dollars.

The technology sector has brought the clues, notably helped by the record reached by the semiconductor compartment.

Equifax and Transunion fell after Fico announced the launch of a program allowing mortgage lenders to access credit ratings without going through agencies. Fico has progressed after this announcement.

Western Petroleum was downwards after announcing that it would sell its petrochemical division at Berkshire Hathaway for $ 9.7 billion.

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