Wall Street He won profits this Wednesday, June 18, and the three reference indices ended up, while investors assimilated the last monetary policy of the Federal Reserve and the sayings of the US President Donald Trump, who said that Iran is willing to establish conversations for the conflict in the Middle East.
In this context, the Dow Jones index of industrialists dropped 0.10% to 42,171,66 points; The S&P500 lost 0.04% to 5,980.43 points and the Nasdaq Composite showed 0.13% to 19,546.27 points
The Federal Reserve kept interest rates without changes
By fourth consecutive meeting The Fed maintained interest rates without changes“But warned about the concern for tariff -induced stagflation, which continues to tarnish economic perspectives.”
The Federal Open Market Committee, FOMC, left its reference rate in a range of 4.25% at 4.5%.
Fed members They still consider that the reference rate will fall to 3.9% this yearwhich suggests two rate cuts. The rates are expected to fall to 3.6% in 2026, compared to the previous 3,4% of March. By 2027, the committee now foresees a 3.4% rates, compared to the previous 3.1%.
The intention of the Fed to keep its decision on interest rates without changes occurs in a more moderate inflation data context. However, the authorities of the North American Central Bank seem to add to the deflationary trend at the moment, recognizing that The uncertainty about how much inflation will boost President Trump’s tariffs remains considerable.
The labor market, which continued to show signs of strength after an Employment Report of June much better than expected, published earlier this month, is not indicating any need for immediate flexibility.
Building beginnings rise, future constructions and unemployment subsidies lower
The data published on Wednesday showed that the beginning of the construction of single -family homes in the US increased 0.4% in May, but a strong drop in construction permits for future constructions indicated some Moderate real estate market conditions Given the difficulties derived from tariffs and excess inventory of without selling housing.
Meanwhile, the number of Americans who submitted new unemployment subsidy requests decreased last week, to 5,000, to an unstacilities of 245,000, but remained at levels consistent with a New loss of impulse of the labor market In June.
Iranian leader increases tensions in the Middle East
The ongoing conflict in the Middle East continues to weigh on investors, especially after Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Jamenei, will reject the demands for unconditional surrender of US President Donald Trump In a statement read by a television presenter on Wednesday morning.
These were his first public statements since Friday, when he delivered a speech after Israel began bombing Iran.
“The intelligent people who know Iran, the Iranian nation and their history will never speak to this nation with a threatening language because the Iranian nation will not surrender“Jamenei said.
The supreme leader emphasized that neither peace nor war can be imposed on the Islamic Republic, and added a direct warning to the United States. “Americans should know that any US military intervention will undoubtedly bring irreparable damage,” he said.
According to a Wednesday Reuters report, President Trump and his team are evaluating several options, including the possibility of joining Israel in attacks against Iranian nuclear facilities. Speaking on Wednesday morning, Trump said “that or not to attack Iran, he also said that Iran is willing to establish conversations.”
Some of the most outstanding wall street actions
The actions of Platoon Interactive rose slightly 1.2% after the exercise and media team company achieved financing and reduced costs during the last year to dissipate concerns about bankruptcy.
The actions of Uber They fell 1.5% and Lyft those dropped 1.4% on Wednesday after Waymo, from Alphabet (-0.2%), will request a permission to test its autonomous vehicles in New York, pointing out a potential future competition in one of the largest shared transport markets in the US.
The actions of Circle Internet They climbed 32% in Wednesday’s operations when the US Senate approved a Historical Law on Stablecoins, marking a significant step towards regulatory clarity for the crypto sector.
The bipartisan approval represents a possible turning point for cryptocurrency regulation, particularly benefiting Circle as a USDC issuer, the second largest stablecoin with a market value of approximately US $ 61.4 billion according to Coingcko data.
The actions of Coinbase They also advanced 16% with the news, while traditional payments giants Mastercard and Visa 5%fell, suggesting that investors see legislation as a possible disruption of established payment networks.
Source: Ambito
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