Wall Street closed disparate after the Federal Reserve maintained the interest rate

In that context, the Dow Jones de Industriales He went down a 0.4% to 44,461.28 points; The S&P 500 He lost a 0.1% to 6,366.58 points and the Nasdaq Composite one was appreciated 0.2% to the 21,129.67 points.

Meanwhile in Asia, the CSI 1000 from China fell 0.8% On Tuesday’s wheel, while the Hong Kong Hang Sheng low 1.4% and the Nikkei Japanese scored a Mild red of 0.1%. In Europe, the trend, for the moment, is distributed: the Euro Stoxx Go up 0.3%, he German Dax a 0.2% and the French CAC 0.1%. In the opposite path, the Spanish Ibex 0.2% scale and British ftse Opera stable.

The Federal Reserve kept the fees, although there were dissidents among its members

The Fed kept the interest rates No changes Wednesday, in a divided decision which gave few signs of when the indebted costs could lower and caused the dissent of two of the governors of the Central Bank, both designated by the president Donald Trump and that they coincide with him that monetary policy is too restrictive, according to Reuters.

“The unemployment rate remains low and labor market conditions remain solid. Inflation remains somewhat high”said the Fed in a monetary policy statement published after the Federal Open Market Committee will vote 9-2 for maintaining its interest rate at a stable reference day in the range of 4.25% -4.50% per fifth consecutive meeting.

In the statement it is indicated that economic growth “He contained in the first semester of the year “which could reinforce the idea of lowering the rates in a future meeting if this predisposition is maintained.

However, he also said that “Uncertainty about economic perspectives remains considerable”, with risks for both inflation and employment objectivesphrase that supports the reluctance of the Central Bank to cut the rates until the trajectory of inflation and employment is clearer.

This meeting marks a precedent since it is the first time in more than 30 years than two members of the Board of Governors vote against a rate decision in the agency, which are usually taken by consensus, which will probably fueled the debate on how Trump’s public pressure to reduce rates is affecting an institution designed to establish monetary policy regardless of the demands of elected officials.

Both the supervision vice president, Michelle Bowmanas the governor Christopher Wallerwere appointed members of the Board by Trump and “preferred to reduce the objective range for the federal fund rate in a quarter percentage point in this meeting,” according to the statement.

Wall Street with its sights in the economy, which grew more than expected

The data published on Wednesday showed that LAmerican economy advanced more than expected in the second quarterrecovering from the contraction suffered during the first quarter of 2025.

The preliminary report of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the Commerce Departmentpublished on Wednesday, showed a growth of the 3% For the period from April to June, above the 2.5% provided. GDP contracted 0.5% in the first quarter.

American private payrolls increased more than expected in July, with an increase of 104,000 jobs last month, after a revised decrease of 23,000 in June. These figures will serve as a preamble of the important reading of non -agricultural payrolls that will be published on Friday.

Goal and Microsoft lead the list of upcoming results

This week is emerging as the most active of the results season. At the moment, 199 S&P 500 companies They presented their quarterly results, and almost the 82% exceeded expectations, according to data from FACTSET (Research platform that integrates financial data from various sources of third -party financial information).

Platforms goal (-0.8%), Facebook owner, and Microsoft (-0.4%) will be the center of attention on Wednesday, followed by Apple (-1.4%) and Amazon (-0.7%) Thursday.

In addition, the results of the first two that will be published after the closure of the market will be accompanied by those of other companies, such as chips designer ARM Holdings (-0.5%) and the trading platform Robinhood Markets (+2.5%).

On the other hand, the actions of Starbucks They dropped 1% despite the fact that the coffee shops announced net income for the third quarter that exceeded expectations, which suggests that their restructuring plan is moving forward.

Human He climbed an after the health insurer raised her annual income estimate after exceeding the expectations of the second quarter.

ETSY He climbed a 12% When the electronic commerce platform announced income from the second quarter better than expected, thanks to the benefits of a more personalized marketing and emerging artificial intelligence technologies.

VF Corporation A 3% After the Vans parent company exceeds the income estimates of the first quarter, driven by a rebound in the demand of its clothing and footwear products.

Setbacks in commercial negotiations

Trust was slightly affected after a new round of commercial negotiations in Sweden between the United States and China did not achieve significant advance after two days of conversations.

However, both parties described their conversations, whose objective was to help relieve potentially harmful tensions by searching for an extension of their 90 -day commercial truce, as constructive.

In addition, Trump announced on Wednesday that the United States will impose a tariff of the 25%, More sanctions, a India from August 1citing the purchases of Russian military and energy by this country.

The commercial negotiations were and are a key issue for the Trump administration in recent days, especially after the president signed a broad agreement with the European Union on Sunday.