In addition, some technology companies show increases in the pre-opening. In this sense, TSMC published its quarterly results, above expectations.
The main indices of Wall Street operate with a slight upward trend at the pre-opening this Thursday. The market is driven by trade optimism between the United States and China and the solid profits of the main US banks that they registered in the previous round.
In this context, the index that groups the most important companies in the New York Stock Exchange, he S&P 500 rises 0.38% in the “premarket”while the Nasdaq Composite, dedicated to the technology sector, increases 0.56%. For its part, the industrial index Dow Jones moves 0.23% up.
In the previous one, the stocks with the greatest increases are the logistics company JB Hunt (+12.81%), technology Salesforce (+5.14%) and Micron (+0.9%). On the opposite side, among the main companies that are listed in the red are technology companies Hewlett-Packard (-9.58%), the insurer Travelers (-4.9%) and the service company Marsh McLennan (-3.37%).
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The situation of global markets
In the rest of the world, the situation is mixed. In Europe, the Euro Stoxx rises 0.49%. At the local level, the German DAX drops 0.06% and the French CAC rises 0.80%. Outside the eurozone, the UK FTSE falls 0.15%.
In Asia, the Hang Seng of Hong Kong down 0.09%, while the Shanghai stock market recorded an increase of 0.10%. For his part, the Japanese Nikkei 225 rose 1.33% as prospects improved for Sanae Takaichi to become Japan’s first female prime minister, stoking expectations for loose monetary policy.
The business keys of the day
This Thursday it was known that TSMCa key player in the global semiconductor market, showed year-on-year profit growth of almost 40%. TSMC’s strong report coincides with yesterday’s results from ASML, a company crucial to AI infrastructure, which also beat expectations.
In operations prior to market opening, shares of companies related to AI infrastructure, such as Broadcom, Nvidia, AMD and Arista Networksare also rising.
For its part, Nestlé published its results for the first quarter of 2025which show moderate but constant growth. Organic revenue growth reached 3.3%, while real internal growth (CIR) stood at 0.6%.
The company confirmed its goal of maintaining an operating profit margin of at least 16% and announced a comprehensive restructuring plan, which includes laying off about 16,000 employees by the end of 2027.
Source: Ambito
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