the market of Wall Street Operates this Monday with a combination of results. The main indicator, the Dow Jones of Industrialistsregisters a slight drop in 0.2%. It should be noted that the session will be shorter than usual due to the eve of the celebration of the 4th of July, Independence Day In U.S.A.
After the start of operations on the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones stood at 34,360.57 unitswhile the selective S&P 500 registers a small decrease of 0.2%. For its part, the composite market index nasdaqwhere the main technology companies are listed, experienced an increase of 0.4%.
The opening of the New York market coincided with the news that the personal consumption expenditure index (PCE) in the United States during the month of May stood at 4.6% compared to the previous yearslightly below economists’ expectations at 0.1%.
The Nasdaq Index cmissed his best first semester since 1983 last Fridaywith an accumulated advance of almost 32%. This growth is attributed, in part, to the boost of artificial intelligence (AI) in the technology sector and the progressive control of inflation in the United States.
Likewise, the selective S&P 500, which also includes many large technology companiesexperienced an advance close to 16% in the first semesterrepresenting its best performance in that period since 2019.
Wall Street: Independence Day in the USA
Today the closing bell of the New York market is expected rings at 1:00 p.m. local time (17:00 GMT) due to the celebration of the holiday of July 4thduring which markets they will remain closed.
Regarding the sectors,The largest increases were registered in non-essential goods and energywith increases of 1.53% and 0.25%respectively, while the greatest losses were observed in the health sector (-1.03%) and industry (-0.59%).
Among the 30 values that make up the Dow Jonesthe companies with the biggest gains were Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) (0.89%) and JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) (0.85%), while the biggest losses were Merck (-1.48%) and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) (-0.19%).
Source: Ambito
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