Wall Street: despite the main indices falling, they are on track to close September with profits

Wall Street: despite the main indices falling, they are on track to close September with profits

September 30, 2024 – 11:56

The New York stock market opened slightly lower on Monday, and weakens as the end of the month approaches but would end a third quarter of good performance in general.

The New York Stock Exchange opened slightly lower on Monday

NYSE

The NYSE It opened slightly lower on Monday, and falls as the end of the month approaches, despite this, September closed with good profits, and would end a third quarter of good performance in general.

In the first operations, the index Dow Jones fell 0.1%, the technological Nasdaq 0.3% and the expanded index S&P 500 0.2%.

In turn, The Nasdaq would close September with an advance of 2%, the S&P 500 with a rise of 1.5%, and the Dow Jones, a growth of 1.7%.

How the main indices fared in the last quarter

He S&P 500 accumulate profits 5.1% in the third quarter, not counting this last session; and go up more than 20% so far this year.

He Dow Jonesfor its part, advanced 1.8% in the last month and 8.2% in this quarter; while the Nasdaq It leads purchases in September with increases of 2.3% and falls further behind in the third quarter (+2.2%).

What news impacts this last day

The New York Stock Exchange hardly reacts to the strong movements of the stock markets in Asiawith strong increases in China and big drops Japan.

It is also attentive to the increase in geopolitical tension in Middle East, after the death of the leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallahin a bombing of Israel.

For the moment, investors are focusing their attention on American labor market data that will be known in the coming days, and that will culminate on Friday with the publication of the September employment report.

Source: Ambito

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Latest Posts