(Finance) – Early closure of the New York Stock Exchange and in the name of prudence for the Thanksgiving holiday. In fact, today the American square observed reduced hours. With the Thanksgiving holiday behind us, today operators were busy evaluating the sales performance of Black Friday, one of the most anticipated shopping days of the year, which will serve as a test of consumer spending, in light of economic pressures due to high interest rates.
There are few insights on the macroeconomic front, only the preliminary readings of the services and manufacturing PMIs have been published, the latter falling surprisingly.
Among US indices, the Dow Jones rises by 0.33% to 35,390 points, while, on the contrary, theS&P-500 (New York), which is positioned at 4,559 points, close to previous levels. On equality the Nasdaq 100 (-0.12%); on the same line, without direction theS&P 100 (-0.06%).
The sectors highlighted on the North American S&P 500 list healthcare (+0.51%) e power (+0.45%). The sector telecommunicationswith its -0.67%, is the worst of the market.
At the top of the rankings American giants components of the Dow Jones, Johnson & Johnson (+1.11%), Walt Disney (+1.04%), Wal-Mart (+0.90%) e Travelers Company (+0.83%).
The steepest declines, however, occur at Applewhich continues the session with -0.70%.
On the podium of Nasdaq stocks, DexCom (+1.94%), Warner Bros Discovery (+1.78%), Dollar Tree (+1.51%) e JD.com (+1.45%).
The steepest declines, however, occur at Nvidiawhich continues the session with -1.93%.
Sales up Globalfoundrieswhich recorded a decline of 1.60%.
Moderate contraction for Alphabetwhich suffers a drop of 1.30%.
Undertone Alphabet which shows a reduction of 1.29%.