(Finance) – Plus sign for the US price list, with the Dow Jones up by 0.82%, continuing the positive streak that began last Wednesday; along the same lines, small leap forward for theS&P-500which reaches 5,971 points. Fractional earnings for the Nasdaq 100 (+0.22%); almost unchangedS&P 100 (+0.19%).
On the macroeconomic front, data on the manufacturing and services sectors and consumer confidence compiled by the University of Michigan have been released. Weekly jobless claims came in lower than expected yesterday, while continuing claims rose to a three-year high.
Meanwhile, investors continue to wonder about the Fed’s move at its December meeting. In recent days, two Federal Reserve officials have laid out contrasting views on where U.S. monetary policy might be headed, with Michelle Bowman expressing caution and Lisa Cook being more confident that easing will continue.
On the corporate side, after the unclear accounts of the semiconductor giant, Nvidia, considered the symbol of the rise of artificial intelligence, the spotlight is on Gap which raised its annual sales forecasts
Sectors are distinguished in the S&P 500 basket industrial goods (+1.29%), secondary consumer goods (+1.24%) e office consumables (+1.03%). At the bottom of the ranking, significant declines are evident in the sector telecommunicationswhich reports a decline of -0.46%.
At the top of the rankings American giants components of the Dow Jones, Boeing (+3.40%), Nike (+3.03%), Procter & Gamble (+2.64%) e American Express (+2.38%).
The strongest sales, however, occur at United Healthwhich continues trading at -1.07%.
On the podium of Nasdaq stocks, Copart (+9.72%), Modern (+7.05%), Datadog (+7.01%) e MongoDB (+5.74%).
The worst performances, however, are recorded on Palo Alto Networkswhich gets -5.21%.
He goes down PDD Holdingswith a decline of 4.32%.
Collapses Intuitwith a decline of 4.31%.