The New York Stock Exchange opened on Tuesday in red while investors await the decision of the Federal Reserve (FED) on interest rates, which are expected to stay after the meeting that begins today and will last until tomorrow.
Ten minutes after the bell touch on Wall Street, the Dow Jones of Industrials lost 0.66%, up to 40,947 points; The selective S&P 500 also yielded 0.66%, up to 5.613 integers and the Nasdaq technological fell 0.83%, to be 17,695.
The new Fed meeting will decide on interest rates, in the midst of increasing pressures of the US president, Donald Trump, to lower them, although its president Jerome Powell is being shown so far intractable about it, underlining whenever their independence prevails with respect to the executive.
Therefore, investors are also aware of the economic perspectives that the president of the FED communicates in his comments after the meeting.
Regarding the tariff uncertainty that lasts markets in recent months, Trump plans to meet this Tuesday with the new Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, which marks thus the beginning of the negotiations between both leaders.
The secretary of the Treasury, Scott Besent, said on Monday that the US government is “very close to reaching some agreements”, in statements to CNBC.
In addition, Bloomberg reported on Monday that India (which would support 26%tariffs, according to Donald Trump’s initial plans) proposed to the US a reciprocal policy of “zero tariffs on aluminum, car components and pharmaceutical products.
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These sectors are benefited in Wall Street with commercial uncertainty
Among the 30 quoted of Dow Jones, they headed the profits this morning Chevron (0.65%), Verizon (0.3%) and Apple (0.25%), compared to the highest decreases that were recorded at that time for Nvidia (-1.83%), Goldman Sachs (-1.56%) and Merck & CO (-1.52%).
By sectors, the highest profits were for raw materials (0.74%) and energy (0.27%); while the main losses fell from the technological side (-1.03%) and the toilet (-1.01%).
In the raw material market, Texas oil rose 3.57%, to 59.17 dollars a barrel, and exceeded 4% at 10:20 Est (14:20 GMT), after Monday closed at its lowest level since February 2021, driven by the OPEC+ decision during the weekend of accelerating oil production for second consecutive month.
Oil thus earned more than $ 2 per barrel on Tuesday, recovering from technical factors and the search for offers.
With EFE information
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