Wall Street opened this Wednesday with slight drops in its main indicators, but on track to say goodbye to 2025 with double-digit annual gains.
At 10:12 local time (15:12 GMT) on the New York stock market, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.28%, to 48,230 units; The selective S&P 500 fell 0.23%, to 6,880, and the Nasdaq lost 0.22%, to 23,367.
The last trading day of the year will have its usual schedule on Wall Street, but the stock markets will remain closed tomorrow for the New Year holiday.
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Among the data that the markets analyzed today were unemployment benefits in the US, which fell by 16,000 applications compared to the previous week, to 199,000, better than projected.
In the absence of surprises, the main indicators will close a positive year, although more moderate than the previous one, with gains of 13% in the Dow Jones, 17% in the S&P 500 and 21% in the Nasdaq.
In other markets, Texas oil was trading higher, with an advance of 0.62%, to $58.33 a barrel; The yield on the 10-year bond in the US rose to 4.143% and gold fell to $4.347 per ounce.
With information from EFE
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