New York (AFP)

The New York Stock Exchange closed in green on Wednesday as the US Central Bank left its rates unchanged but assured it was ready to act to eventually support the economy.

Its flagship index, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.15% to finish at 26,504.00 points and the Nasdaq, with strong technological color, rose 0.42% to end at 7,987.32 points.

The broad S & P 500 index rose 0.30% to stand at 2,926.46 points.

Near the equilibrium during the first part of the session, the indices began to come to life at the end of the Fed's Monetary Policy Committee meeting.

As widely expected, the institution left interest rates unchanged.

But, highlighting the worsening economic "uncertainties", she also assured that she "will act as it should to support the expansion".

Speaking at a press conference, Fed boss Jerome Powell also said there were more arguments for "a little more accommodating" monetary policy.

This positioning is likely to boost the stock market indexes because not only do the Fed's support measures tend to stimulate the economy, but they are accompanied by a drop in yields on the bond market. This makes assets considered riskier, such as equities, more attractive.

The 10-year US debt rate actually fell after the release of the Fed's press release and moved to 20.20 GMT at 2.031%.

The reaction of investors remained however measured Wednesday because the decisions and comments of the Fed were "more or less in line with the expectations" and that the market "probably already integrated" the idea that the Fed will be more accommodating, said Art Hogan of National Holdings.

According to a tool from the CME platform, market participants now estimate the probability of a rate cut almost 100% at the next meeting of the Fed's Monetary Policy Committee on July 30th and 31st.

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However, for Ian Shepherdson of Pantheon Macroeconomics, "the release, the forecasts and the rate expectations do not guarantee that there will be a rate cut this year, let alone two declines as the market seems to want".

"If a trade deal (with China) is concluded and growth is robust, the Fed will not want to be accommodating," he said.

Among the values ​​of the day, the US channel CBS took 1.53% while, according to the Wall Street Journal, the group is preparing a takeover bid on Viacom (+ 2.68%).

Harley-Davidson sold 0.20% after announcing a partnership with a Chinese company to build a smaller and more affordable version of its motorcycles, whose arrival on the Chinese market is scheduled for late 2020.

US airline Southwest Airlines dropped 0.37%. The group has revised upwards its annual forecasts by evoking a solid demand, but has reported difficulties with the grounding of its Boeing 737 Max planes, banned from flying around the world since March after two air crashes that have made 346 dead.

The software publisher Adobe has appreciated 5.21% after quarterly results higher than the expectations of analysts.

The PG & E energy supplier climbed 7.26%. The group agreed to donate $ 1 billion to 14 California local governments to compensate them for damages caused by deadly forest fires, whose departures are attributed to the company's equipment.

? 2019 AFP