New York (AFP)
The New York Stock Exchange ended in scattered order Thursday, investors wanting to believe in the economic recovery but worried about the growing number of coronavirus patients in several American states and in the world.
Its flagship index, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, lost 0.15% to 26,079.69 points.
The Nasdaq, with a strong technological coloring, rose on the contrary by 0.33% to 9,943.05 points, chaining its fifth session of consecutive increase.
As for the S&P 500, which represents the 500 largest companies on Wall Street, it picked up 0.06% to 3,115.34 points.
As on the previous day, Thursday's session saw New York indices hesitating, oscillating between gains and losses until the close.
According to Art Hogan of National Holdings, this happens "when you start to weigh the pros and cons of the current situation."
"The positive aspects are the monetary and budgetary support measures, the improvement of several economic data as well as the hope of progress for a treatment and a vaccine against the virus", describes Mr. Hogan.
"The negative aspects are the increase in the number of hospitalizations in several American states and in several countries" and the figures of the new registered unemployed, adds the expert.
New weekly claims for unemployment benefits in the United States reached 1.5 million last week, higher than analysts' forecasts (1.35 million), according to figures released Thursday by the Labor Department. .
In contrast, manufacturing activity in the Philadelphia region (northeast of the United States) returned to the green in June thanks to the reopening of the economy, according to the index of the local antenna of the Central Bank American (Fed).
The market is "a bit deadlocked," said Hogan, who notes that trading volumes were fairly low on Thursday, a sign of investor indecision.
On the bond market, the 10-year rate on the US debt fell, to 0.7035% around 20.20 GMT against 0.7389% Wednesday evening.
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