New York (AFP)

Wall Street started the week on a high note on Monday and its highly technological index, the Nasdaq, benefited from the good health of several major stocks, including Apple and Microsoft, to finish at a record.

Its flagship index, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.59% to 26,023.45 points.

The Nasdaq gained 1.11% to 10,056.47 points, surpassing its previous record of June 10.

The index notably benefited from the rise of Apple (+ 2.62%). The California giant announced at its annual developer conference on Monday that it will build its own chips for Mac computers, ending a long-standing partnership with Intel.

Microsoft also rose sharply (+ 2.78%) and was not penalized on the stock market by the announcement of the imminent closure of its video game streaming platform Mixer, which failed to compete with the Twitch service from Amazon (+ 1.45%).

For its part, the S&P 500, which represents the 500 largest companies on Wall Street appreciated by 0.65% to 3,117.86 points.

"Investors are emotionless despite the rise over the weekend in the number of cases of coronavirus" in several American states, observes Peter Cardillo of Spartan Capital Securities.

"This has in no way confused the markets," continues the expert.

If New York, the city most affected by the virus in the country, took a new step on Monday in its exit from containment with the reopening to the public of non-essential businesses, several states of the South and West (Florida, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma) have seen a spike in the number of positive cases.

Among the indicators of Monday, resales of old homes in May were down sharply, 9.7% from April, according to data from the National Federation of American Real Estate Agents (NAR) published Monday.

This fall is the consequence of the containment measures of previous months, but a rebound could take place as early as next month, estimates the Federation.

The market will closely follow US figures this week on durable goods orders, inflation, first quarter gross domestic product and unemployment benefit claims.

On the bond market, the 10-year rate on the US debt rose, standing at 0.7052% around 8:35 p.m. GMT against 0.6937% on Friday evening.

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