New York (AFP)

Wall Street ended lower Wednesday the day after new records, losing ground while the American Central Bank was, in a document, shown particularly cautious on the health of the economy of the United States.

Its flagship index, the Dow Jones, fell 0.31% to 27,692.88 points. The Nasdaq, with a strong technological coloring, fell 0.57% to 11,146.46 points while the extended S&P 500 index fell 0.44% to 3,374.85 points.

The New York Stock Exchange took the S&P 500 (+ 0.23%) to a level never before reached on Tuesday, completely erasing the losses suffered by the index at the start of the spread of the pandemic in the United States. The Nasdaq had also finished at a new level.

On Wednesday, the indices were up slightly until the publication, during the session, of the minutes of the last meeting of the Fed's monetary policy committee.

Without providing particularly new information, these minutes "provided an excuse for investors to sell a little," said Patrick O'Hare of Briefing.

The participants at the Fed meeting notably stressed that "the uncertainty surrounding the economic outlook (remains) very high, the trajectory of the economy depending heavily on that of the virus and the public sector's response to it", that is, the adoption of a new aid plan.

However, the White House and the elected Democrats of Congress have been discussing for several weeks new aid measures for businesses and households, as well as for local communities and schools, without reaching an agreement.

In addition "the labor market is far from a complete recovery", even after the significant number of job creations observed in May and June, underlined the members of the monetary committee of the Fed.

For Mr. O'Hare, expect a few volatile sessions in the coming days, with trading volumes much more limited at the end of the summer vacation.

"It is not surprising to see a little decline after the surge in the indices that we have just known," he stressed.

Today's session was also marked by Apple, which became the first American company to exceed the $ 2,000 billion mark on the stock market.

On the bond market, the 10-year rate on US debt rose to 0.6834% against 0.6687% Tuesday night.

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