New York (AFP)

Wall Street ended Monday's session slightly lower, at the start of a week that will be marked by US inflation figures for March and the start of the corporate earnings season.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.16% to 33,745.40 points, the technology-heavy Nasdaq fell 0.36% to 13,850.00 points and the extended S&P 500 index fell 0.02% to 4,127 , 99 points.

For Patrick O'Hare of Briefing.com, the New York Stock Exchange was in the waiting phase Monday before "a series of notable events that could move the market".

On Tuesday, investors will learn about inflation figures in the United States with the publication of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for March.

They will be able to see if the rise in prices accelerated significantly last month, which could indicate a risk of overheating the US economy.

Wall Street will also be on the lookout for quarterly results for companies listed on the S&P 500.

The big American banks will kick off this period particularly awaited by the market players: JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo will share their quarterly balance sheets on Wednesday, Bank of America and Citigroup will comply with this exercise on Thursday.

Mr. O'Hare expects strong banking results, but wonders if "the good news has already been absorbed" by the market or if the stock market can advance further.

PepsiCo and Delta are among the other big names on Wall Street who will unveil their results this week.

Among today's values, Nuance jumped 15.95%.

This specialist in artificial intelligence and telemedicine was acquired by Microsoft (+ 0.02%) for an amount of $ 19.7 billion, debt included.

United Airlines fell 3.88%.

The American company warned Monday that its turnover for the first quarter should be down 66% compared to the same period of 2019, before the pandemic hits air traffic hard.

Alibaba rose 9.27% ​​on the New York Stock Exchange.

The Chinese e-commerce giant on Monday put into perspective the consequences of the $ 2.8 billion fine imposed on it by Chinese regulators for abuse of a dominant position.

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