New York (AFP)

The New York Stock Exchange progressed a little Monday morning at the start of a week rich in results of listed companies, especially in the field of tech, as well as economic meetings and indicators.

Around 2:05 p.m. GMT, the Dow Jones rose 0.23% to 34,121.05 points.

The Nasdaq appreciated by 0.35% to 14,066.29 points and the S&P 500 by 0.31% to 4,193.19 points.

At the close on Friday, the Dow Jones and S&P 500 had posted weekly losses after four consecutive weeks of increases.

The Nasdaq had also fallen over the week.

"This morning, the exchanges are rather calm at the start of a big week," notes JJ Kinahan of TD Ameritrade.

"This is not very surprising, as Wall Street tends to rely on results to gain insight into the recent past and on company prospects to anticipate future performance."

"About a third of the companies of the S&P 500 must publish their balance sheets this week", specifies this specialist of the American stock market.

After the closing of the New York place on Monday, the manufacturer of high-end electric vehicles Tesla will comply with this exercise.

The American tech giants Alphabet (the parent company of Google), Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft will do the same in the coming days.

Individually, Apple announced Monday that it would increase its investments in the United States to $ 430 billion within five years, which should create 20,000 additional jobs.

The action of the Californian group yielded 0.14%.

Other big names on Wall Street will also publish their turnover and profits in the week, including Boeing, Caterpillar, McDonald's, Mastercard, Chevron and ExxonMobil.

The week will also be animated by a meeting of monetary policy of the Federal Reserve Tuesday and Wednesday as well as by a speech of Joe Biden in front of the Congress Wednesday where the American president could detail his plan to raise the tax on the capital gains transferable.

Several indicators are also expected, including consumer confidence in April, the first estimate of US GDP for the first quarter or household income and expenditure in March.

On Monday, data from the Commerce Department showed that orders for durable goods in the United States were on the rise in March, following a decline in February, but the advance was much less strong than expected.

Yields on ten-year US debt edged up (+ 0.57%) to 1.57%.

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