New York (AFP)

The New York Stock Exchange was down slightly on Monday at the start of the session after closing in on its highs at the end of last week in a market still worried about signs of economic recovery.

Around 2:00 p.m. GMT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.11% to 34,719.79 points.

The Nasdaq, with strong technological coloring, lost 0.10% to 13,800.14 points and the extended S&P 500 index, which ended very close to its record on Friday, dropped 0.18% to 4,222.21 points.

Wall Street ended the week in clear progress Friday after a report on US employment in May generally positive showing a decline in unemployment and an increase in the number of jobs created (although below expectations).

"As the equity market closed close to new highs on Friday following a + Goldilocks + employment report, investors are kicking off the new week by looking at inflation, infrastructure talks and a tech sector that has its ups and downs, ”says JJ Kinahan of TD Ameritrade.

The week on Wall Street will be marked by parliamentary negotiations around the 2022 budget of US President Joe Biden and by the publication on Thursday of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for May in the United States.

Among the values ​​of the day, Tesla was down 2.42%.

Elon Musk, the boss of the electric vehicle maker, announced on Twitter on Sunday that he was giving up on launching the Model S Plaid +, which was to be the most expensive version of Tesla's sedan model.

A series of takeover announcements also made the securities of several listed companies react.

The concrete supplier US Concrete soared 30% after its acquisition by Vulcan Materials (+ 0.89%) for some 1.3 billion dollars.

Macquarie Infrastructure, whose airport services company Atlantic Aviation is to be acquired by KKR (-1.05%) for around $ 4.5 billion, climbed 10.77%.

Data center operator QTS Realty Trust rose 21.09% after information from the Wall Street Journal on Monday that the company will be acquired by Blackstone (+ 1.08%) for nearly $ 7 billion.

In addition, Apple, which starts its global developer conference online Monday, was down 0.72%.

Amazon lost 0.34%.

The founder of e-commerce giant Jeff Bezos, who will step down from the group's management on July 5, has announced that he will participate in the first space tourism flight of his company Blue Origin alongside his brother and the winner of an auction.

On the bond market, the 10-year rate on US debt rose to 1.57% from 1.55% on Friday night.

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