New York (AFP)

The broader index of the New York Stock Exchange, the S&P 500, finished Friday with a record for the second session in a row and chained a third consecutive weekly increase.

The S&P 500 gained 0.19% to 4,247.44 points.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average gleaned 0.04% to 34,479.60 points and the Nasdaq, with strong technological coloring, rose 0.35% to 14,069.42 points.

For the week as a whole, the S&P 500 appreciated 0.4% and the Nasdaq 1.9%, while the Dow Jones fell 0.8%.

The stock market ended the week on a good note despite a rise in consumer prices of 0.6% in the United States in May, above expectations (+ 0.4%), according to figures released Thursday by the US government.

An increase that is too rapid sometimes tends to frighten investors, who fear that the US Central Bank (Fed) will take action to slow it down.

According to Quincy Krosby of Prudential Fiancial, the market "currently agrees with the Fed's position that inflation is only temporary" and that there is therefore no reason to tighten monetary policy , for example by raising its key rates.

Symbol of the relative serenity of the market on this subject, the 10-year bond rate on US Treasuries fell to 1.45% against 1.46% Thursday night.

Among the values ​​of the day, several titles very popular with internet marketers, including the video game retailer GameStop (+ 5.88%) and the movie theater chain AMC (+ 15.39%) and Clover Health (+ 4.81%) ), regained energy after falling the day before.

Tesla gave up 0.04%.

The manufacturer of electric vehicles presented Thursday evening from its Californian factory the first examples of the new luxury version, faster, of its sedan Model S, called "Plaid", sold at 129,999 dollars.

Royal Caribbean fell 0.60%.

Two people tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday aboard its Celebrity Millennium, one of the first cruise ships to sail in North America since the start of the pandemic

McDonald's took 1.00%.

The American fast-food giant claimed to have been the victim of a security breach that resulted in the exposure of private data of customers in South Korea and Taiwan, but ensured that the payment information of its customers was missing. not been stolen.

In the bond market, the 10-year rate on US Treasuries stood at 1.46%, down slightly from Thursday night.

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