New York (AFP)

The New York Stock Exchange ended Monday's session slightly higher, after a waiting session before a new round of corporate results and the meeting of the American Central Bank (Fed) on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The Dow Jones index gained 0.24% to 35,144.31 points, a new record, the Nasdaq index with a strong technological component 0.03% to 14,840.71 points, and the extended S&P 500 index 0.24% at 4,422.30 points.

After having started slightly lower, the indices oscillated around the equilibrium throughout the session, for lack of news likely to guide the debates, in a low volume of trade.

"Last year, we did not have any vacation. So this year, there are a lot less people in front of their trading post" than at the same time of summer 2020, explained Kim Forrest, manager. of the investment strategy at Boker Capital Partners.

After a record-breaking close on Friday, with a Dow Jones exceeding 35,000 points for the first time in its history, the market has caught its breath, in favor of a certain "caution", estimate in a note the analysts of Charles Schwab.

For Kim Forrest, "not much will happen until we know what (the Fed) is going to do."

Following the meeting, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell will give a press conference on Wednesday.

Operators are also already looking to the publication of results for the rest of the week, with Apple, Microsoft, McDonald's or Starbucks on the program.

Although the exceptional growth recorded in the first half of the year is unlikely to be repeated, "many American companies can experience 18 months of growth" until mid-2022, thanks to a slower recovery in Europe and Asia than in the United States, Forrest said.

"It is a good basis for a rise (in prices) and a reason to buy stocks rather than real estate or bonds", argued the specialist.

Sales of new homes in the United States fell sharply in June, to the surprise of analysts, recording a third consecutive month of decline, a sign of the slowdown in a whitewashed market at the start of the year.

On the bond side, prices are already very high, with rates close to their historic lows (prices and rates are moving in opposite directions).

In terms of values, for its debut on the stock market, the manufacturer of electric vehicles Lucid Motors gained 6.30% to 26.83 dollars.

The group had merged with a SPAC, or "Special Purpose Acquisition Company", a company already listed but without activity, which avoids some of the regulatory constraints usually associated with an introduction.

The toy maker Hasbro flew over the session (+ 12.24% to 103.72 dollars), put into orbit by results significantly above expectations.

The group was particularly drawn by sales of its collectible cards, which doubled.

The cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase (+ 9.13% to 245.45 dollars) made almost as strong, thanks to press reports indicating the imminent entry of the giant Amazon in this market, however being denied. day by the e-commerce giant.

The new signal of a tightening of regulations from the Chinese authorities, which attacked on Saturday the actors of private tutoring in China, weighed down companies in the sector which are listed on Wall Street, such as Tal Education Group (-26.67 %), New Oriental Education (-33.79%) or Gaotu (-28.98%).

The British insurance broker Aon soared (+ 8.21% to 251.56 dollars) after the announcement on Monday of the breakdown of his engagement with his competitor Willis Towers Watson, against a backdrop of reluctance from the US Department of Justice .

Willis, he took the opposite direction (-8.98% to 206.07 dollars).

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