New York (AFP)

The New York Stock Exchange rebounded slightly Thursday, the day after a decline, pending official employment figures in the United States on Friday.

At 2:15 p.m. GMT, the Dow Jones index advanced 0.43% to 34,493.28 points.

The Nasdaq, with strong technological coloring, rose 0.36% to 14,834.18 points.

The S&P 500 index gained 0.37% 4,419.04 points.

As of Wednesday, the Dow Jones fell 0.92% as the market was seized with concerns over demand growth with the development of the Delta variant.

The Nasdaq had gleaned 0.13%.

The S&P 500 index, after a record the day before, had fallen by 0.46%.

"The markets continue to oscillate between enthusiasm for better than expected earnings and rather positive economic data, and fears over the increase in the number of Covid cases, coupled with the specter of a weaker recovery in the monetary policy, "said Art Hogan of National Securities to summarize the ambivalent sentiment of investors this week.

For Patrick O'Hare of Briefing, in the market "we recognize that the variant could slow growth a bit, but there is no fear that it could cause a recession".

On Thursday, weekly jobless claims fell slightly to 385,000 last week, a good point for the labor market ahead of Friday's release of job creation and unemployment figures in July.

The unemployment rate for July is expected to drop 0.3 points to 5.6% with the creation of nearly one million jobs.

The day before, a weak indicator on new jobs in the private sector last month had cooled investors.

The publication by the Commerce Department of a record trade deficit in June to 75.7 billion up 6.7% testifies to "a domestic demand which explodes", also notes Mahir Rasheed, economist of Oxford Economics.

Imports have climbed with the recovery of demand in the United States but exports are struggling due to a weaker economic recovery in the rest of the world, except for China.

10-year bond yields were up 1.20% from 1.18% the day before.

- Volatile Robinhood -

Many results continued to rain, including those of ViacomCBS (+ 3.35%) and MGM International Resorts (+ 2.20%).

On Wednesday, after the close, the leader in the reservation of cars with driver and Uber deliveries again announced an operating loss but expected to be profitable in the fourth quarter.

The title took 2.39% to 42.91 dollars after losing as much the day before.

The e-commerce site Etsy dropped 7.64% because of prospects deemed disappointing despite an increase in its turnover in the second quarter.

The Moderna laboratory, which indicated that its anti-Covid 19 vaccine remained very effective six months after taking the second dose, saw its title rise by 3.60% to 434.69 dollars.

After being on fire the day before, Robinhood gave ground (-16%) to 50 dollars while it had soared to 85 dollars in session Wednesday, an increase of 85% compared to its IPO price. on Wall Street a week ago.

"Robinhood is the latest action + meme +," noted Datatrek analysts, citing GameStop-type "fire-of-the-pan" stocks that attract stock marketers online and are very volatile.

The group said in a document Thursday to SEC stock authorities that it would market an additional 97.8 million shares at a price of $ 35.

It made the title go backwards.

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