Wall Street closed this Monday in mixed terrainwith the Nasdaq leading the gains and setting a new record thanks to the boost of the technology sector, driven by the rise of artificial intelligence. In particular, this indicator increased by 0.65%, reaching 16,794 pointsdriven by the actions of Nvidia, which rose 2.49%The microchip company will present its results on Wednesday, and they are expected to be spectacular.
In contrast, the main index, the Dow Jones, lost 0.43% and closed at 39,806 points. This fall is attributed to the 4.5% drop in JPMorgan shares, following the announcement that its CEO, Jamie Dimon, could retire early. For its part, the selective S&P 500 also went upalthough in a more modest way, and 0.09%closing at 5,309 points.
As for the Ten-year bonds are also on the rise today and closed with a rise to 4.447%. By sector, it was again Nvidia that pulled the technology sector, the best performer on the day (1.32%), but there were more sectors that showed red numbers, in particular the financial sector (-1.21%) and non-essential goods (-0.72%).
Between the 30 companies in the Dow dominated the lossesincluding -beyond JP Morgan- Cisco (-2.16%), Home Depot (-1.86%) and Travelers (-1.87%); among the winners, the cases of Caterpillar (1.82%) and Microsoft (1.22%) stood out. In other markets, the Oil closed lowerat $79.80 a barrel, gold rose to $2,429 an ounce and the euro was trading at $1.0856.
Source: www.lainformacion.com
