(New York) The New York Stock Exchange ended slightly higher on Friday, signing a small technical rebound without enthusiasm, to conclude a truncated week, poor in fresh news, before a new round of indicators to come.
The Dow Jones gained 0.22%, the NASDAQ index was content with 0.09% and the broader S index
After three negative sessions for the S
After two difficult sessions, which saw Wall Street wipe out nearly $200 billion in capitalization from the Apple group, Apple rebounded (0.35%), albeit in a limited way.
“People have digested the news from China”, whose authorities have banned employees of certain government agencies from professional use of the iPhone, according to several media outlets, “and are now thinking about the next iPhone”, the fifteenth of the name, whose launch is scheduled for Tuesday.
Other stocks, like Disney (1.25%) or Amgen (1.98%), the first entangled in litigation with a cable operator, the other shunned after the announcement of the green light for its acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics, took advantage of these cheap purchases.
For the rest, nothing managed to liven up the session, due to a lack of macroeconomic indicators or company results.
“We failed to make significant gains,” noted Steve Sosnick. “There were really few catalysts. »
Investors are already looking ahead to next week, which will be marked in the United States by the publication of the CPI price index for August on Wednesday, then retail sales on Thursday, and the University of Michigan on consumer sentiment, Friday.
Elsewhere on the coast, the gunsmith Smith
Supported by the escalation in the price of black gold, oil companies were sought after, like ExxonMobil (1.46%), at its highest in more than four months, or ConocoPhillips (0.83 %).
Boeing remained poorly oriented (-2.21%) after statements from the group’s financial director on Thursday indicating a slowdown in 737 deliveries due to a technical problem.
The Toronto Stock Exchange closed lower on Friday, dragged down by broad-based weakness fueled by the metals and technology sectors, while major U.S. indexes posted gains.
The composite index S
In the currency market, the Canadian dollar traded at an average rate of 73.36 cents US, up from 73.13 cents US on Thursday.
