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Moderate moves on Wall Street on Wednesday, however, with the Dow extending its uptrend for the 6th day, approaching the 7-day moving average from March 5 to 15, 2021, and moving in a historic high. At the same time, the S&P 500 is trying to recover from yesterday’s losses that deprived it of its 70th record in 2021, while the Nasdaq is moving in negative territory.
Investors are focusing on developments in the Omicron mutation, with the resurgence of cases not discouraging markets, even after the World Health Organization announced that the number of new infections recorded worldwide last week increased by 11% compared to the previous one.
After a strong start in the last week of 2021, Wall Street is trying to find vital ground for a new record. Many investors estimate that the economic recovery and strong profits of American companies will continue to support the markets in 2022, at least for the first months.
Preliminary research shows that the Omicron mutation does not cause as serious a disease as other mutant strains, and that those infected with the Omicron may be protected against Delta re-infection are also sending positive signals to the markets.
“In any case, yesterday’s ‘brake’ on the Wall is far from being a ‘climate reversal,'” said Charalambos Pissouros, head of research at JFD Group, in a note.
“With the lockdown scenario unlikely, due to the milder symptoms caused by Omicron, investors want to reheat the so-called ‘New Year rally’ in the last sessions of the year,” he wrote.
In macro of the day, “jump” recorded the US trade deficit in November, climbing to a historically high level, with the country remaining on track to show the largest annual deficit in its history in 2021.
In particular, the trade deficit increased by 17.5% last month and amounted to $ 97.8 billion, compared to $ 83.2 billion in October, according to data released today. This significant increase is due to the jump in imports and the decline in the country’s exports over the same period.
In the meantime, his performance 10-year US government bondA is strengthened by 6 basis points to 1.54%, while the dollar declines by 0.2% according to the ICE US Dollar index
Indicators – Statistics
On the dashboard, the industrial Dow adds 0.29% to 36,502 points, the widest S&P 500 gains 0.16% to 4,793 points, while the Nasdaq declines by 0.05% to 15,775 points.
From 30 shares that make up the Dow, 22 move with a positive sign and 8 with a negative. Nike (+ 1.56%), Walgreens Boots (+ 1.26%) and Home Depot (1.11%) are leading the gains, while Boeing (-0.8%) and Verizon (- 0.63%).
Shares of cruise ship companies such as Carnival Corp (-0.55%), Walt Disney (-0.32%) and Norwegian Cruise Line (-0.59%) are down, while Royal Caribbean is trading slightly higher ( + 0.13%), with the industry facing problems from the outbreak of coronavirus cases.
Facebook’s parent company, Meta Platforms, is losing 1%, wiping out its in-house profits after the Wall Street Journal reported that the social media and metaverse company tried to split lawmakers to prevent any cross-cutting collusion efforts to impose stricter rules on concerns social networking platforms.
Tesla’s share is also in the spotlight, with automotive CEO Elon Musk selling another 934,090 shares worth about $ 1.02 billion, according to financial documents released Tuesday, according to CNBC. Musk also exercised options to buy nearly 1.6 million Tesla shares for $ 6.24 per share, which were awarded to him through a 2012 compensation package. Tesla shares fall 0.14% on Wednesday.
Apple is trading at a marginal loss in the wake of reports that iPhone maker is paying up to $ 180,000 to prevent its employees from moving to competitors, including Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms, according to Bloomberg News.
Finally, NRx Pharmaceuticals is gaining 5% after the drug development company announced that it has submitted a new Breakthrough Therapy Designation to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Zyesami to be given to patients at immediate risk of death from coronavirus.
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