Wall indices continue to rise – technology is the protagonist

The picture on Wall Street is improving with the indicators expanding their profits after the hesitant start, with the technological Nasdaq starring as companies such as Apple and Tesla are rallying.

Apple Inc. today became the first company in the world whose market value reached 3 trillion. USD

In particular, the company’s share climbed earlier to $ 182.88, setting a new record in the first meeting of 2022 and leading the company above the level of 3 trillion. USD

Apple Corps is currently jumping 2.5% to $ 181.94.

At the same time, Tesla’s title jumped 12.9% after the company announced that it delivered more than 308,000 vehicles in the fourth quarter, easily exceeding analysts’ estimates. Deliveries jumped about 87% in 2021.

Indicators – Statistics

On the board, the Dow Jones industrial average strengthened by 206.74 points or 0.57% to 36,545.04 points, while the broader S&P 500 adds 26.49 points or 0.56% to 4,792.24 points. The technology Nasdaq adds 170.13 points or 1.09% to 15,815.37 points.

Of the 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones industrial average, 17 are moving with a positive sign and 13 with a negative. The biggest gains were made by Boeing with gains of $ 3.66 or 3.66% at $ 208.68, followed by Goldman Sachs Group at $ 395.73 with gains of 3.45% and Intel at $ 53.17 with an increase of 3.23%.

The three stocks with the biggest losses are Home Depot (-1.79%), Nike (-1.37%) and Procter & Gamble (-0.90%).

US stocks fell in the last session of 2021 on Friday, with the Dow Jones losing 59.78 points or 0.2%, the S&P 500 falling 12.55 points or 0.3% and the tech Nasdaq slips by 96.59 points or 0.6%.

However, Wall Street ended 2021 with strong gains as the US economy recovered strongly from the 2020 recession. In particular, the S&P 500 jumped 26.9% last year, surpassing the Nasdaq by 21.4% and of Dow Jones by 18.7%.

The US market is entering the new year in the shadow of the highly contagious omicron mutation of the coronavirus that has led to cases breaking one record after another. A total of 10 million people, a record number since the beginning of the pandemic, were diagnosed with coronavirus in the previous seven days until Sunday. This is almost twice the size of the previous weekly high, according to Bloomberg.

The rapid spread of the coronavirus will test the resilience of the economy at a time when the Federal Reserve is preparing to tighten its policy this year to tackle the inflation rally. Analysts do not rule out the possibility that the US Federal Reserve will make three more rate hikes this year.

The investment is expected to focus this week on the minutes of the last Fed monetary policy meeting to be published in the middle of the week as well as the government report on new jobs and unemployment which will be announced at the end of the week.

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