A mixed Wednesday close for the main US indices with the DOW JONES Ind Average, S&P 500 y NASDAQ 100 closing -0.95% at 48990 points, -0.35% at 6,921 points and +0.07% at 25,659 points. The session continues to be dominated by what happened in Venezuela and the Donald Trump’s promise to bring up to 50 million Venezuelan barrels to the United States. Without forgetting the non-agricultural employment data or ADPwhich was slightly below expectations.
Last Tuesday, Donald Trump announced that Venezuela would give in and send up to 50 million barrels of oil to the United States valued at 2.8 billion dollars. In turn, the US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright He later stated that the administration plans to control Venezuela’s oil sales indefinitely.
Los Oil futures WTI y Brent They received the news with corrections -1.33% to $57.13 and -0.72% to $60.26 respectively.
On the economic data side, as we said at the beginning, the non-agricultural employment data or ADP. They showed the creation of 41,000 positions in December. They fell below the expectations of 49,000 positions after a stagnation in private employment in the final months of last year.
Among other economic data to highlight from the session we can highlight the ISM Index of activity in the non-manufacturing sector (Dec) with a result of 56, the ISM Index of employment in the non-manufacturing sector (Dec) with a result of 52.0 compared to an expectation of 49, the ISM Index of new orders in the non-manufacturing sector (Dec) with a result of 57.9 compared to an expectation of 52.6, the ISM non-manufacturing PMI (Dec) with a result of 54.4 compared to an expectation of 52.2, the ISM Index of prices of the non-manufacturing sector (Dec) with a result of 64.3 compared to an expectation of 64.9 and the JOLTS Survey of job offers (Nov) with a result of 7,146 M compared to the expectation of 7,610 M.
Despite the news during CES, investors remain concerned about NVIDIA. As analysts disagree over whether the AI chip maker is on the brink of a bubble burst or the beginning of a second rallyaccording to Yahoo Finance.
There is more bad news for Nvidia. It is that despite Washington’s authorization to import its chip H200 a ChinaBeijing is asking Chinese tech companies to stop buyingaccording to Yahoo Finance.
Among the stocks that rose the most this session we have Intel (+6.30% to $42.53), CrwdStrik Hldg Rg-A (+4.98% to $481.20) y Amgen (+3.48% to $341.53).
The presentation of the Intel AI computer chips during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas marked the first launch of a product that uses its latest 18A manufacturing process. The company announced Tuesday that Core Ultra Series 3 chips, dubbed «Panther Lake,» are in production, in production, and available for order this week. Which has allowed it to boost itself in the stock market this day.
With respect to Crowdstrikeseveral analysis firms continue maintaining or reiterating positive ratings and high price targets. Which generates confidence in investors despite the recent volatility according to American Banking News.
Finally on the side of the bulls, Amgen has agreed to acquire the British biotech Dark Blue Therapeutics for up to $840 millionmaking it the first pharmaceutical acquisition of 2026.
Through this transaction, Amgen will gain access to the Dark Blue’s oncology asset portfolio, including DBT 3757an investigational protein degrader targeting myeloid/lymphoid leukemia translocation 1 and 3 (MLLT1/3) according to Yahoo Finance.
Among the losers we can find Western Digital (-8.53% to $200.66), Skyworks Solutio (-10-44% to $59.35) y Caterpillar (-4.25% to $596.64).
Western Digital’s correction has been due to a taking profits or “overbought” (excess purchases)which usually causes technical corrections when investors secure profits after having risen sharply in previous days due to expectations of strong demand for storage for AI and positive reports from the technology sector according to MarketBeat.
The correction of Skyworks has been due a combination of technical sale after previous increases, uncertainty in the technology / semiconductor sectorand a structural context with revisions of expectations and concerns on future demand according to TechStock2.
With respect to Caterpillarits fall has been one of the main factors in the correction of the Dow Jones. There is no specific news, but there is one combination of profit taking, sector rotation and technical correction within a weaker market for industrials and Dow stocksaccording to MarketWatch.
He Oro has also corrected this Wednesday a -0.77% until the $4,459 per ounce.
Bitcoin with the same downward trend of -1.54% returning to the $91,026 after the boost from the beginning of the week.
He EUR/USD continues with the rhetoric of the previous two a -0.08% until the 1.1680.
The 10-year bond yield went back a -0.93% to 4,142 already 30 years -0.97% to 4,819.
To finish the Technical analyst of Investment Strategies, Jose Antonio Gonzalezhas analyzed the Mini Nasda and shares the following with us:
The purchases gain traction as the trading session progresses, currently managing to resolve upwards the relative maximum projected from 25,935 points in the Future Mini NASDAQ 100 (NQ), being a daily candle close above said reference, an opportunity to propose a next attack on the viability of the next resistance, clearly identified around 26,085 / 26,136 points. Simultaneously, the daily MACD momentum oscillator is activating new upward cuts, in a session in which, most likely, an increase in trading volume will be recorded that would reinforce the surpassing, if applicable, of the 25,935 exposed points.
Mini NASDAQ 100 Future (NQ) on daily scale with volatility (upper center chart), MACD (lower center chart) and trading activity (lower window). Source: ProRealTime and own elaboration.