The Dow Jones index drops by 0.83% to 43,811 points. The greatest injuries is today Unitedhealth, which falls by 8.82%, while Walmart leaves 1.7%. Coca-Cola and Walt Disney record advances in the environment of 0.7%. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 yields 0.38%, in 6,094 points and the Nasdaq drops 0.27% to 19,908 points.
Wall Street comes from a loser day yesterday Thursday, in which Dow Jones left 450 points, or 1.01%, greatly weighed by the persistent inflationary concerns and the sharp fall of Walmart, which left 6.5% finally on its worst day in more than a year. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 ended up falling 0.4% after coming from two days in a row of historical maximums and the Nasdaq technological fell 0.5%.
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So far this week, despite two days marking historical maximums, the S&P 500 is on its way to a very moderate gain of less than 0.1%, while Nasdaq Composite has dropped 0.3%. The Dow is the one that has a lower yield, with a loss of 0.8% until the closing of yesterday.
The week has been marked by A fear of an inflationist rebound that prevents or delays the fed type cuts due to the tariff policies of the new Trump administration. The US president Trump said he will announce new tariffs during the next month or before, adding wood and forest products to previously announced plans to impose tariffs on cars, semiconductors and imported pharmaceutical products.
Since he returned to office four weeks ago, Trump has imposed an additional 10% tariff to all imports from China. He also announced, and then delayed for a month, 25% tariffs to the goods of Mexico and the non -energy imports of Canada. Last week, he announced plans to apply reciprocal tariffs to all countries that have tariffs to US assets.
Beyond Trump’s tariffs, investors have known the data of Consumer confidence of the University of Michigan, with a reading of 64.7 in February that is below the 67.8 expected. The PMI figures, which show a 50.4 reading in February have also been published shortly after opening. The manufacturing PMI stood at 51.6, compared to 51.5 planned, while the PMI services was 49.7.
Meanwhile, the real estate market continues to weaken: used housing sales fell 4.9% in January compared to the previous month to 4.08 million units on an annualized and seasonally adjusted basis, according to the National Association of Real Estate Agents. Analysts were waiting for a 2.6%drop. Although sales were 2% higher than in January 2024, but they are still at a minimum of approximately 15 years.
However, the looks are already put in the Personal Consumer Expenditure Index (PCE) that will be published next week, since it is well known that it is the inflation indicator that watches the Fed more closely.
The operators currently foresee at least one 25 basic points of interest rates by the Federal Reserve this year, with 60% chances of an additional cut, according to LSE data.
In fixed income, very sensitive to monetary policy expectations, the RECENTABILITY OF THE US TEN YEARS BONO TODAY TO 4,489%.
Protagonists of Wall Street: UnitedHealth collapses
In the business field, the results season faces its final stretch, with a fairly positive balance. Until yesterday 428 of the 500 companies of the S&P 500 had been . Batish results 76.8% of companies disappoint 16.9% and the remaining 6.3% are online. In the last quarter (3t 2024) the benefit per share increased by 9.1%, compared to 5.1% expected.
The last great report that remains to be known is that of Nvidia, which will publish its accounts On Wednesday of next week. The market predicts that the semiconductor giant will publish a profits of 84 cents per share on revenues of 38,000 million dollars.
Yes, Celsius Holdings’ accounts have already been known, which registered adjusted earnings of 14 cents per share on income of 332 million dollars In the fourth quarter. Thus exceeds market expectations, 11 cents and 326 million income. The actions of the Energy Beverage Company 33% are triggered in the opening after you have also announced that you will buy the brand of healthy drinks and well -being Alani Nutrition in an agreement of 1.8 billion dollars through a combination of cash and shares.
Brokes of 10% at the Block opening. The Fintech reported last night in the fourth quarter of 71 cents per share of $ 6,030 million in revenue. Analysts had planned 87 cents per title and income of 6,290 million.
Rivian Automotive falls 7% in the New York morning despite having submitted better accounts than expected. The electric vehicle manufacturer registered An adjusted loss of 46 cents per action in the fourth quarter, when analysts had predicted 65 cents red numbers per action. The income also exceeded expectations, reaching 1,730 million dollars, compared to Wall Street estimate of 1.4 billion dollars. However, Rivian anticipates less deliveries in 2025 compared to last year.
Booking Holdings rises more than 3.5% after better results than expected in the fourth quarter. The adjusted profits of the online travel reserves platform were $ 41.55 per share, exceeding the estimates of analysts of $ 36.03 per share. The income of 5,470 million dollars also exceeded the forecasts of 5,180 million dollars that the market had managed.
Outside the results season, the actions of UnitedHealth, component of the Dow Jones, collapse more than 8.8% after The Wall Street Journal have published that The insurer is being investigated by the Department of Justice. The research would focus on Medicare billing practices, says this medium, which quotes familiar sources with the matter. The Unitedhealth protocol is being analyzed to register diagnoses that can lead to additional payments in Medicare Advantage plans, according to the report.
Investors will also have to monitor Tesla’s price after knowing that more than 375,000 vehicles will withdraw due to a problem with the assisted address. The market withdrawal affects certain Model 3 and Model vehicles and 2023 that use a software prior to version 2023.38.4, according to the National Traffic Safety Administration on the roads.
In raw material markets, oil prices go back this Friday, although it is still on its way to closing the week with a positive balance while investors evaluate peace negotiations in Ukraine and the health of the US and China demand. The futures of the American West Texas decrease by 1.38 %% to $ 71.48 per barrel. International reference Brent drops 1.23%, in $ 75.54.
The euro drops 0.22% against the dollar until they leave the exchange rate at $ 1.0475 for each single currency.