The Dow Jones index drops 0.40% to 42,409 points. The largest falls are for Goldman Sachs and 3M, which are left 1.3%, while on the side of the Chevron advances it scores 1.36%and verizon 1.2%. The S&P 500 drops 0.28%, in 5,722 points, while NASDAQ decoced 0.18% to 18,036 points.
The large New York indices come from an agitated session yesterday Thursday, in which the last concessions of the US president, Donald Trump, to relieve the commercial war were not enough to encourage investors. The Dow Jones fell 0.99% in the regular session, by 1.78% left the S&P 500 and 2.61% punishment for Nasdaq.
This last market drop put the three major indicators on the way to close its worst week since September 2024. The S&P 500 has dropped 3.6% in the week until yesterday, while the Dow has dropped 2.9%. The Nasdaq has been the most punished, with a 4.1% drop so far this week.
With these descents, the S&P 500 already yields 6.6% since its recent maximum, the Dow Jones 5.1% and The Nasdaq composite more than 10%, entering corrective territory.
The actions have been in a roller coaster due to Trump’s tariff policies, which feed fear about a brake on economic growth, accompanied by an increase in inflation. Although the president said on Thursday that a strip of goods in Canada and Mexico that are covered by the Commercial Agreement of North America (T-MEC) would be exempt from the tariffs announced until April 2, that was not enough to boost a recovery similar to that observed on Wednesday.
“The markets are everywhere trying to put a price on tariff impacts, which is really difficult to do when the objective moves, disappears and transforms second to second,” summarizes Jamie Cox, managing partner of Harris Financial Group.
Today the market was aware of the publication of the non -agricultural payroll report of February. The US Department of Labor has announced that In February 151,000 jobs were created, above 125,000 of the previous month but below the 170,000 that the market had managed. The unemployment rate rose to 4.1% from a previous level of 4.0%, when the market had planned to remain stable.
As soon as The average wage indicator increased 0.3% in Februaryin this case, fulfilling the forecasts. The good news is that the year -on -year reading was 4%, when the market had waited for 4.2%.
Investors are also waiting for An intervention by the president of the Fed, Jerome Powellin which clues will be sought on the future monetary policy of the institution. The intervention is scheduled for 12:30 ET (18:30 Spanish peninsular time). At the moment, the operators believe that the Fed will lower interest rates in at least 75 basic points this year, according to data compiled by LSE, more than they had discounted at the beginning of the year.
In fixed income, always very aware of the expectations of monetary policy, today The profitability of the American bonus at ten years drops to 4,223%.
In the business field, today the great protagonist of the day is Broadcom, which rises 6.6% in the opening after exceeding market expectations with its quarterly results and with its forecasts of the current current quarter. The company scored Incorsed earnings for $ 1.60, compared to $ 1.49 expected by analysts, while income amounted to 25% up to 14,920 million dollars compared to 14,610 million expected dollars
Broadcom also announces guides for the next quarter that remain above what is expected in revenues and margins: expect revenues of 14.9 billion dollars, above the 14,760 million provided by the market and an EBITDA margin of 66%.
Broadcom’s actions arrived at these quarterly accounts having accumulated a drop of 29% so far from 2025.
GAP has far exceeded sales and profits of the fourth quarter, which caused The shares are triggered by 13.30%. The textile retailer presented last night profits per share of 54 cents, compared to the 37 cents that the market had expected. The income amounted to 4,150 million, compared to the expected 4,070 million.
Decreases of 2.70% for Costco after Do not comply with profits: The retailer earned $ 4.02, per share, below the 4.11 dollars expected due to the increase in merchandise costs. However, the income exceeded the forecasts, with a figure of 63,720 million, compared to the 63,130 million that the market had predicted.
In the recommendations of analysts, German bank Bet on Union Pacific in the merchandise transport sector. Analyst Richa Harnain begins the coverage of the value with a advice to ‘buy’ and an objective price of $ 295, which represents A 20.2% bullish potential From the closing of Thursday. The operational margin of Union Pacific, of 40.1%, and the rate of capital of the capital invested, of 15.8% in the last year, make it a prominent name among its peers, according to Harnain.
Super Micro ComputerHe has submitted his expected financial reports to the SEC. The company presented its updated and audited report for fiscal year 2024 and its statements for the first two quarters of fiscal year 2025. Nasdaq had given Super Micro until February 25 to submit its reports or, otherwise, it would face the exclusion of the stock exchange.
Walgreens Boots rises 7.6% in the opening after the pharmacy chain has accepted to be bought by Sycamore Partners for about 10,000 million dollars.
In raw material markets, oil prices record up, although they are still aimed at falling in the week, while uncertainty around the US tariff policy is creating concerns about demand growth, while the main producers are preparing to increase production. American West Texas futures rise 2.11% to $ 67.66 per barrel, while international reference Brent rises 2.10%, in $ 70.92.
The dollar continues to lose ground in the currency market, with the euro rising 0.72% against the green ticket until leaving the exchange rate at $ 1,0870 for each single currency.
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