Futures linked to Dow Jones index fall 0.60% to 39,854 points, while those of the S&P 500 yield 0.43%, in 5,461 points. Nasdaq 100 futures fall 0.50% to 19,117 points.
The large New York indices come from a solid advancement session yesterday Thursday, with Dow Jones closing with a 1.23% rise, for the 2.03% that the S&P 500 and 2.74% of the Nasdaq technological was noted.
Wall Street tries to recover from the very hard blow suffered in the last month after Trump began a commercial war with its ‘reciprocal’ tariff ads. The greatest confrontation is between the US and China, with current taxes of 145% and 125% to imports, respectively.
Investors are looking for signs of de -escalated between the two world powersalthough the amount of rumors and denials is very high, increasing the uncertainty of the market.
China said Thursday that there were no ongoing conversations about tariffs, and the spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce, He Yadong, also requested the cancellation of the «unilateral measures against China.» However, at the beginning of the White House sent signs that it could make its position on tariffs to China more flexible. On Tuesday, Trump said the tariff rate «will fall substantially. But it will not be zero.»
In this environment, the agency Bloomberg He publishes that China is considering suspending 125% levies on American medical teams and some industrial chemicals. In addition, Trump is expected to celebrate a ‘mini summit’ in the Vatican to negotiate with other leaders who have gone to funerals by Pope Francis.
The big indexes are on their way to closing the rise clearly. At the end of Thursday, Dow Jones accumulates a weekly gain of more than 2%. The S&P 500 has risen almost 4% and the Nasdaq more than 5%.
«I think that everything that the market needed was a small impulse to get away from some of these depressed levels, and I think that is what we are seeing,» says Anthony Saglimbene, Ameriprise Market Chief Protection. “I think still A period of volatility in the stock market awaits us, And I think that, in the face of next week, it will be the results of the great technological ones that will really influence the evolution of the main indexes. ”
Today, Alphabet is the main protagonist of the session, with an increase in the pre -opening of 5.44%. The company behind Google beat the perspectives of the analysts with their results last night: the earnings per share reached $ 2.81, above the expected $ 2.01, while the income stood at 90,230 million, compared to an early figure of the market of 89,120 million.
The company acknowledges that «it is not immune to the macro environment» and that the decision of President Donald Trump to put an end to the Commercial Laguna of ‘Minimis’ next month «will cause a slight wind against our advertisements in 2025, mainly of the retail retail in APAC (Pacific Asia).»
Worse luck runs Intel, which falls 6% in pre -opening after disappointing investors their prospects for the current quarter. Intel expects the income of the period to reach 11.8 billion dollars at its midpoint, below the average estimate of analysts of 12,820 million dollarsand anticipates that the profits will reach the equilibrium point. The company also plans to cut its operational and capital expenses.
As for its results, it presented gains per share of 13 cents on an income of 12,670 million, above the expected. The analysts had waited for 1 penny per earning action and 12.3 billion income.
Gilead Sciences falls more than 3% after Income from the first quarter lower than expected. The company registered 6,670 million dollars in sales, compared to the 6,810 million dollars that analysts had predicted. The positive note is that the gains of the quarter were better than expected.
Other key companies such as Autonation or Colgate-Palmolive today publish their accounts.
Until Thursday, 170 S&P 500 companies had submitted their accounts, with an increase in the 9.6% benefit, compared to the 6.7% expected before the publication of the first company, according to Bankinter calculations. Batish results 74.7% of companies disappoint 20% and the remaining 5.3% are in line with what is expected. In the last quarter (4T 2024) the increase in profits was 14.3%, compared to 7.5% expected initially.
On the macroeconomic agenda of the day, investors wait with interest April consumer confidence datawhich will be published already with the day started. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones expect reading to remain unchanged with respect to the previous month, standing at 50.8.
In raw material markets, Oil prices fall and are aimed at a weekly lossgiven the possibility that an increase in the production of OPEC+ and a possible fire in the war between Russia and Ukraine increase the offer, while the contradictory signals of US tariffs limit the perspectives of demand.
Petroleum Futures West Texas American decline 0.94% to $ 62.20 per barrel. International reference Brent oil falls 0.92% to $ 65.92 per barrel.
The price of gold, which this week exceeds 3,500 dollars an ounce, the waters in the markets once cried out, with a decrease this Friday of 1.40% to 3,302.49 dollars.
Today the euro drops 0.24% against the dollar until leaving the exchange rate at $ 1,1359 for each single currency.