Futures linked to Dow Jones fall 0.26% to 44,449.50 points, while those of the S&P 500 decrease 0.14%, in 6,110 points. Nasdaq 100 futures fall 0.09% to 21,882 points.
Despite doubts today, the three major New York indices are on their way to registering their second consecutive week with a positive balance. The Dow and the S&P 500 have gained 2.5%and 2%, respectively, until the closing of Thursday, while the Nasdaq Composite, with great technological weight, has risen around 2.2%.
Yesterday, The S&P 500 rose 0.53% to close for the first time in its history above 6,100 points (6,118.71 points). Even something far from its historical maximums is Dow Jones, which nevertheless was yesterday the most favored, with a rise of 0.92%. The Nasdaq technological rose 0.22%.
The actions received an impulse after the US President Donald Trump said that «it would demand that interest rates go immediately» during their speech before world leaders in Davos, Switzerland. The president also said that he would ask Saudi Arabia and other OPEC nations to lower the price of oil.
“Trump’s speech in Davos contained some seemingly positive lines (he called OPEC to lower oil prices, he demanded that the central banks lower interest rates and reiterated previous promises to cut taxes and regulations), but there were very little That he was under his control, ”says Adam Crisafulli, founder of Vital Knowledge, in a note.
Yes, tariff policy is in his hand, and for the moment, investors celebrate that the tone is more moderate than the one he had before sitting in the oval office. In an interview with Fox, President Trump has assured that he would like Not having to use the implementation of new tariffs against Chinese importswhich «is a drastic change in relation to the» threat «launched the preceding day, when he said that it was possible that as of February 1 he would impose new rates of 10% on Chinese products,» says Juan J. Fernández- Figars, from Link Management.
Part of the pressure today suffers from the hand of debt profitabilitywhich seem to increase as the results season shows solid corporate profits. «The best growth we are seeing in US companies may be contributing to the yields at 10 years may have touched so on now,» said Chris Hussey, executive director of Goldman Sachs, in a note to customers.
Hoy The ten -year bonus pays 4,635%with an eye also at the Fed meeting next week. Although news is not expected in this event, investors will carefully listen to President Powell’s statements in his first intervention from the change in the White House.
In the business field, the looks are still on the quarterly results season. According to calculations from Bankinter analysts, with 71 published companies, the average increase of the benefit per share is +8.3%, compared to +7.5% expected before the publication of the first company. Bate results 83.1% of the companies, disappoint 12.7% and the remaining 4.2% are online. In the last quarter (3t 2024) the BPA increased a +9.1% compared to +5.1% initially expected.
In the morning of today he has presented his American Express accounts, which goes down slightly in the pre -opening after presenting more or less in line accounts with the expected. The credit card giant has reported Gains of 2,170 million dollars, or $ 3.04 per share, on revenues of 17,180 million. Analysts had expected a benefit of $ 3.05 per share and income of 17,170 million.
They seem to most interest in interest in interest, with a figure of 4,040 million that are below the expected 4,090 million.
Verizon Comm has also presented. Teleco profits amounted to $ 1.10 per share, excluding extraordinary items, two cents more than the previous year. Income increased 1.6% to 35.7 billion dollars. Analysts had predicted profits of $ 1.09 per share and income of $ 35.3 billion.
However, Verizon hopes that the tight profits of 2025 will grow between 0%and 3%, with a midpoint below the estimates of analysts of a growth of 2.7%.
In the recommendations of the analysts, good news for Netflix, who sees how Bernstein improves the advice to ‘Overcoming’, with a Alcista potential in addition to 20% For a value that comes from a very positive week after having announced that it exceeded 300 million subscribers in the fourth quarter of last year.
Among the protagonists of the market, Boeing CO drops 1.7% in pre -opening after warning that he expects a loss in the fourth quarter of about 4,000 million dollars. The aeronautical manufacturer had a very complicated year, affected by a crisis of production quality, a stricter regulatory scrutiny, delays in the supply chain and a strike of the workers of the factories of the west coast. The results report will be published on Tuesday.
Texas Instruments falls after a disappointing gain forecast. For the current quarter, the semiconductor manufacturer estimates that the profits will range between 94 cents and $ 1.16 per share, while analysts had estimated $ 1.17 per share. The positive note is that in the quarter he has just finished, Texas Instruments exceeded the expectations of Wall Street both in profits and income.
In raw material markets, oil prices rise slightly this Friday but are on their way to their largest weekly fall since November. West Texas Intermediate futures rise 0.40% to $ 74.90 per barrel, while international reference brent advances 0.5% to $ 78.70.
March WTI contracts have dropped 4.2% so far this week until Thursdayhis first week down five and the worst since the end of November. Brent futures have dropped 3.1% this week, also their first weekly fall in five weeks, and are on their way to the largest weekly loss since November 15.
Meanwhile, gold prices have advanced 0.6% this week, enough for a fourth consecutive weekly advance for the first time since last August.
The euro rises 0.69% against the dollar to a exchange rate of $ 1,0485 for each community currency.
On the macroeconomic agenda, attention will focus on the preliminary reading of the Compound PMI January. Additionally, the publication of the Trust Index of the University of Michigan January, reflecting the economic feeling of households after Donald Trump’s start in the US presidency on Monday, January 20.