Wall Street opens in green and the Dow Jones rises 0.50%

NEW YORK, New York.- This Thursday, the day on Wall Street opened in positive territory, when the Dow Jones Industrialsits main indicator, rose 0.50%, amid signs that the inflation seems increasingly controlled.

At the opening

Three minutes after the opening of the New York Stock Exchangehe Dow Jones stood at 38,901 points, and the selective S&P 500 It rose 0.59%, to 5,142 integers.

The Composite Market Index Nasdaqwhere the main technology companies are listed, rose 0.43%, to 16,100 units.

What affects the markets today?

This Thursday, the European Central Bank lowered its inflation forecasts in the eurozone to 2% in 2025; For the CNBC portal, “it is a positive sign on the international inflation front.”

On Wednesday, the president of the Federal Reserve (Fed), Jerome Powelltold Congress that he hoped interest rate cuts before the end of the yearbut not immediately.

By sectors

All registered gains on Thursday morning, the clearest being raw materials (1.55%) and communications (1.1%).

Among the 30 Dow Jones stocks, the biggest gains were for Intel (2.52%) and American Express (2.06%), while Amgen (-1.97%) stood out among the losers.

Apple, which has had several consecutive days of declines, opened with a slight rise of 0.31%.
Outside the Dow Jones, the Victoria’s Secret company plummeted (-28%) after reporting disappointing results.

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