Wall Street opens in positive territory

New York opened the last session of the week trading in positive territory, at a time when investors are paying attention to the conflict between Israel and Iran, which entered its second week.

The Dow Jones index increases 0.35% to 42,320.76 points, the S&P500 gains 0.37% to 6,003.13 points and the Nasdaq rises 0.55% to 19,654.32 points.

Apple rose 1.36%, followed by Amgen, which gained 1.33%. Travelers increased 0.95%, Amazon grew 0.68% and Goldman Sachs advanced 0.46%. In the opposite direction, IBM lost 1.82%, Vise fell 0.47% and McDonalds fell 0.05%.

Millennium Investment Banking market analyst Ramiro Loureiro says that “ Wall Street returns from the holiday on a high, in line with the sentiment experienced by its European counterparts, on a day with a strong volume of transactions, justified by the fact that today is Triple Witching Day , the day on which futures contracts for options on shares and indices are rebalanced. According to market reports, today’s event should move a record of around $6.5 trillion (a value in American terms, corresponding to billions on a European scale)”.

“In the business world, GM’s surge is worth noting in response to reports that Home Depot will present a competing offer to QXO. Carmax is excited about the figures. In addition, the cryptocurrency sector sees Bitcoin once again surpass $106,000,” says the analyst.

In the oil market, Texas WTI fell 0.63%, setting the price per barrel at $73.08, and Brent lost 3.31%, settling at $76.24. Natural gas slipped 0.75% to $3.959.

In the foreign exchange market, the euro appreciated 0.14% against the dollar, settling at 1.1513 dollars.