New York (dpa-AFX)-The US stock markets are expected to open on Wednesday with a friendly opening. The Dow Jones Industrial was estimated three quarters of an hour before the commercial start of 0.3 percent with 44,375 points. The NASDAQ 100 heads for a 0.2 percent higher start.
Investors are waiting for further news about tariffs after US President Donald Trump announced an update of the trade status of at least seven countries during the day. Investor focus is also the publication of the meeting protocol of the latest US Federal Reserve meeting, from which further information on the monetary policy course of the Fed is hoped for.
Meanwhile, Trump’s pressure on central bank boss Jerome Powell continues. The US President again called for Powell’s immediate resignation and attacked him again sharply due to the lack of interest rate reductions. According to the “Wall Street Journal”, Kevin Hassett and Kevin Warsh apply for the next Fed chair.
Under the individual values, Merck & Co (Merck) are the focus of interest. The US pharmaceutical company wants to take over the biotech company Verona Pharma specializing in lung diseases shortly before the patent’s patent. Merck pays 107 US dollars per American Depository Share (ADS) for Verona, which rates the London company with around $ 10 billion. The Merck shares gave up 0.5 percent pre-exchanged, the Verona papers won 21 percent.
The titles of Meta (Meta Platforms (Ex Facebook)) reacted to the news with a price increase of 0.3 percent that the Facebook operator has entered the French optic group essilorluxottica. Meta had acquired almost three percent for around three billion euros, reported the Bloomberg news agency, citing the matter.
For the shares of T-Mobile Us, it went down by 1.8 percent. Keybanc Capital Markets had graduated from “Underweight”.