Positive headlines on the trade conflict lifted the Wall Street up on Wednesday – with partly new records.
The Dow Jones went into the day with a surcharge of 0.36 percent with 44,661.12 points and then continued. He ended the session 1.14 percent higher at 45,010.29 points. His all -time high is currently still 45,073.63 units and was marked in December.
The Nasdaq Composite also rose after it started 0.35 percent more firmly at 20,966.47 points. His final score: 0.61 percent in plus at 21,020.02 points. The tech value index only had 21,077.37 points on Monday.
At the start of the trade, the S&P 500 went up 0.27 percent to 6,326.90 units. Then he stayed on green terrain. At 6,360.64 points, he even marked a new record and made 0.78 percent more than 6,358.95 points.
Hope for solution in the customs dispute drove
A possibly upcoming agreement in the customs conflict between the United States and the European Union gave the US stock markets further buoyancy on Wednesday. The trigger was a report by the “Financial Times”, according to both sides shortly before an agreement via a tariff of 15 percent.
The United States and Japan have already concluded a trade agreement, as US President Donald Trump announced. The level of the so-called reciprocal US tariffs for the country is to be set to 15 percent. A trade agreement was also concluded with the Philippines.
Tesla, Alphabet and IBM in front of balance sheets in the focus
“News about a trade agreement between the United States and Japan promote optimism among investors that further agreements could be made before punitive tariffs come into force,” explains market strategist Russ Mold by AJ Bell. A certain reluctance also creates the business ID cards published after the final bell of Tesla, Alphabet and IBM.
In gold, not much happened after a three -day rally. The previous serves were mainly due to escalating geopolitical risks, optimism about loosening the USMonetary policy And persistent purchases of the central banks, it said in the trade.
Redaktion finanzen.net / Dow Jones Newswires