New York (dpa-AFX)-The US stock markets reacted to the trade agreement between the USA and the European Union at the beginning of the week. The market -leading indices commuted on Monday in tight tension for their final courses on Friday.
The leading index Dow Jones Industrial recently lost 0.2 percent slightly to 44,820 points. The market width S&P-500 index (S&P 500) almost scored with 6,387 points. The technology -based Nasdaq 100 rose 0.3 percent to 23,342 points.
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 maximum brands had reached in the early trade. The Nasdaq 100 was supported by semiconductor shares such as AMD (AMD (Advanced Micro Devices)), ASML (ASML NV), Texas Instruments and Applied Materials.
The United States and the EU agreed on a base custom of 15 percent on most European imports to the United States. This also applies to cars, semiconductor and pharmaceutical products, but not to steel and aluminum, for which it remains at 50 percent. Of the tariffs, goods such as aircraft and aircraft parts, semiconductor equipment, certain chemicals and some agricultural products remain.
The Tesla shares were under the individual values. The electric car manufacturer has assigned an order worth $ 16.5 billion to Samsung. The electronics group is supposed to produce AI chips for Tesla. “The strategic importance of this contract cannot be assessed highly enough,” emphasized Tesla boss Elon Musk. The Tesla papers rose by almost 4 percent.
For Nike’s share certificates, 4 percent at the top of the Dow has been up to the highest level since March. The US bank JPmorgan had upgraded the titles of the sporting goods group from “Neutral” to “Overweight” and raised the price target from 64 to $ 93.
The shares of liquid gas companies Cheniere Energy and Venture Global (Venture Global A) rose by a good 1 or 3.5 percent. They benefited from the trade agreement. Part of the agreement is that the EU has also promised major purchases of US energy products ./bek/he