New York (dpa-AFX)-After the latest profit series, the US stock markets took a little on the brakes on Friday. Quarteries of some large US companies and customs statements by President Donald Trump towards China were the focus of the interest in investor.
The Dow Jones Industrial closed with a minus of 0.32 percent at 44,424.25 points after increasing by almost one percent the day before. This resulted in a weekly win of more than two percent for the US feature index. The S&P 500 market width dropped by 0.29 percent to 6,101.24 points on Friday. For the NASDAQ 100, it was 0.58 percent down to 21,774.01 points. On a weekly perspective, there is an increase of a good one and a half percent for the technology -based index.
Trump described tariffs as a big instrument of power towards China: “You don’t want her and I would rather not have to use it.” Market participants rated this as a glimmer of hope that Trump could possibly let off tariffs. Counter -duties by China would probably also fail. Damage would be averted from both economies.
Boeing’s shares reacted to the news with minus 1.4 percent that the aircraft manufacturer slipped deep into the red numbers again in the fourth quarter. 2024 was the sixth year of loss in a row. A week-long strike, higher costs due to the new collective agreement and the problems with a new tank aircraft and the next Air Force One.
The semiconductor group Texas Instruments disappointed with its profit view of the current quarter. The stress factors were still mentioned in a sluggish demand for chips and higher production costs. The price minus was 7.5 percent.
The credit card provider American Express laid a record year in 2024. Income and profit climbed at unmatched heights. Regardless of this, the stocks were 1.4 percent down. However, they have increased by more than twice since November 2023.
The telecom group Verizon had gained as many contract customers in the fourth quarter as they had not been in over a decade. The papers won 0.9 percent.
The euro could not keep the $ 1.05 mark in the US trade. In European business, the community currency had jumped over this hurdle for the first time since mid -December. Most recently, the euro cost $ 1.0494. The European Central Bank had set the reference course at $ 1.0472 (Thursday: $ 1.0404). The dollar had cost 0.9549 (0.9611) euros.
The courses of US state bonds increased. The edit of the appointment for ten-year papers (T-not-future) rose by 0.13 percent to 108.52 points. In return, the yield of ten years of ten years fell to 4.62 percent./EDH/he