NEW YORK (dpa-AFX) – The US stock markets presented themselves on Tuesday in the course of trading without a clear direction. While the standard values on Wall Street were mostly in positive territory, the technology stocks on the Nasdaq were mostly on lower territory. Traders spoke of a restless trade with low sales. News of a record increase in coronavirus cases worldwide provided negative impetus.
Der Dow Jones Industrial
rose to another record high in early trading, but turned negative over time. Most recently, the market-wide index lost 0.20 percent to 4781.69 points. The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100
The sharp rise in Omicron infections brought the worldwide Covid-19 cases to a daily high on Monday. Investors are reassured by studies, according to which the Omikron variant is highly contagious, but causes less serious diseases, it said from the trade.
From an industry perspective, the flagging airline shares on the previous day fell on Tuesday with recovery gains. United Airlines papers
advanced 1.6 percent. The US airlines had canceled hundreds of flights over the Christmas weekend due to the rampant Coronavirus variant Omikron and massive bad weather.
The shares of Novavax
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