NEW YORK (dpa-AFX) – The US stock exchanges turned into the red on Friday after a friendly start to trading. The tech-heavy Nasdaq indices fell particularly sharply, while the Dow Jones Industrial was down
The labor market report for November was somewhat mixed, but according to market experts it was good enough that the US Federal Reserve (Fed) could reduce its bond purchases more quickly than last thought. This was also underpinned by strong sentiment data from the non-manufacturing sector for November and orders for the US industrial sector in October.
The Dow ended trading with a small minus of 0.17 percent to 34,580.08 points and lost 0.9 percent over the course of the week. Since its record high in November of just under 36,566 points, it has now lost around five and a half percent. The market-wide S&P 500
Although the US economy created significantly fewer jobs than expected in November and hourly wages rose less than expected, the recovery continued and the unemployment rate fell again, said expert Ulrich Wortberg from Landesbank Helaba. There is therefore no reason for the Fed to abandon its plans.
The monthly labor market data are an important yardstick for the further monetary policy of the Fed, the next meeting of which will take place in less than two weeks. With its bond purchases, the Fed had given the stock markets considerable support in the past – and additionally accelerated in the Corona crisis. So far, she sees only one risk in the current expansion of the Omikron variant. However, she is more and more worried about the high inflation. In view of the economic recovery from the Corona crisis and the high inflation rate in the USA, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has now also recommended tightening its loose monetary policy.
The shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance moved up among the individual stocks in the Dow
Im Nasdaq 100
At the same time, the Nasdaq selection index for the shares of DocuSign was a strong 42 percent
The driver service broker Didi, who has come under great pressure from China’s regulators
This vehicle service broker and food delivery service, which was merged with the listed investment vehicle Altimeter Growth, a so-called Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC), had made its rendezvous on the Nasdaq the day before. But after briefly going up to $ 13.29, the grave paper finally sagged to $ 8.75.
The Euro
On the bond market, the futures contract for ten-year Treasuries (T-Note-Future) rose in late trading by 0.57 percent to 131.34 points. The yield on ten-year government bonds fell significantly to 1.36 percent./ck/mis
— By Claudia Müller, dpa-AFX —
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