New York equities: Initial momentum has dried up | message

NEW YORK (dpa-AFX) – The US stock exchanges lost momentum on the first day of trading in June after a strong start. The Dow Jones Industrial (Dow Jones 30 Industrial) only rose by almost one percent after the long weekend, but the joy of the significant price gains did not last long. Most recently, the leading index was just 0.13 percent plus at 34 574.59 points.

The Wall Street barometer did comparatively well, other New York indices had just slipped into the red. The market-wide S&P 500 lost 0.06 percent to 4201.50 two hours before the end. The NASDAQ 100 selection index, which is shaped by technology stocks, fell 0.15 percent to 13,665.92 points.

At the beginning of the market it was said that in view of the rapidly advancing corona vaccination campaign and the associated easing, investors apparently continued to trust in a significant economic recovery. A brighter sentiment in US industry later underscored this optimism, but then quickly reminded investors of their concerns that the US Federal Reserve is loosening up on its so far Monetary policy could be forced to act.

Sentiment in US industry, as measured by the ISM index, brightened somewhat more than expected in May. According to NordLB, the rise in the purchasing managers’ index to 61.2 points will help ensure that “the explosive topic of inflation in the USA will remain with us this summer”. Worries about inflation and the associated pressure on the central bank have long been seen as a brake on the share rally.

One of the main pillars of the Dow was the 2.5 percent higher shares of the oil company Chevron, which were given a strong tailwind by a strong boost in the price of oil. This was followed by other industry stocks such as ExxonMobil or ConocoPhillips, each up by around three percent. On the oil market, speculation about stronger demand after the corona crisis subsided came to the fore.

In the midst of the good economic signals, Boeing, a classic industrial stock, rose to the front in the Dow, whose shares posted a high since mid-April with a gain of 3.1 percent. There were also clear price gains in the banking sector with 2.5 percent at Goldman Sachs and 0.9 percent at JPMorgan (JPMorgan ChaseCo).

The shares of the cloud specialist Cloudera shot up thanks to a takeover offer by 24 percent to a price close to the offer. Affiliates KKR and Clayton Dubilier & Rice are offering $ 16 in cash per share, implying a total valuation of $ 4.7 billion. After the takeover, they want to take the company off the stock exchange.

Optimism in terms of falling new infections and corona easing generally drove shares in the travel industry. For the papers of the cruise company Royal Caribbean Cruises it went up by 3.1 percent, among the airlines American (American Airlines) and United Airlines fell positively with increases of around 1.8 percent.

Otherwise, the AMC (AMC Entertainment A) shares, which are popular with US retail investors organized on the Internet, jumped again by 19 percent on Tuesday. In the cinema chain, the easing is currently giving a lot of hope. On Tuesday, however, the fact that 8.5 million shares were sold to the investment company Mudrick Capital Management was also a topic of conversation. This was the second round of financing within a few weeks./tih/men

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