it only went up by just 0.09 percent to 35 366.26 points. He is still a good bit short of the previous week’s record of 35,631 points.
Investors’ fears of a possible tightening of monetary policy by the US Federal Reserve have recently diminished again – and the willingness to take risks has increased as a result. Investors are now curious to see what new impressions the annual central bank meeting in Jackson Hole will provide, which will again be held via video conference from Thursday. The main focus is on a speech by Fed President Jerome Powell on Friday.
“Until recently, it looked like this would be the perfect platform to lay the groundwork for an interest rate hike announcement,” said Craig Erlam of broker Oanda. He suspects, however, that the slowdown in global economic growth in the wake of the spreading delta variant of the corona virus could make the monetary authorities more cautious again. “Any suggestion from Powell that a rate hike might not happen this year could give markets another boost,” said Erlam.
On the Nasdaq, the shares of Chinese companies listed there attracted attention with a recovery rally after they had suffered heavily from a Chinese regulatory offensive in recent months. Above all, the shares of Pinduoduo moved up
The reason on the market was that star investor Cathie Wood believed in JD shares again after the price slide. There are no signs of relaxation with a view to the regulators, but it has now calmed down on this topic for a few days, it said. The titles of the search engine Baidu
Otherwise good news came from Palo Alto Networks
Even at Best Buy
Airlines were also friendly around the world on Tuesday. American papers
The euro exchange rate established itself on Tuesday at its highest level in a week. Most recently, $ 1.1758 was paid in the New York trade. The European Central Bank (ECB) had meanwhile set the reference rate a little lower at 1.1740 (Monday: 1.1718) dollars. The dollar cost 0.8518 (0.8534) euros.
US Treasuries fell somewhat. The futures contract for ten-year Treasuries (T-Note-Future) fell by 0.20 percent to 133.95 points. The opposite yield for ten-year government bonds reached just under 1.3 percent./tih/he
By Timo Hausdorf, dpa-AFX
Source: dpa-AFX
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