Wall Street closed this Friday in mixed territory and its main indicator, the Dow Jones, rose 0.56%, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq ended lower. At the close of the session, the Dow Jones stood at 37,986 points and the S&P 500 fell 0.88%, falling below 5,000 points, to 4,967.
But the steepest fall was suffered by the technology-based Nasdaq, which lost 2.05%, marking its sixth straight day of losses and the worst negative streak since the year began.
The Nasdaq was largely dragged down by the price of Nvidia, which sank to lose almost 10% (9.97%), the worst figure in a sector where ‘the magnificent seven’ of technology fell for the most part. In fact, the technology sector took a hit and lost 3.08%.
By sectors, in addition to technology, communications also lost (-2.03%) and non-essential goods (-1.19%); In the field of winners, public services (1.47%) and finance (1.35%) stand out. Among the 30 listed companies in the Dow Jones, technology companies lead the losses: Amazon (-2.56%), Intel (-2.4%), Microsoft (-1.27%) and Apple (-1.22%); American Express (6.23%), JP Morgan (2.51%) and Amgen (2.35%) fared much better.
Texas oil closed at $83.41 per barrel and, at the close of trading, gold rose to $2,402 per ounce and the euro was trading at $1.0653. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note also fell to 4.623%.
