Wall Street opens in mixed territory and the Dow Jones rises 0.10%

NEW YORK, New York.- This Wednesday, the day on Wall Street opened on mixed terrain, when the Dow Jones Industrialsits main indicator, rose 0.10%.

At the opening

Ten minutes following the opening of the New York Stock Exchangehe Dow Jones stood at 39,045 points, and the selective S&P 500 It fell 0.07%, to 5,171 integers.

The Composite Market Index Nasdaqwhere the main technology companies are listed, fell 0.30%, to 16,217 units.

What affects the markets today?

In the first operations of the New York stock market, the three main indices barely changed, following registering notable gains this Tuesday driven by the rises in technology stocks.

Before the opening, the bitcoinsthe cryptocurrency most used, broke a new record and exceeded $73,000driven by the reduction of bitcoin creation rate scheduled for April and the entry into the market of large fund managers.

However, following the resounding of the wall street bellthe cryptocurrency fell to $72,400.

Regarding the Business fieldthis morning the fall of almost 14% of the Dollar Tree stockfollowing the retailer posted a loss in the last quarter and announced that it plans to close regarding 1,000 stores.

On the other hand, investors await the decision that the Federal Reserve (Fed) on the interest rates next March 20.

By sectors

Gains dominated, led by the energy sector (1.61%) and the material goods sector (1.16%), while the only losses were for the technology sector (-0.96%) and the health sector (-0.06%).

Among the 30 Dow Jones stocks, the gains of 3M (2.65%) and Chevron (1.52%) stood out, and the losses of McDonald’s (-2.28%) and Johnson & Johnson (-1.25%).

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