Wall Street opens the day on mixed ground and the Dow Jones drops 0.19%

NEW YORK, New York.- This Monday, the day on Wall Street opened in mixed terrainwhen the Dow Jones Industrialsits main indicator, fell 0.19%, to stand at 39,733 points.

At the opening

Ten minutes after the opening of the New York Stock Exchangethe selective S&P 500 rose 0.16%, to reach 5,262 points, while the technological Nasdaq rose 0.65%, up to 16,485 integers.

What affects the markets today?

Wall Street begins the second quarter of the year today after closing a first quarter with historical highs for the S&P 500, which gained 10.2%, its best start to the year since 2016.

While the Dow Jones, which advanced 5.6%, achieved its best performance in the first quarter since 2021, for its part, the Nasdaq had an advance of 9.1% during the first three months of the year.

Investors are analyzing the latest data on personal consumption expenditure (PCE) prices – published last Friday by the Bureau of Economic Statistics – which registered an increase of 0.3% between January and February.

Analysts are also watching the direction of interest rates, set by the Federal Reserve (Fed).

By sectors

Losses predominated, led by public services (-0.91%) and the health sector (-0.65%), while the communication (1.29%), technology (0.83%) and non-goods sector opened in green. essential (0.24%).

Among the 30 Dow Jones stocks, Intel (2.04%) and Microsoft (1.28%) led the gains, while the losers at this time included Amgen (-1.1%), and Nike (-1.01%).

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