Wall Street closed on Tuesday in red, in a session marked by the results of the big banks and by the relief of investors after the decision of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, to leave out of the calls “Reciprocal tariffs” to some electronic devices and components.
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At the touch of bell in the New York parquet, the Dow Jones de Industriales, its main indicator, dropped 0.38 %, to 40,368 points; The selective S&P 500 fell 0.17 %, up to 5,396 units, and the Nasdaq technological lost 0.05 %, up to 16,823 integers.
In the corporate level, today they highlighted the rises of Bank of America (3.6 %), Wells Fargo (2.28 %) and Citigroup (1.76 %) after disclosing their performance in the first quarter of the year, putting the final touch to the quarterly results of the large US Banking Bank 7,400 million dollars, 10.4 % more than in the same period of the previous year, which represents $ 0.90 per share, after increasing their income by 6 % to 27.4 billion dollars.
Meanwhile, the Citigroup financial group registered a benefit of 4,064 million dollars in the first quarter of 2025, 21 % more than in the same period of the previous year, After their income increased by 3 %, to 21.6 billion dollars. On the other hand, although Trump’s tariff policy still has markets in suspense, investors are relieved after the president excludes what he calls “reciprocal tariffs” to some electronic devices and components such as ‘smartphones’, chips or semiconductors.
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Analyst Tom Essaye, author of the Sevens Report report, believes that the market is beginning to see tariffs as “A kind of white noise” that will go to the background, something that “It should help calm volatility.” By sectors, today the technological increases (0.34 %) and the real estate (0.23 %) and losses of non-essential goods (-0.8 %) and health (-0.69 %).
Among the 30 quoted of Dow Jones, they headed the Nvidia (1.35 %) and American Express (0.97 %), while the greatest losses were for Boeing (-2.36 %) and Caterpillar (-1.57 %). In other markets, The 10 -year treasure bonus yield dropped to 4.33 % and Texas intermediate oil (WTI) retreated 0.3 %, up to $ 61.33, after worsening the International Energy Agency (IEE) its demand forecasts for this year following the commercial war initiated by the United States.
European bags
The main European bags ended in green this Tuesday, evolving between different ads of Donald Trump, including a reflection on possible tariffs on pharmaceutical and semiconductor products, and more reassuring comments on the automotive sector.
The Paris Stock Exchange closed with a 0.86% rise; Frankfurt, +1.43% and London, at +1.41%. The plazas of Milan (+2.39%) and Madrid (+2.14%) also finished the positive field session.
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