The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a record close for the second day in a row Tuesday, due to a rise in financial and industrial stocks, in a session when the NASDAQ Composite fell.
The S&P 500 was nearly flat, with stocks of growth big names, including Tesla, declining, which weighed on the NASDAQ.
The NASDAQ Composite lost 1.33%, to 15,622.72 units, while the S&P 500 fell 0.06%, to 4,793.54 whole. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, meanwhile, rose 0.59% to 36,799.65 points.
The energy, financial and industrial sectors were among the top gains in the S&P 500. Helping market sentiment, the World Health Organization cited mounting evidence that the Omicron variant of the coronavirus causes milder symptoms than the variants. previous.
Some strategists said financial stocks and other value-oriented papers could lead markets in the near term, as investors brace for interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve mid-year to curb high inflation. Treasury bond returns advanced for the second day in a row.
In Mexico, the S & P / BMV IPC, the main index of the Mexican Stock Exchange, rose 0.14% to 53,016.78 units.
The FTSE-BIVA, of the Institutional Stock Exchange, also rose 0.14% to 1,096.30 integers this Tuesday.
Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx