Börse Express – New York shares: Dow is concerned about the consequences of the war

NEW YORK (dpa-AFX) – The fear of a nuclear catastrophe in the wake of the war in Ukraine also affected the US stock markets at the end of a turbulent stock market week. On Friday, fighting took place at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant near the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhia, and fire broke out on the site. Oil and commodity prices remained high, fueling fears of recession and inflation. The focus was also on the US employment market report and its influence on US monetary policy.

Der Dow Jones Industrial lost 1.09 percent to 33,427.98 points on Friday. This indicates a weekly loss of around 2 percent for the leading US index. The market-wide S&P 500 fell 1.25 percent to 4308.91 points. For the tech-heavy select index Nasdaq 100
it went down by 1.64 percent to 13,805.55 points.

“The risks from the Ukraine war, the sanctions and counter-sanctions, high energy prices coupled with an uncertain oil and gas supply situation for Europe ensure that the environment on the financial markets continues to be fraught with risk and volatility,” said Erste Group experts.

Meanwhile, the US economy created significantly more jobs than expected in February. In addition, the increase in employment in the two previous months was revised upwards. The unemployment rate fell surprisingly significantly. The development of the labor market and high inflation made it necessary to adjust monetary policy, commented Ulrich Wortberg from Helaba.

Business figures caused movement for the individual stocks. Shares in pistol maker Smith & Wesson fell about 14 percent after a disappointing quarterly report. Costco’s shares fell 1.8 percent after the retail chain presented strong quarterly figures but warned of rising costs.

Clothing retailer Gap’s shares soared more than 10 percent in early trading after the annual figures were announced. Shortly thereafter, however, things went downhill rapidly. Most recently, they were down 1.4 percent.

A strong quarterly outlook left shares in semiconductor manufacturer Broadcom increase by 3.4 percent. At the software company Splunk, a report on the entry of the financial investor Hellman & Friedman caused a price gain of 5.1 percent.

Tesla stock reacted with a price increase of 0.5 percent to the news that the US electric car manufacturer had received approval for its factory in Grünheide near Berlin. The production of electric cars could start in a few weeks. In a first phase, up to 500,000 cars per year are planned./edh/he

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