NEW YORK, New York. – On Tuesday morning, share prices advanced at the beginning of transactions on the New York Stock Exchange, driven by the good performance of energy companies.
At the opening
Ten minutes after the start of operations on the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones added 80.17 points, to reach 35,415.88 points, and the S&P 500 index rose 0.17% or 7.78 integers, to 4,487.31 units.
The Nasdaq composite index, of the most important technology companies, advanced 0.32% or 47.77 units and stood at 14,990.42 points.
Pfizer vaccine approval
The New York trading floor was in positive territory at the start of the day, motivated by widespread optimism about the approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in the United States, which will allow it to be marketed openly to the general public.
Among the analysts, the rise of a group of issuers stood out, among them Pindoduo, which today gained 18% and Tencent, which rose 11% at the opening.
Speculators and investors are awaiting the next central bankers meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, which begins Thursday, looking for clues on monetary policy.
By sectors
The highest profits were for energy companies (1.45%), financial companies (0.78%) and industrial companies (0.63%).
Among the most affected were public services companies (-0.8%) and essential goods (-0.76%).
Profit and loss
Among the 30 listed on the Dow Jones, the promotions of Caterpillar (1.56%), Dow Inc (1.43%) and Chevron (1.42%) stood out.
In red, the biggest losses were for MSD (-0.84%) and Procter & Gamble (-0.78%).
Other markets
In other markets, Texas oil rose to $ 66.65 a barrel, gold rose to $ 1,806.90 an ounce, the 10-year bond yield rebounded to 1.278% and the dollar fell in value against the euro, with a change of 1.1743.
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