Wall Street trading with profits this Thursday after the mixed closure on Wednesday. The indices rise encouraged by the forecast of more economic stimuli from China and for the strong profits of Micron Technology after publishing its quarterly results last night. The Dow Jones is the most bullish, while the increases in the S&P 500 lead it to set new highs. The Nasdaq, which was trading with strong purchases in the pre-opening, loses steam. 'Bloomberg' has published that the chinese government studies injecting 142 billion dollars (1 trillion yuan) in their state banks to boost the granting of credit and stimulate the economy. In parallel, the official news agency 'Xinhua' has published that the Politburo of the Communist Party met this Thursday and reinforced the message of support for the economywhich anticipates more stimuli in the future and has been very well received by global stock markets as a whole.
MICRON FIRES
The other bullish factor for the market is the good reception that the results presented last night by the chip manufacturer have had. Micron Technology. Your actions they fly 15% in the market and are a positive catalyst for the semiconductor sector. «Micron's numbers were good and especially the guidelines for the next quarter presented a range of revenues and EPS (Earnings per Share) clearly above what was expected by the consensus,» they explain from Bankinter. On the opposite side, Super Micro Computer collapses more than 13% on Wall Street after information indicating that the US Department of Justice has opened one investigation about the signing of chips by accounting negligence.
REFERENCES OF THE DAY
Before the opening, the GDP review of the second quarter in the United States, which confirms a growth at 3%and the data of weekly unemploymentwhich have fallen more than expected, to 218,000 applications. Investors have also been attentive to the interventions of the president of the Federal Reserve (Fed), Jerome Powellwho spoke just a few opening words at the 10th Annual US Treasury Market Conference, as well as the president of the New York Fed, John Williamswho has participated in the same event as the head of the organization and has not made any reference to monetary policy either. On Friday, we will know the PCE inflation indexthe central bank's favorite measure to measure price developments.
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF THE NASDAQ 100
He Nasdaq 100 managed to overcome the resistance of 19,938 points this Tuesday. «For the next sessions, we could see how it covers the bearish gap on July 17, at 20,398 points. This is the last hurdle before we see an attack on the all-time highs that presents in the 20,690 points«explains César Nuez, 'BitcoinDynamic' analyst. «Below, the first support level is found in the 19,344 pointsminimums of the bullish gap that was left on September 19,» adds this expert.
OTHER MARKETS
In other markets, oil Brent drops 2.3% ($71.78), the euro appreciates 0.1% ($1.1142) and the ounce of gold advances 0.2% ($2,691), up to new all-time highs. Furthermore, the profitability of 10 year American bond it moderates to 3.78%; and the bitcoin rises 1% ($63,862).