New York, March 6. Wall Street closed Monday in mixed territory and the Dow Jones Industrials, its main indicator, rose 0.12% as investors awaited more economic data this week.
At the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones gained 44.47 points, to 33,431.44, while the selective S&P 500 gained 0.07% or 2.78 units, to 4,048.42.
The Nasdaq Composite Market Index, which includes large technology companies, fell 0.11% or 13.27 whole, to 11,675.74.
Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Jerome Powell is due to testify before Congress on Tuesday and Wednesday, with investors watching his words closely for signs about the economy and the central bank’s interest rate policy.
Additionally, investors are eagerly awaiting the jobs report, due out this Friday, for more information on the health of the labor market.
The sectors that ended the day with the largest gains were technology and communications, up 0.53% and 0.46%, respectively. While the largest declines were in raw materials and non-essential goods, with a drop of 1.65% and 0.71%, respectively.
Among the 30 Dow Jones stocks, the companies that suffered the most were Dow (-2.07%) and Walgreens (-1.77%), while those who gained the most were Merck (3.95%) and Apple (1.85%).
In other markets, Texas oil closed at $80.46 and by the end of the trading session gold fell to $1,852 an ounce, the yield on the US 10-year bond. rose to 3.97% and the dollar lost ground against the euro, with one change. of 1.0675.