US indices are down slightly after strong gains last week.
Wall Street has not been able to continue the strong rises it recorded last Friday and has closed a session without major movements in the red. Investors await the publication of new macroeconomic references, which are not without the possibility of unwelcome surprises.
"If we see another spike in inflation, all bets are off and volatility should pick up again," said Tom Tzitzouris, head of fixed income research at Strategas.
Today, the Dow Jones has lost 0.20%, to 31,438 points. UnitedHealth (2.02%), Chevron (1.93%) and Merck (1.37%) have led the advances in the selective, while Salesforce (-2.48%), Nike (-2.13%) and Boeing (-1.99%) were the most penalized stocks.
For its part, the S
As for the Nasdaq, the index of technology companies has lost 0.72%, which has led it to end the day at 11,524 points. Among the large companies in the sector, Amazon has fallen by 2.78% and has been the one with the worst balance at the end of the session, followed by Alphabet (-1.82%), Microsoft (-1.05%) and Goal (-0.39%). Apple, on the other hand, has closed without changes.
In the oil market, the barrel of West Texas, has risen to 109 dollars, while the ounce of gold has fallen to 1,823 dollars. For its part, the return on the 10-year US bond has recovered 3.2%.