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The large stock indices of Wall Street inconsistently tended. While the Dow Jones weakened, the Nasdaq stabilized. The focus was also on ongoing government customs talks.
Yesterday had been shocked by AI Platzhirsch Nvidia, it was today with United Health the largest health insurer in the United States, which ensured violent turbulence.
The share of the company contained in the Dow Jones fell dramatically by 22.3 percent after it had surprisingly collected its profit forecast. As a result, the entire index was pulled down, which ultimately closed at 39,142 points by 1.33 percent.
Unitedhealth, at least almost $ 400 billion, now expects an adjusted profit of $ 26.00 to $ 26.50 per share for the current financial year. Previously, the insurer had assumed $ 29.50 to $ 30.00. The background is a surprisingly strong increase in treatment costs – especially within the framework of the state -funded insurance program Medicare Advantage for older people.
Unlike the end, the tech values were better. The NASDAQ stabilized at least after the dramatic sale of the previous day and went out of sale by 0.13 percent at 16,286 points. The Nasdaq 100 selection index almost unchanged. The S&P 500 won 0.13 percent to 5,282 points.
However, encouraging statements by President Donald Trump were also unable to make the current customs discussions with Japan, China and Mexico. He was also convinced of an agreement with the EU “100 percent”. “I'm expecting it, but it will be a fair agreement,” said Trump at a meeting with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the White House.
For Eli Lilly's share certificates, it was 14.3 percent steeply up. The US pharmaceutical company had published positive studies on the Orforglipron weight pills. In an advanced clinical study, overweight patients with type 2 diabetes in the highest dosage, weight loss of almost eight percent and a reduction in blood sugar levels, the group said today. Lilly had already started the stock and plan to submit admission to the global supervisory authorities by the end of the year.
The shares of the Danish competitor Novo Nordisk, which is also active in this area, the shares listed in New York, however, lost 7.6 percent.
The alphabet subsidiary Google was classified as an illegal monopolist in the second US court process. The procedure was about technologies to place online advertisements.
Judge Leonie Brinkema in the US state of Virginia came to the conclusion that the group had achieved a monopoly position on some platforms (AD server and ad Exchange) through unfair competition. Google wants to appeal against the judgment.
Google had to take a sensitive defeat against US competition keepers last August. A judge in Washington ruled that the group had a monopoly in the Internet search – and defended it with unfair means against competition. Google announced an appeal in this procedure.
The US group is now facing that two different US dishes could order the spin-off of assets or changes to the business practices. A court in Washington will negotiate the application of the Ministry of Justice next week, to force the company to sell its internet browser Chrome for antitrust reasons and to take other measures to end its supremacy when looking for online.
The video streaming market leader Netflix has significantly increased sales and profits in the past quarter. The proceeds grew by $ 12.5 billion (9.23 billion euros) per year. The bottom of the quarter jumped up by 24 percent to $ 2.89 billion.
With the numbers, Netflix exceeded the expectations of the analysts. This was particularly clear to the streaming primus for profit per share with a value of $ 6.61. Market experts had expected an average of around $ 5.70 per share. Netflix was also over the expectations of the analysts with forecasts for the current quarter. At the same time, the group left the outlook for the whole year – which, given the strong start, testifies to caution. The course of the Netflix share temporarily increases by more than four percent in post-exchangeable trade.
Investors made cash in front of the long Easter weekend. At the end of the shortened Easter week, the DAX closed at 21,205 points by 0.49 percent, but a weekly profit of a good four percent. There was only an attempt at recovery at the start of the trade, which drove the index up to 21,436 points, which had not lasted for long. Shortly afterwards, the index turned into the minus, the daily low was 21,142 points.
The German leading index had left the high out of the previous week thanks to a gunfire to over 21,300 points and went 0.3 percent more firmly with 21,311 points. The MDAX of medium -sized companies lost slightly 0.26 percent.
Even if it was quieter today than in the past few days, the mood on the stock exchange remains tense due to the unclear consequences of the erratic US customs policy. Investors hope that there will still be negotiating solutions with the Trump government, which had recently exposed to its customs sets for at least 90 days.
“The market participants continue to remain nervous and even if investors have got used to volatility, there are further uncertainties,” stated stock exchange connoisseur Andreas Lipkow.
Meanwhile, the customs negotiations between Japan and the USA make great progress, according to US President Donald Trump. “If the example of school, the situation on the stock market could continue to relax after Easter,” believes capital market strategist Jürgen Molnar from Robomarkets.
While trading in the United States from Monday, the local stock markets will only be reopened next Tuesday.
The subject of the day was the interest decision of the European Central Bank. As expected, the ECB has reduced its significant deposit rate for the seventh time in a row by 25 basis points to 2.25 percent. The markets reacted calmly, anything but another reduction would have been a surprise.
In view of the faults on the markets triggered by US customs policy, the ECB is currently almost like a rock in the surf. In the event of falling inflation rates, the European interest reversal is progressing, unlike in the United States.
“The decision of the ECB is undoubtedly correct. Starting from the US government's trade policy, the downward risks for the economy have increased. The upgrading of the euro to the US dollar, together with the prospect that part of the Chinese exports will be redirected, so to speak, and increases the range of goods here, that the price pressure in the euro area should continue to drop. ECB The signal that it is available to take measures against uncertainty on the financial markets, “commented Jens-Oliver Niklasch from the Landesbank Baden-Württemberg.
The President of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, has warned of the consequences of the US government's aggressive customs policy. The outlook for the economy is burdened by an “extraordinary uncertainty”, Lagarde said today after the interest decision. The downward risks for further economic development have increased. Similarly, her US counterpart Jerome Powell had recently commented, which brings him criticism from President Trump, who has long been urging interest cuts.
However, Lagarde sees signs of economic growth in the euro zone for the first quarter. Signs of stabilization in the battered industry had recently shown. In addition, according to the ECB, inflation should continue to weaken. According to Lagarde, the recent price gains of the euro could also dampen the inflation.
Profits have temporarily stopped the record hunt for the gold price. The precious metal was recently reduced to $ 3,317. In the morning, the gold, who was often controlled as a safe haven, had achieved an all -time high of $ 3357.40 per troy ounce.
“The markets are now in a wait-and-see attitude until there is further clarity about customs policy and the comments of the central banks,” explains Heraeus precision dealer Alexander Zurpfe. This causes some investors to pay cash.
In the evening in US trade, the euro was only impressed by Donald Trump's statements. The bottom line of the European Central Bank (ECB) also had no influence on the course of the community currency.
Most recently, the community currency cost $ 1.1376. The ECB had previously set the reference course in Frankfurt to 1.1360 (Wednesday: 1.1355). Immediately according to the US President about a possible agreement with the European Union in the customs dispute, the euro had fallen up to $ 1.1340.
The oil prices have increased today and linked to the previous day's gains. Market observers refer to reports that the United States has increased the pressure on the funding country Iran. The price for a barrel (159 liters) of the North Sea variety Brent recently increased by 2.9 percent, the price for a barrel of the US variety WTI by 3.1 percent.
The nuclear negotiations between the USA and the Opec member Iran prove to be difficult. The US special envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, calls on the country before another round of talks to hire his uranium enrichment.
In contrast, the American finance minister Scott Bessent said that the USA would exert maximum pressure to prevent Iran's oil exports. Most recently, Chinese refineries were sanctioned that processed crude oil from Iran. China is one of the most important oil customers of the regime in Tehran.
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