PARIS, Jan 21 (Reuters) – The New York Stock Exchange ended down dispersed on Friday, amid general risk aversion just days before the Federal Reserve’s decisions and against a backdrop of geopolitical tensions.
The Dow Jones index fell 1.3%, or 450.02 points, to 34,265.37 points.
The broader S&P-500 lost 84.79 points, or 1.89%, to 4,397.94 points.
The Nasdaq Composite fell by 385.1 points (-2.72%) to 13,768.92 points, thus signing towards its worst weekly performance since March 2020 with a decline of 7.6%, while the American markets remained closed on Monday.
The trend was notably weighed down by the fall of Netflix, which plunged -21.79% after reporting disappointing performances and forecasts.
In its wake, Disney dropped -6.94% and ViacomCBS lost -7.35%.
On the oil market, WTI stood at $84.74 (-0.95%) and Brent at $87.66 (-0.80%).
The dollar was down -0.1% against a basket of currencies a few minutes after the close of Wall Street, while the euro stood at 1.1345 dollars (+0.31%).
On the bond market, ten-year paper fell 7.2 basis points to settle at 1.7616%. Its five-year counterpart fell 5.6 basis points to 1.5621%.
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