(CercleFinance.com) – Stable on the S & P500 and the Nasdaq-100, US futures augur a hesitant opening this Wednesday on Wall Street, the day after a close of stock indices in dispersed order with questions raised by the variant Omicron.
‘Despite a South African study showing its lesser dangerousness and the halving of the isolation period, the new strain is causing flight cancellations, store closures and new restrictive measures in many countries,’ says Kiplink.
‘Investors are still looking to better assess the impact of the Omicron variant on the economy. The cancellations of flights and the restrictions put in place by governments to stem its spread indeed call for caution, ‘he continues.
In today’s statistics, the United States’ trade deficit in goods jumped 17.5% to $ 97.8 billion in November, according to an advanced estimate, a sequential jump that reflects both a decline in exports and above all an increase in imports.
In the news of values, Apple would have issued shares to give them to some of its engineers so as to avoid their departures from certain competing technology groups like Meta Platforms, according to Bloomberg.
In an interview with Nikkei Asia, PayPal CEO Dan Schulman says he wants to reach at least $ 50 billion in revenue by 2025 and for that, make a new acquisition in Japan, in addition to that of Paidy announced last September. .
Victoria’s Secret, a women’s lingerie and cosmetics brand resulting from the recent spin-off of L Brands, announces that it has entered into an accelerated share buyback agreement with Goldman Sachs for an amount of $ 250 million.
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