Markets close mixed as Wall Street weathers a short trading week

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The markets were mixed on Thursday while investors closed a shortened week. (The markets will be closed tomorrow in the United States for Good Friday.) The S&P was up 7 points to end at 5,282. Nasdaq fell 20 points to end at 16,286, while the Dow closed 527 points at 39,142.

The DOW was defined for the historical divergence of the S&P 500 after a dive by the most weighted actions in the index, United GroupWho missed the estimates of profits and in the middle of the afternoon fell by 22%. “Although the main clues generally move together, today’s decision is a rare occasion where a high price stock in Dow industrialists makes a disproportionate decision that creates a divergence,” said Michael O’Rourke, market chief strategist in Jonestrading Tell Bloomberg.

Meanwhile, President Trump argued with the president of the Fed, Jerome Powell, writing in a position early Thursday that “Powell’s termination cannot come quickly enough!” As Fortune wroteThe dam early in the morning came after Powell gave apublic speechAt the Chicago Economic Club on Wednesday. Trump restored his conviction of years that Powellshould reduce interest ratesfaster. “” Too late “Jérôme Powell of the Fed, who is still too late and bad, published yesterday a report that was another, and typical,” Mess! “” Wrote Trump. “”

  • Netflix negotiated exchanged approximately 1.5% today while investors were waiting for the company Q2 Genuations, which they had to announce just after the closing bell.
  • Eli Lilly has increased by around 16% in the middle of the afternoon after having published promising news on its oral diabetes and its drug as loss of weight would compete with popular GLP-1 injections.
  • It was a failure of a year for offers, but Fa climbed almost 10% on the news that he sold Worldpay to Global payments In a complicated three -way agreement worth 24 billion dollars. As Fortune‘S Luisa Beltran reportedThe agreement is a huge victory for Stephanie Ferris, considered the most powerful fintech woman. Beltran wrote: “The sale of Worldpay is a” Home Run “for Ferris and Fis, said Dan Dolev, principal research analyst on Fintech actions in Mizuho Securities USA.” It is a stroke of control of the offer. [Ferris is] The art of agreement. It’s not Trump, it’s Stéphanie. She should negotiate with China, “said Dolev.”

This story was initially presented on Fortune.com

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