The Fed leads Wall Street and Nasdaq sets a new record

From the start-of-trade losses in the midst of investor caution, the New York stock market has turned positive in response to Powell's message and the change of direction of giants like Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), which ended up stimulating the markets

The Nasdaq composite index, which groups together the leading technology companies, grew by 0.63% to 7 855.12, with which reached the record number 24 so far this year.

In turn, the Dow Jones, the main indicator of Wall Street, gained 0.22% and the S & P 500 selective added 0.40%.

The appearance of the president of the Federal Reserve before Congress was at the center of investors, interested in the next steps of the central bank with regard to the rise in interest rates.

Powell, in charge since last February, expressed the convenience of continuing with the ri "The gradual rise in interest rates."

"The best way to continue is the gradual rise in interest rates," Powell told the Senate Banking Committee in a statement that the market interpreted as a suggestion. that the central bank will not be very "aggressive" in its upcoming guidelines on the price of money.

Also the operators were influenced by the quarterly figures of UnitedHealth (NYSE: UNH), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ)) and Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), whose articles posted mixed results at closing of the session.

While Johnson & Johnson's revenue increase was rewarded by a peak of 3.54%, investors punished UnitedHealth and Goldman Sachs with respective losses of 2.60% and 0.18% .

Netflix's share price also fell by 5.24% per day after announcing Monday that it added 5.15 million subscribers to the company. second quarter of the year, a figure

This result, however, showed a rebound in the shares of the digital audiovisual content platform, which fell by 14.1% during the session.

In contrast, Amazon It grew by 1.18% and reached an intraday record, during the holding of the 36-hour annual event dedicated to its subscribers, which suffered this Monday a slight misstep that did not overshadow the mood of buyers.