Falling Wall Street Ballasted by Amazon Stocks and Technology Companies | Trade | Economy | markets

The Wall Street indexes fell on Monday, weighed down by Amazon stock losses and other technology companies, while investors waited that the quarterly results of several companies be calibrated the impact of the commercial impulse between United States and China .

At 1447 GMT, the industrial average Dow Jones was down 45.33 points, or a 0.18%, to 25,014.13 units; the S & P 500 Index lost 1.92 points, or 0.07%, to 2,799.73 units; and the Nasdaq Composite is down 9.05 points, or 0.12%, to 7,811.95 units.

Amazon.com is down 0.6%, leading to a decline in benchmarks S & P 500 and Nasdaq, after US President Donald Trump renewed his attacks on the giant of the Internet.

The S & P technology sector lost 0.03%. Apple dropped 0.6%, while Google's parent, Alphabet, dropped 0.4% before the release of its results after the markets closed.

Declining shares of microprocessor manufacturers such as Intel, Nvidia and Micron also exerted pressure on the index, resulting in the collapse of the 11 main sectors of the S & P.

Investors were also worried about the possibility of the US-China trade war spreading to foreign exchange markets. Trump criticized the strength of the dollar last week, while accusing Beijing of manipulating the yuan, something rejected by the Chinese authorities.

Some 180 S & P companies, including Ford Motor, 3M Co and Boeing, as well as big names Technology companies such as Facebook, Twitter and Intel, will present their results during the week.

The season of presentation of business results for the second quarter is positive to date, with a profit growth forecast of 22%, according to analysts, above 20.7% on July 1, according to Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S.