(New York) The New York Stock Exchange badly welcomed strong American employment figures at the opening on Friday, while Elon Musk and “his bad feeling about the economy” weighed on technology stocks.
Posted at 9:41 a.m.
The Dow Jones index lost 0.81%, the highly technological NASDAQ dropped 1.60% and the S&P 500 1.14% a few minutes after opening.
Thursday, the indices had ended on a note of hope, fueled by bargain purchases. The Dow Jones had gained 1.33% to 33,248.28 points, the NASDAQ index, 2.69% to 12,316.90 points and the broader S&P 500 index, 1.84% to 4176.82 points.