AOF analysis closes Wall Street – Timid rise, inflation and the Fed remain at the heart of concerns

(AOF) – US equity markets ended up slightly. Wall Street posted eight out of nine weeks of decline. Investors are worried about persistence and inflation and its consequences, the acceleration of the Fed’s monetary policy normalization and the rise in long rates. Operators have welcomed statements from the White House regarding a possible reduction in customs duties to help temper inflation. The Dow Jones gained 0.05% to 32,915.78 points. The Nasdaq rose 0.4% to 12,061.37 points.

Twitter fell 1.41% to $39.57. Elon Musk raises his voice. For the first time, the billionaire directly evokes the abandonment of his offensive on the social network. In a letter made public, it’s the law, Elon Musk expresses his annoyance with the problem of fake accounts. If this problem is not resolved, he threatens to withdraw his offer of 44 billion dollars, or 54.20 dollars per share. Elon Musk estimates that fake accounts may account for more than 20% of accounts. Twitter ensures that they do not exceed 5%. So he wants to check for himself.

Today’s economic figures

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The values ​​to follow today

Apple

Apple kicks off its Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday at 1 p.m. maybe a preview of the virtual and artificial reality helmet.

intercept

Intercept announced that a scheduled meeting with the FDA to discuss a resubmission of an application for its investigational drug for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) has been postponed from June to July.

JetBlue Airways/Spirit Airlines

JetBlue Airways has raised its offer for Spirit Airlines and urged the board to negotiate with it. JetBlue’s new offer includes a reverse severance fee of $350 million payable to Spirit if the deal fails on antitrust grounds, up from an earlier offer of $150 million. The offer thus reaches 31.50 dollars per share, against 30 dollars per share previously. The $30 offer valued the target at $3.3 billion.

Keurig Dr Pepper

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc, ON Semiconductor Corp. and VICI Properties will integrate the S&P500. These three values ​​replace Cerner Corp, Under Armor Inc. and IPG Photonics Corp.

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk answered a key question for investors on Saturday afternoon with a tweet. The number of Tesla employees will increase further. Last Friday, the title had fallen by more than 9%, penalized by information Reuters according to which the leader had a “super bad feeling” concerning the economy. In this context, it planned to reduce its workforce by 10%.