Les marchés américains descendent en dessous des 51 500 points, les prix du pétrole remontent à 104 USD le baril

U.S. equity markets were slightly lower on Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average losing 0,68%, at 51,511.59, the S&P 500 down 0.75% at 7,706.05 and the Nasdaq 100 falling 0.85% at 30,470.29. The Nasdaq had earlier experienced a recovery rally, closing at a record high. Uncertainty in the markets was heightened by rising oil prices, which rose to $103.80 per barrel for Brent crude (November delivery), an increase of up to 4.5%. Another risk came from the Strait of Hormuz, where a cargo ship was attacked and set ablaze for a second time. In a speech before the UN General Assembly, Iran stressed that it would not allow shipping in the region as long as sanctions remain in place and remained on the point of announcing talks on a peace agreement, without threatening. At the same time, higher yields on U.S. government bonds weighed on the markets: The yield on five-year bonds crossed the 5% mark for the first time since 2007. Oil prices remained a key driver of uncertainty, while the U.S. economy continued to come under pressure from strong data and speculation over further interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. Among individual stocks, McDonald’s was the worst performing, falling 4.8% after announcing $8.5 billion in franchisee payments and service improvements. Paychex lost 8.8% after the company reported lower-than-expected revenue for the first quarter. In the tech sector, IonQ rose 4.4% after unveiling a standard-processor-based decoder for real-time quantum error correction, a milestone for the industry.