The U.S. stock market, resumed a little height on Wednesday. The Dow Jones gained 0.16% and the Nasdaq 100 rose 0.56%.
On Tuesday, world stock markets were down, investors preferring to play the card of caution after the euphoria on Monday to adopt a rescue plan record eurozone.
In New York, Wall Street, after a volatile session, ended without a clear direction. The Dow Jones lost 0.34% but the Nasdaq has gleaned 0.03%.
In Asia, after the euphoria of Monday, markets showed frank declines, dropping 1.14% Tokyo, Shanghai, registering its lowest level in a year and Hong Kong is also in decline.
The euro erased its rebound
If the map of European aid, worth up to 750 billion euros, reassures markets in the short term, many questions remain, particularly on longer-term impact of these measures.Sign of the nervousness and doubts of investors on the foreign exchange market, the single currency, a barometer of the crisis in the eurozone, is moving in the morning to around 1.265 dollars, erasing Monday's rebound that had propelled briefly above the bar $ 1.30. Uncertainty room also has propelled gold to above. The ounce of precious metal has reached 1235 dollars in Hong Kong on Wednesday morning.
Growth in the euro zone came out at +0.2%, in line with expectations of economists. In contrast, French growth was limited to 0.1% against 0.5% in the fourth quarter of 2009. Economists were expecting 0.3%.
In the United States trade deficit continued to widen in March to its highest level since December 2008, according to figures released Friday by the Commerce Department in Washington.It rose 2.5% from February, to $ 40.4 billion (when adjusted for seasonal variations), the ministry said.
Investors will also monitor around 16:30 the traditional weekly crude oil inventories.
Oil prices hovered around equilibrium Wednesday at the opening of trade in New York. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, a barrel of light sweet crude for June delivery traded at 76.13 dollars, down 24 cents from the previous day.
Values follow
On the side of values, the U.S. company General Motors (GM) plans to get back into the auto financing, either by buying out his former division of loans, the former Ally renamed GMAC Financial, is launching a new company, understands the Wall Street Journal.GM sold its controlling stake in its former finance division in 2006, which represents a disadvantage compared to competitors who have a home finance division, the newspaper said.
The American group of media and entertainment Walt Disney Company on Tuesday said net income up 55% for the second quarter of fiscal year to offset $ 953 million, thanks to the success of the film "Alice in Wonderland."
Also noteworthy is the video game publisher Electronic Arts has announced a profit of $ 30 million, or 9 cents per share, against a loss of 13 cents last year.