Positive start but with moderate increases for Wall Street. In the first few minutes of trading, the main US lists tear positive signs, with the Dow Jones and the S&P 500 rising respectively by 0.10% and 0.09%, while the Nasdaq shows a + 0.11%. In the US, the Senate is expected to vote on the infrastructure plan which will then have to be discussed by the House in September. Investors are also looking at the inflation out tomorrow, which is useful for understanding the Fed’s next steps in terms of monetary policy.
Meanwhile, among the few data to be released in the afternoon, the NFIB on the optimism of small businesses, while among the speeches of the day there is that of Loretta Mester, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, with a speech on inflation risks .