Wall Street opens in mixed territory and the Dow Jones rises 0.16%

Wall Street opened in mixed territory and the Dow Jones Industrial Average, its main indicator, rose 0.16%.

Ten minutes after the start of operations on the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones stood at 34,673 units and the selective S&P 500 added a slight 0.03%, up to 4,451 points.

For its part, the Nasdaq market composite index, in which the main technology companies are listed, fell a slight 0.02%, to 13,705 integers.

Last week the S&P 500 and Nasdaq finished in the red, marking their second consecutive week of losses.

For its part, the Dow Jones achieved a slight increase of 0.1%.

The stock market is watching the rise in oil prices with concern, as West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Brent crude oil prices hit their highest levels since early November on Monday, up nearly 30% so far. of the third quarter.

Investors will also look closely at the US central bank, which will hold a two-day meeting starting September 19 and announce its decision on whether or not to raise interest rates.

However, investors widely anticipate that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates steady at its meeting.

By sector, the largest increases were for energy and communications, which added 1.03% and 0.21%, respectively. While the greatest losses were for real estate and public services, which fell by 0.65% and 0.41%.

Among the 30 Dow Jones stocks, the biggest losses were for Walgreens (-0.93%) and 3M (-0.83%), while the biggest gains were for Apple (1.65%) and Amgen (1.65%). %).