Wall Street opens in mixed territory and the Dow Jones rises a slight 0.02%

Wall Street opened this Thursday in mixed territory and the Dow Jones Industrial Average, its main indicator, rose a slight 0.02%, as investors analyze the latest business results.

Ten minutes after the start of operations on the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones stood at 34,118 points and the selective S&P 500 fell a slight 0.01% to 4,382.

For its part, the Nasdaq market composite index, in which the main technology companies are listed, also lost a slight 0.01%, to 13,648 points.

Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq on Wednesday marked their longest streak of positive days since November 2021.

Disney shares rose 5.93% today after announcing better-than-expected earnings in its corporate results yesterday and expanding its cost reduction plan.

Investors today will also be keeping an eye on US Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Jerome Powell, who will speak at an IMF panel on monetary policy challenges this Thursday.

By sectors, the greatest gains were for energy and industrial, which rose 0.73% and 0.38%, respectively; while the biggest drops were for healthcare and non-essential goods, with a decrease of 0.74% and 0.43%.

Among the 30 Dow Jones stocks, the biggest increases were for Walt Disney and Boeing (1.61%); while the biggest losses were for Cisco (-2.04%) and Home Depot (-1.5%).